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I am delighted to share the program for the 2024 Annual Conference of the Association for the Study of the Cuban Economy. It will be held at Florida International University (Miami, Florida), 18-20 October 2024. The conference will be co-sponsored by FIU’s Cuban Research Institute. During two-and-a-half days, scholars and professionals present papers and participate in roundtable discussions. Papers and their formal discussions and roundtable summaries are included in a volume of papers and proceedings. The conference is open to the general public.
The Preliminary Program follows below.
Preliminary program as of 9/30/24
Subject to Change
Association for the Study of the Cuban Economy (ASCE)
2024 Annual Conference
To be held at the
Florida International University College of Law
Miami, Florida
Co-Sponsored by the
Cuban Research Institute, Florida International University
Cuba in Crisis
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18
8:30 am – 9:15 am REGISTRATION
9:15 am – 10:45 am PLENARY – Room 1000
Welcoming/Opening Remarks
Luis Locay, University of Miami, ASCE President
1. La Crisis Cubana en Perspectiva Multidimensional
Chair: Luis Locay, University of Miami
Omar Everleny Pérez Villanueva, Centro de Reflexión y Diálogo, Cuba, “La profundización de la crisis: La economía cubana en el primer semestre de 2024”
Ricardo Torres Pérez, American University, “Soft budget constraints in Cuba’s state-owned enterprises”
Tamarys Lien Bahamonde, University of Delaware, “Otra cara de la crisis cubana: Mercado laboral, precariedad del trabajo y trabajadores precarizados”
Mauricio De Miranda Parrondo, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana Cali, Colombia, “Sector externo y crisis de inserción internacional de la economía cubana”
10:45 am – 11:00 am COFFEE BREAK
11:00 am – 12:45 pm PLENARY – Room 1000
2. Essential Policies to Address the Crisis
Chair: Lorenzo Pérez, IMF (retired)
Ricardo Torres Pérez, American University, “Macroeconomic situation and policies to mitigate the crisis, particularly in fiscal policy, including public sector enterprises”
Pavel Vidal, Universidad Javeriana Cali, “Monetary and exchange policies; the foreign exchange market”
Felipe Manteiga, USAID (retired), “The agricultural sector, with emphasis on food production”
Natalia Delgado, Columbia University Law School, “The regulatory environment: reforms to promote the private sector both domestic and foreign”
Discussant: Rafael Romeu, DevTech Systems
12:45 am – 1:45 pm LUNCH BREAK
1:45 pm – 3:15 pm PLENARY – Room 1000
3. Basic Legal Institutions Required by a Functioning Market Economy: Challenges for Cuba
Chair: Natalia Delgado, Cuba Capacity Building Project, Columbia Law School
Property rights: Thomas W. Merrill, Charles Evans Hughes Professor of Law, Columbia University
Contract rights: Jody Kraus, Alfred McCormack Professor of Law, Columbia University
Rule of law: Natalia Delgado, Cuba Capacity Building Project, Columbia Law School
3:15 pm – 3:30 pm COFFEE BREAK
3:30 pm – 4:45 pm PLENARY – Room 1000
4. Engaging Autocratic States: A Discussion and Debate on Strategies and Challenges
Moderator: Bryan Roberts, Senior Economist, DevTech Systems and External Research Fellow, CREATE Research Center, University of Southern California
Gary C. Hufbauer, Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Luis Locay, Department of Economics, University of Miami
Enrique S. Pumar, Fay Boyle Professor, Santa Clara University
5:00 pm ASCE RECEPTION
Remarks in recognition of Roger Betancourt’s leadership in the creation and growth of ASCE by Rafael Romeu, ASCE President-Elect, and of Carlos Quijano’s many contributions to the organization by Ricardo V. Lago, University of Miami (read by Luis Locay).
