The Cuban Economy in 2004 – 2005
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This article evaluates Cuban economic performance in 2004–2005, contrasting it with 2003 and 1989 (prior to the crisis); in addition, it compares 2004 targets with actual performance and examines targets and prospects for 2005. The analysis of economic performance includes macroeconomic, physical output and external sector indicators; social performance is the subject of another paper in this volume (MesaLago and Pérez-López 2005b). The paper also summarizes the processes of economic recentralization and de-dollarization and highlights the most important findings. It is based mostly on Cuba’s official data from Oficina Nacional de Estadísticas (ONE),1 statistics and publications from the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), as well as academic articles by Cuban scholars and newspaper articles mainly published in Cuba.
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