1. “ Cuba: A Services-Centered Survival and Development Plan” The Political Economy of Change in Cuba Alberto Gabriele* UNCTAD, Geneva * The author wishes to thank Dr. Lázaro Peña Castellanos, director of the Centro de Investigaciones de Economía Internacional (CIEI) of the Havana University, and all his colleagues, for the help and support they gave him during a three-months stay in Habana in March-June 2010, when he was on sabbatical leave from UNCTAD.