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19
8:30 am – 9:00 am REGISTRATION
9:00 am – 10:30 am CONCURRENT SESSIONS
5. Por una Cuba democrática y de derecho, con bienestar social – Room 1000
Panel del Centro de Estudios sobre el Estado de Derecho y Políticas Públicas “Cuba Próxima”
Michel Fernández Pérez, Jurista y experto en Relaciones Internacionales, Derecho Constitucional, Internacional y el Medio Ambiente, “Estado democrático y de derecho”
Pavel Vidal Alejandro, Universidad Javeriana Cali. “Desarrollo económico para el bienestar de todos y todas”
Roberto Veiga González, Director Centro de Estudios Sobre el Estado de Derecho y Politicas Publicas “Cuba Próxima: Estado social”
Julio Antonio Fernández Estrada, ex-profesor, Escuela de Derecho, Universidad de la Habana, “Sobre la posibilidad de iniciar la transición
6. Legal and Foreign Investment Issues -- Room 1009
Chair: Silvia Pedraza, University of Michigan
Nicolás Sánchez, Professor Emeritus of Economics, College of the Holy Cross, and Frank Carlos Martínez, Global Risk Analyst, Bank of America, “Sexual Rules in Post-Revolutionary Cuba”
Amelia Rodríguez Cala, former practicing attorney in Bufete Colectivo Salvador Allende, “El Secreto Profesional en el ejercicio de la abogacía”
Diana Yuditxa Bautista Martinez, Miembro del Colegio de Abogados de Milán, “Contigo ni pan ni Cebolla: Ni la inversion extranjera en Cuba, ni MIPYMES: Los impagos a las empresas extranjeras en la crisis económica”
Discussant: Ted A. Henken, Baruch College, City University of New York (invited)
10:30 am – 10:45 am COFFEE BREAK
10:45 am – 12:15 pm PLENARY—Room 1000
7. Social and Cultural Consequences of Cuba’s Economic Path
Chair: Jorge Duany, Former Director, Cuban Research Institute, and Professor of Anthropology, Florida International University
Jorge Domínguez, Harvard University, retired, “Inching toward Democratization? Comparing Cuba’s National Assembly Elections in 2018 and 2023”
Larry Catá Backer, Penn State University, “Cuba—The Construction of a State of Misery”
Enrique S. Pumar, Fay Boyle Professor, Santa Clara University, “The Economics of Higher Education: The Crises and the University."
Ted A. Henken, Baruch College, “Saturn’s Children: The 60-Year Struggle to Reestablish a Free Press in Cuba”
12:15 pm – 2:15 pm ASCE LUNCHEON
Ernesto Betancourt Lecture
Eduardo A. Gamarra, Professor, Department of Politics and International Relations, Green School of International and Public Affairs, and Director, Latino Public Opinion Forum,
Jack Gordon Institute for Public Policy, Florida International University, "Democratic Backsliding in Latin America and Its Impact on Cuba’s Political Future"
2:15 pm – 3:45 pm CONCURRENT SESSIONS
8. Economic Issues – Room 1000
Chair: María Dolores Espino, St. Thomas University (retired)
Paolo Spadoni, Augusta University, “The Cuban Tourism Industry: Evolution, Challenges, and Prospects”
Bryan Roberts, Senior Economist, DevTech Systems and External Research Fellow, CREATE Research Center, University of Southern California, “Automobiles in Cuba: Number, Characteristics, and Issues”
Juan Tomás Sánchez, Presidente de la Asociación de Cultivadores de Caña de Azúcar de Cuba, Inc., “Una propuesta de transformación para Cuba”
Discussants: María Dolores Espino, St. Thomas University (retired); René Costales, IDB (retired)
9. Developments in Cuba’s Agricultural Sector -- Room 1009
Chair: Gary Maybarduk, US Department of State (retired)
Mario González-Corzo, The City University of New York, Lehman College, “Recent Employment and Output Trends in Cuba's Non-Sugar Agricultural Sector”
William A. Messina, Jr., University of Florida, “Cuba’s Food Situation: Bad News, Good News, Bad News”
Federico Lázaro Sulroca, “Management model for sugarcane with precision agriculture”
Discussant: Felipe Manteiga, USAID (retired) --invited
3:45 pm – 4:00 pm COFFEE BREAK
4:00 pm – 5:30 pm CONCURRENT SESSIONS
10. Student Papers – Room 1009
Chair: Dr. Jorge Ulloa Hung, University of Miami, Department of Anthropology
Britney Ngo, University of Miami, "Navigating Hyphenated Identities: A Comparative Analysis of Identity Formation Amongst First-Generation American Children of Vietnamese and Cuban Refugees"
Victoria Locay, University of Miami, "Piety and policy: impacts of religious prohibition in Cuba"
Humberto D. Guerra Pinon, Lynn University; Jenny Mora Herrera, Facultad de Comunicación, Universidad de La Habana; and Olivia Pérez Marin, Facultad de Lenguas Extranjeras, Universidad de La Habana, “Employability, Insertion, and Job Satisfaction of Cuban University Graduates: Economic Implications”
Discussants: Enrique S. Pumar, Fay Boyle Professor, Santa Clara University; Mario González Corzo, City University of New York, Lehman College
11. Cuba in an International Context -- Room 1000
Chair: René Costales, IDB (retired)
Silvia Pedraza, University of Michigan, and Carlos A Romero, Universidad Central de Venezuela (retired), “Cuba, Nicaragua y Venezuela. Unas revoluciones menguadas”
Vadim Grishin, George Washington University, “The Cuban Crisis in the Current Geopolitical
Context”
José Pineda, DevTech Systems, “Macroeconomic Modeling of Venezuela Under a Potential Recovery”
Discussants: Maria Werlau, Free Society Project/Cuba Archive; John Devereux, Queens College, City University of New York
5:45 pm – 6:45 pm ASCE BUSINESS MEETING
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 20
9:00 am – 10:30 am CONCURRENT SESSIONS
12. Cuba’s Sugar Sector: Retrospective and Prospective – Room 1009
Chair: Jorge Pérez-López
Federico Lázaro Sulroca, “Cuba and Sugar Cane, Will the Agroindustry Disappear?”
