Current Economic and Political Situation
Armando Linde, ASCE President
Carmelo Mesa-Lago, University of Pittsburgh
Oscar Espinosa Chepe, Independent Economist, La Habana
Juan del Aguila, Emory University
Transition Experiences: Conclusions to Draw, Paths to Follow, Pitfalls to Avoid
Lessons for Cuba of the Eastern European Transitions
Ricardo Lago, Florida International University
Hungría, 1989–2006: Una Experiencia de Transición Económica Gradual Exitosa. Lecciones para Cuba
Rolando H. Castañeda and Geni Gómez
From Dead Ends and Blind Corners to Open Highways: Traveling Down the Road to Cuban Economic
Liberalization
Armando Linde, IMF
Price Liberalization and the End of the Rationing System in Cuba
Ernesto Hernández-Catá, Johns Hopkins University
Discussants: Gary Maybarduk; Enrique Pumar, Catholic University of America
Infrastructure Reform in Cuba: Lessons Learned from Transition and Developing Countries
Reforming the Ports
Teo Babún
Reforming the Power, Telecommunications and Water Systems
Juan Belt, USAID
Improving the Highway and Road System
Jacob Greenstein and Carlos Penin
Discussant: Roger Betancourt, University of Maryland
Labor Issues
Los derechos laborales en Cuba
Jesús Mercader, Universidad Carlos III, Madrid
Estado actual de los Sindicatos Independientes en Cuba y su papel en la transición en Cuba
Joel Brito
Actualización y ampliación de los Principios Arcos y la inversión extranjera en Cuba
Rolando Castañeda y Plinio Montalván
Discussant: Efrén Córdova
Agriculture
Cuba’s Dysfunctional Agriculture: Challenges Facing the Government
Jerry Hagelberg and José Alvarez, University of Florida
American Colonists and the Development of the Cuban Citrus Industry, 1899–1930
Carmen Diana Deere, University of Florida
U.S. International Trade Commission Investigation of U.S. Agricultural Sales to Cuba and the Economic Effect of Certain Trade Restrictions
John Reeder, U.S. International Trade Commission
Discussants: James E. Ross, James E. Ross & Associates; Mary Speck, WorldPublicOpinion; William Messina,
University of Florida
Transition Strategies from the Island: Commentary on Itinerario de Reflexión Económica para Cuba
Gerardo Martínez-Solanas
Jorge Sanguinetty, DevTech Systems
Carmelo Mesa-Lago, University of Pittsburgh
Rolando Castañeda
Ted Henken, Baruch College, CUNY
Ethanol: Prospects and Challenges
Cuba and Ethanol: Projections for a Private Economy
Juan Tomás Sánchez
El programa brasilero de etanol: Lecciones para Cuba
Jorge Hernández Fonseca, Universidade do Estado do Pará, Brasil
Food versus Fuel: A False Cuban Dilemma
Antonio Gayoso, Thunderbird University
Discussant: James Peeples, NewGen Biofuels, Inc.
Análisis Estratégico de un Escenario de Transición: Pacto de Paz y Prosperidad—Panel Sociopolítico
Two Transitions
Silvia Pedraza, University of Michigan
Getting There from Here: Six Decades after Cuba’s Last Democratic Elections for President
Marifeli Pérez-Stable, Inter-American Dialogue
Taliban in Tallahassee: Neocom in Havana
Alejandro Armengol, El Nuevo Herald,
Beyond the Battle of Ideas
Mauricio Font, Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies, CUNY
Governance and Institutional Inertia
Alfie Ulloa, Harvard University
Unusual Suspects: Commonly Forgotten Elements in Planning for Transition in Cuba
María Werlau, Orbis International
Discussants: Armando de Armas; Dan Erickson, Inter-American Dialogue
Legal Issues I
¿Qué debe incluir una Constitución?
Alberto Luzárraga
Land Title Registration in Cuba: Past, Present, and Future
José Manuel Pallí, World Wide Title
Intellectual Property Rights Issues
Jay Sanchelima, Esq.
Discussant: Stephen Kimmerling, Esq.
