Economic Growth Basic Needs And Income Distribution In Revolutionary Cuba

Monograph comprising an evaluation of economic growth, basic needs satisfaction and income distribution after the 1959 revolution in Cuba - discusses historical trends, growth rate measurement problems, economic structure changes, trade, industrial production, agricultural production, successes in reducing unemployment, poverty and regional disparities, etc. Bibliography pp. 212 to 232, graphs, map, references and statistical tables.

Analysis of economic and social development trends in Cuba and the impact of the socialist revolution on economic growth, employment, consumption, income distribution and socio-economic conditions - examines the historical background, production indexes, economic indicators and estimates of gross domestic product, 1946-1981; studies dependence, structural change, basic needs, labour force and unemployment; includes statistical tables on foreign investment, industrial production, wages, growth rate, etc. Graphs.

Monograph on economic policy and economic development trends in Cuba from 1959 to mid-1972 - covers income distribution, economic growth, human resources planning and employment, international economic relations, etc. Bibliography pp. 355 to 371 and statistical tables.

The book argues that the Cuban Revolution warrants a closer look as a model of socialist human development. A re-reading of the Cuban Revolution from this angle engages unresolved issues in the theory of socialist humanism and the notion of human development popularized by the United Nations Development Programme (i.e., predicated on capitalism). UNDP economists and other agencies of international cooperation for development give a human face to a capitalist development process that is anything but humane. Socialism in Cuba has taken a very different form (socialist human development) than it did elsewhere in the twentieth century. The Cuban Revolution's unique characteristics enabled it to survive adverse conditions - a 'near-perfect storm' - that still threaten its evolution.

Monograph comprising an evaluation of economic growth, basic needs satisfaction and income distribution after the 1959 revolution in Cuba - discusses historical trends, growth rate measurement problems, economic structure changes, trade, industrial production, agricultural production, successes in reducing unemployment, poverty and regional disparities, etc. Bibliography pp. 212 to 232, graphs, map, references and statistical tables.

Economic analysis of economic conditions in socialist Cuba - examines revolutionary economic policies, sustained economic growth, (incl. Sugar, agricultural production and industrial production) external dependence and trade; considers full employment, unemployment and underemployment, labour force characteristics, labour productivity, etc.; discusses income distribution, wage policies, price policies and social services; includes a socio-economic evaluation. References.