Transforming Socialist Economies - Lessons for Cuba and Beyond

Transforming Socialist Economies: Lessons for Cuba and Beyond argues that countries with centrally-planned economies can pursue divergent paths towards market liberalization. The book reviews the reform processes of China, the Central Asian Republics, Eastern Europe, Russia, Vietnam, and the role of the international financial institutions, and draws lessons for Cuba, a country on the verge of wider economic transformation.

List of contents

List of Figures List of Tables List of Maps Notes On Contributors Acknowledgements Foreword PART ONE: INTRODUCTION Transforming the State in Socialist Economies; S.J.Burki Cuba's Economic Transition: Successes, Deficiencies and Challenges; J.I.Domínguez PART TWO: RUSH TO MARKET Russia's Reforms: Lessons from the Old Patron; S.Vtyurina Eastern Europe: Different Paths, Different Results; C.A.Hartwell The Struggle of the Central Asian Republics; Z.Hasnain China: The New Global Giant; S.J.Burki Vietnam and Cuba: Yin and Yang?; D.O.Dapice Can Cuba Bridge the Gap?: IMF and World Bank Membership for Socialist Countries; J.I.Domínguez & D.P.Erikson Index

About the author

DAVID O. DAPICE Professor of International Economc, Tufts University, USA
JORGE I. DOMÍNGUEZ Director, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University, USA
CHRISTOPHER A. HARTWELL International Economist, HM Treasury, UK
ZAHID HASNAIN Economist, World Bank, Pakistan
SVETLANA VTYURINA Advisor to the Executive Director for the Russian Federation, International Monetary Fund, USA

Summary

Transforming Socialist Economies: Lessons for Cuba and Beyond argues that countries with centrally-planned economies can pursue divergent paths towards market liberalization. The book reviews the reform processes of China, the Central Asian Republics, Eastern Europe, Russia, Vietnam, and the role of the international financial institutions, and draws lessons for Cuba, a country on the verge of wider economic transformation.

Product details

• Assisted by: Burki (Editor), S Burki (Editor), S. Burki (Editor), Erikson (Editor), Erikson (Editor), D. Erikson (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2016
• EAN: 9781349518814
• ISBN: 978-1-349-51881-4
• No. of pages: 244
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 14 mm x 216 mm
• Weight: 331 g
• Illustrations: XIV, 244 p. 5 illus.
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Miscellaneous; Internationale Beziehungen, Reform, State, B, Süd- und Zentralamerika (inklusive Mexiko), Lateinamerika, Russia, Entwicklungsökonomie und Schwellenländer, Success, Review, International Relations, Tables, Development Economics, Development economics & emerging economies, Latin American Culture, Ethnology—Latin America, Palgrave Economics & Finance Collection, Development economics and emerging economies, Liberalization