Transition Issues
A Six Sigma Analysis of a Cuban Transition
Jorge Luis Romeu, Syracuse University
Cuba at the Crossroads: Environmental Management in Transition
Terry Maris, Ohio Northern University
Suburbanizing Havana and Sofia: Comparisons of Post-socialist Peri-urban Change
Sonia Hirt and Joseph L. Scarpaci, Virginia Tech
Discussants: Alfred Cuzán, University of West Florida; Ed Canler; Ted Henken, Baruch College, CUNY
Análisis Estratégico de un Escenario de Transición: Pacto de Paz y Prosperidad—Panel de Economía Política
Investment Funds for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
Carlos Saladrigas, Cuba Study Group
Policies to Attract Remittances in the Dominican Republic: Impact and Lessons for Cuba
Mario González-Corzo and Scott Larson, Lehman College, CUNY
Key Strategic Aspects of Cuba’s Reinsertion into the Global Economy
Geni Gomez, FreddieMac
Cuba: How to Achieve High and Sustainable Growth for Employment Generation
Rolando Castañeda
Discussants: Ricardo Puerta; Dan Erickson, Inter-American Dialogue; Alfie Ulloa, Harvard University
Legal Issues II
International Commercial Arbitration in Transition-Era Cuba: Outlook and Analysis
Aldo Leiva, Abadin Cook
Restitución de propiedades en Cuba: Consideraciones legales, políticas y prácticas
Pedro Freyre, Akerman Senterfitt
Discussant: José Gabilondo, College of Law, FIU
El Síndrome del Pesimismo post-Totalitario y la Recuperación de la Esperanza
Carlos Alberto Montaner, Author and Syndicated Columnist
Economic Topics
Human Rights and Economic Growth: Implications for a Cuban Transition
Roger Betancourt, University of Maryland
Cuban Monetary Reforms and Their Relationship to Policies to Attract and Increase Remittances
Mario González-Corzo, Lehman College
Possible Scenarios in the Cuban Transition to Market Economy
Antonio E. Morales-Pita, DePaul University
ASCE’s Contribution to the Study of Cuban Agriculture: Implications for the Transition
José Alvarez, University of Florida
Discussants: Lorenzo Pérez, IMF; Ed Canler.
Student Papers
FAR from Perfect: The Cuban Military and the Potential for State-Corporatism in Post Communist Cuba
Brenden Carbonell, Yale University
Making Sense of Dissidence and Repression in Cuba: A Game Theoretic Analysis
Matthew Craig, University of North Carolina
Discussants: Ted Henken, Baruch College, CUNY; José Alvarez, University of Florida
Special Topics
Ciencia, Tecnología y Medio Ambiente en el Futuro de Cuba
Raúl Fernández
Cuba and Illegal Operations: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
Silvia Nilsen
Politics and Metaphysics in Cuba: A Socioeconomic Approach
Pedro Pellet and Antonio Fernández
Discussants: María Werlau, Jorge Pérez-López; Eudel Cepero.
Diaspora Issues
Policies to Attract Remittances in the Dominican Republic: Impact and Lessons for Cuba
Mario A. González-Corzo, Lehman College, and Scott Larson, City University of New York
The Diaspora as a Commercial Network for Cuban Reconstruction
Jorge Pérez-López
Interactions between the Island and the Diaspora
Sergio Díaz-Briquets
Discussant: Ricardo Puerta
Politics and International Relations
The Politics of Framing
Enrique Pumar, Catholic University of America
Cuba under Fidel and Raul
Rogelio de la Torre
El programa Barrio Adentro y el financiamiento de la Salud Pública en Venezuela
José Félix Oletta
U.S.-Cuba Security Relations
Dan Erikson, InterAmerican Dialogue,
Discussant: Juan del Aguila, Emory University
Lessons from the Baltic
Privatization through Restitution in the Baltic States
Viktor Trasberg, Centre for Baltic Studies, Tartu University
Issues and Problems with Migration of Communist-run Infrastructures and Societies to a Democratic Market-
Oriented Society
Ints Dzelzgalvis, former IBM Senior Manager,
The Presence of the Past in the Baltic: Descendants of WWII Refugees’ ‘Return’ to their Latvian and Estonian
Homelands
Delaney Skerrett, Tartu University
Investing in the Baltic
Tania C. Mastrapa, Mastrapa Consultants
Discussant: Nick Gutierrez, Jr., Esq., Borgognoni & Gutierrez, LLP
Havana and its Landscape
Nicolás Quintana
Eudel Cepero
Jorge Sanguinetty
Juan Belt
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