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Voices of Change in Cuba from the Non-State Sector (Paperback)
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Voices of Change in Cuba from the Non-State Sector (Paperback)
Series: Pitt Latin American Series
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More than one million Cubans, representing thirty percent of the
country's labor force, currently make up the nonstate sector. These
include self-employed workers and micro-entrepreneurs,
sharecropping farmers, members of new cooperatives, and buyers and
sellers of private dwellings. This development represents a crucial
structural reform implemented by Raul Castro since becoming Cuba's
leader in 2006, and may become the most dynamic economic force for
the country's future. Despite this phenomenon, little has been
published about the demographic makeup of this group (age, gender,
race, and education), as well as their economic conditions and
aspirations. Based on eighty in-depth interviews recently conducted
in Cuba, this book captures actual voices from this evolving
economic sector. It details workers' level of satisfaction with
what they do and earn, profits (and how they are allocated between
consumption and investment), plans to expand their activities,
receiving foreign remittances and microcredit, competition, forms
of advertising, and payment of taxes. Perhaps most revealing are
the speakers' views on the obstacles they face and their desires
for change and improvement. As such, the book offers fascinating
insights into today's Cuban economy from the nonstate sector, while
also reflecting on its potential for development and the obstacles
it faces.
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