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“ 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.
From tertiarization to sustainable development? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Tertiarization  (1) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Tertiarization  (2) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
IGPS ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
NDS ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Cuba’s GDP in 2000 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
2 structural trends unfold in the 2000s ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
The goods-services dichotomy  (1) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
The goods-services dichotomy  (2) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
The goods-services dichotomy  (3) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
The goods-services dichotomy  (4) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Professional Services (PS) exports  ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
An only apparent paradox ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Exports of PS: pluses ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Exports of PS: minuses (1) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Exports of PS: minuses (2)  ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Exports of PS:sustainable? ,[object Object],[object Object]
Overcoming the infantile disease ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
The “law of value” in a socialist economy ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
2 key lessons from one century of socialist economic history (1) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
2 key lessons from one century of socialist economic history (2) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
As time passes by, it is more and more urgent ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Cuba, China, and Vietnam: similarities (1) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Cuba, China, and Vietnam: similarities (2) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Cuba, China, and Vietnam: differences (1) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Cuba, China, and Vietnam: differences (2) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Size ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Human Development (HD) and wages ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Services and manufacturing ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Export-led massive industrialization? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
2 areas of manufacturing potential (i) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
2 areas of manufacturing potential (ii) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
A knowledge-intensive services development path ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
The role of the State is crucial ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Necessary conditions… ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
… will not be sufficient unless ,[object Object],[object Object]
A key strategic objective ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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