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This paper summarizes the theoretical conceptions defined for the new Cuban economic and social Model. It also warns about how difficult is to implement the economic reform. The main objective of the paper is to propose an approach for teaching "Political Economy of Socialism", which develops the ability of critical reflection in University students, instead of the assimilation of theories which validity can be limited to historical changing context. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Economic crises can be analyzed as part of the economic cycle and from different theoretical perspectives. The article considers economic crises or recessions, in general, as capitalism's own mechanisms to alleviate its contradictions and restore, at least partially, the previous accumulated imbalances. The period 1970 to 2020 covers eight economic crises, some of which determine changes in the internal structure, economic policy trends and the functioning of the U.S. economy, as the main center of the world economy. The purpose of this paper is to examine the set of economic crises of the last fifty years in a panoramic manner, to evaluate them as part of the process of major economic transformations and associated economic policies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The 2016 Ecuador earthquake occurred on April 16 with a moment magnitude of 7.8, affecting mostly the provinces of Manabí and Esmeraldas, and causing loss of life and serious damages to infrastructure and manufacturing industries. This paper is aimed at studying, by adopting a quantitative approach, the impact of tax benefits on the economic reactivation of Manabí after the said earthquake. The study is focused on the macroeconomic variables private investment, production, sales, and employment rates, whose values were compared before and after the earthquake, namely between 2014 und 2017. The results show that more local economic policies need to be adopted in order to improve the current conditions, so short- and medium-term analyses and forecasts could be performed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper is aimed at contributing to the debate on the need and the role of the market in contemporary Cuban socialist economy. The research work demystifies the identity between capitalism and market - which prevailed, for a long time, in the economic theory of socialism-; several theoretical premises of socialist market economy in China are summarized, and its transcendence assessed; and necessary conditions in Cuba to regard market, and functions to comply with from then on are determined. The paper states the mistake to negate market, and it confirms the fact that the Cuban economy is driving towards an economic model that fits its planned management with the law of value (to this effect, macroeconomic and microeconomic factors should be integrated in a systemic view of development), and that transition towards a new economic model will be a progressive, complex, and controversial process. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The assessment of knowledge resulting from the fast-paced advance of science, and its use as a commodity, has given rise to the so-called «knowledge economy», and, consequently, to the emergence of high tech companies. The present paper provides some concepts and proposals, regarding the structure the economic management model of this kind of enterprises in Cuba should. The suggested model is aimed at guaranteeing key. Likewise, the paper also presents the feasibility of implementing this type of companies following existing circumstances and regulations in our economy, and regarding established guidelines as part of updating process of cuban economic model. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Within the frame of a society which is building Socialism, the analysis of employment and wages variables, as well as the scheme of a wage policy, even international theory and experience in market economies can be assessed, cannot leave aside Marxist conceptions, instead they must be conceptualized from a vision coherent to the basic principles of a socialist model. In that model, wages are an instrument for individual and social realization of the subject in her/his double condition of worker and co-owner of the means of production and, besides, for distribution of the wealth created according to work in order the develop productive forces and to achieve social equality. This paper analyzes the characteristics of the transition period to Socialism and then qualifies what are consider the essential foundations for a wage policy according to the Cuban socioeconomic development. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper analyzes Spain's economic, political, and social crisis, and most likely scenarios. It begins studying the most important elements characterizing Spain's economic crisis, its evolution, its main factors, and its economic policy. It analyzes its social consequences, as well as its policy of adjustment and austerity. Finally, the economic and political scenarios are introduced, as from their qualitative construction perspective. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The input-output modeling is a technique that makes possible to evaluate the policies' or shocks effects on the sectorial productive levels. The input-output different models' statistical ground is the input-output matrix, which collects and processes great volumes of information, frequently obtained through censuses and pools that may vary either in its scope, as well as in the timing of its application. Due to the need of increasing the arsenal towards the evaluation of economic policies in Cuba, it is necessary for the country to call upon a consolidated statistical ground. The present paper debates the availability and quality of Cuban statistics as to the methodological recommendations associated to the creation of input-output matrix, as well as some variants to capture the absent information. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article is aimed at providing a brief summary of the process of transformations that have taken place in Cuba during the two last years, from a primarily point of view. The paper is made up of five parts: an introduction, a section devoted to highlight the way in which the economic upgrading process has gone deeper and has extended in search of a proper definition of Cuban Socialism; a second section which addresses the process as from the crisis management and survival, until the definition of the paths of development; a third section which assess the results as from two perspectives: the process of transformations, and the economic results of the country in the last years (though there are certain limits for the analysis due to data availability), and one last section with a brief conclusion. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper argues about the malfunctioning of the current model of economic development and assess the content of the updating process initiated in 2011. As for the perspective of the outlying transition to socialism, the present work states the difference between economic model and economic system, as well as the basis and consequences of the confusion between both within the scope of socialism's political economy. It also reasons upon the better use of the development model concept in order to make out those Cuban Communist Party's 6th Congress' decisions, and puts forward its components, emphasizing transformation of productive structures and international insertion pattern. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Since 2009, «project planning» has been regarded as a planning instrument which tries to combine local interests with national ones, taking advantage of the potentials existing in Cuban municipalities. That is how a mechanism is established which, paralleled to traditional planning, makes possible different ways of production, development of profitable and sustainable productive projects, that conditioned the necessary change of mind and management that should go, side by side, with Cuban economy development process. This paper aims at deepening in the problems that today a territory has in terms of planning and assessing the new instrument encouraged by Ministerio de Economía y Planificación (Ministry of Economics and Planning, N.B.): Iniciativa Municipal de Desarrollo Local (IMDL) (Local Development Municipality Initiative, N.B.). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper refers to «monitoring» and «assessing» specific features, within the framework of the object's characteristics: actors of local development management and differences existing between these two complementary processes. The operational feature of a «local development» concept makes possible a first approach to the matrix of «logical framework» additionally putting into practice, in its methodology, a triangulation process: «brainstorm», Delphi and statistics techniques. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper comes from the concern about the need of recognition and integral implementation of the «local development » conception as the nuclei of the redimentioning of the Cuban economic model. It pretends to contribute to the reversion of negative perceptions about the convenience of its implementation within a Socialist-oriented economic environment, due to the distorsioned perspective that in this regard is generated by the presence of some basic links within its public policies component, as it is the case of the decentralization policy and the incentive policy to business innovation. The analysis deals with the correlation between «socioeconomic development» and «local development», consequently, with the non-generic nature of the application of this theoretical economic variant as a model for development. A point of view based on the systemic approach of the phenomenon in relation to its components and objectives is specified, and from this perspective of analysis, a cross DAFO matrix on the application of «local development» in Cuba is created, with the correspondent suggestions to face restrictions, challenges and defiance, as well as for the good deployment of the potentialities for this purpose. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]