Juan Tomás Sánchez, Sugarcane Growers Association of Cuba, “The Importance of Cuba’s Democratization for the Recovery of Cuba’s Participation in a New Reciprocity Treaty with the U.S.”
Ana Vera Estrada, Instituto Cubano de Investigación Cultural Juan Marinello, “Ideas for the Future of the Cuban Sugar World”
Discussant: Silvia Pedraza, University of Michigan
13. Las MiPymes en la encrucijada: Retos del sector privado en Cuba – Room 1000
Coordinador: Juan Carlos Albizu-Campos Espiñeira, Centro Cristiano de Reflexión y Diálogo-Cuba
Omar Everleny Pérez Villanueva, Centro Cristiano de Reflexión y Diálogo-Cuba, “Las MiPymes y la ‘economía de guerra’: Un análisis de situación”
William Bello Sánchez, Proyecto Cuba Emprende, “Empleo y salario en el sector privado en Cuba: Su rol en la dinámica de las MiPymes y en las perspectivas de la vida cotidiana de la nación”
Rita María García Morris, Centro Cristiano de Reflexión y Diálogo-Cuba, “El CCRD-C y la estrategia de acompañamiento al emprendimiento local”
Comentaristas: Juan Carlos Albizu-Campos Espiñeira, Centro Cristiano de Reflexión y Diálogo-Cuba; Ricardo Herrero, Cuba Study Group
10:30 am – 10:45 am COFFEE BREAK
10:45 am – 12:30 pm PLENARY SESSION – Room 1000
14. Recent Cuban Exodus and its Social and Economic Repercussions
Chair: Rogelio de la Torre
Juan Carlos Albizu-Campos Espiñeira, Centro Cristiano de Reflexión y Diélogo-Cuba, “Cuba: Una mirada rápida a la migración y la población”
Jorge Duany y Elaine Acosta, FIU, “Crisis migratoria y sostenibilidad de la vida en Cuba: Causas, dinámicas e impacto de los recientes desplazamientos de Cubanos a Estados Unidos”
Discussants: Sergio Díaz-Briquets, International Consultant; Denisse Delgado Vázquez, Consultant, United Nations Development Program
I PUBLICATIONS ABOUT CUBA
Annarella Grimal: Misión de Cuba en Angola (I). El negocio de la «solidaridad» | elTOQUE, Abril 18,2024.
Roberto Alfonso Lara: Impagos y bancarización preocupan a campesinos de Cienfuegos (5septiembre.cu), Septiembre 8, 2024.
Los impagos llevan a una reducción del 97% de la producción de arroz en una cooperativa de Cienfuegos (14ymedio.com), Septiembre 9, 2024.
Pedro Monreal: Los datos de Inflación de Cuba en agosto de 2024. (substack.com), Septiembre 18, 2024.
Jorge Sanguinetty and Rafaela Cruz: Ante el abismo cubano, puentes desde la oposición | DIARIO DE CUBA, Septiembre 19, 2024.
Yoani Sanchez: ¿Cuánto más puede deteriorarse la situación en Cuba? – DW – 23/09/2024
La crisis energética amenaza las actividades de la Sherritt en Cuba (14ymedio.com), Septiembre 24, 2024
El Banco Central de Cuba sigue sin aterrizar el mercado cambiario | DIARIO DE CUBA, Septiembre 26, 2024
Misión de Cuba en Angola (I). El negocio de la «solidaridad» | elTOQUE
Rafaela Cruz: Y sin embargo, en Cuba el dólar no se mueve | DIARIO DE CUBA, Septiembre 29, 2024
El paquetazo para 'corregir distorsiones' y resucitar la economía no avanza a la velocidad requerida, dice el Gobierno | DIARIO DE CUBA, Septiembre 30, 2024
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