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Steps toward access to banking services for Cuba's non governmental sector

February 1, 2012

A central piece in the recent reform of the Cuban economic model is the opening to a small-scale nongovernmental sector: self-employed workers, private micro businesses and small farmers. In addition, a future expansion to include cooperatives has been announced beyond, the ... Read More
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As Raul Castro's Communists hold conference to promote reforms, Cubans fear it is all too ...

January 30, 2012

As Raul Castro calls a rare National Conference of Cuba's Communist Party, an army of entrepreneurs is desperate to do more business. But does their energy outstrip the slow pace of reform? Read More
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Cuban communists OK term limits for party and government officials

January 30, 2012

Cuba’s Communist Party Sunday cleared the way for a long-term renovation of its Central Committee that might hint at the island’s future leaders, while Raúl Castro issued a strong call for openness within the party and mass media — but only up to a point. Read More
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US has tied own hands as Cuba drills

January 30, 2012

THIS MORNING, a congressional committee will meet in Sunny Isles Beach, Fla., to examine our capacity to handle an oil spill in the Caribbean. It is an important event, acknowledging a new reality: Expanding offshore drilling is not exclusively a US pastime. Like so many oth... Read More
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Lessons for Cuban business

January 30, 2012

President Raúl Castro wants the recent liberalisation of small businesses to bolster Cuba’s sagging economy and absorb the 1m state workers he says will eventually be laid off. Read More
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Cuba moving some state-run cafes into private hands

January 12, 2012

(Reuters) - For the first time since they were nationalized in the 1960s, Cuba has opened the door to private management of some state-run cafes and food service outlets, often scorned for bad service and poor food. Read More
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Cuba Small Business Initiative

The goal of the Cuba Small Business Initiative is to identify ways to empower Cubans on the island with the resources and information to start and operate small businesses in Cuba.

Objective 1: To identify resources, technology and information that could be employed today to empower Cuban entrepreneurs on the island... Read More
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Cuba IT & Social Media Initiative

The power of Internet technology and social media to fuel economic growth, enhance communication and expand educational opportunities is, without doubt, one of the legacies of the last quarter century. However, while Internet technology and social media have helped increase communication and grow the economies of developed nations and some emerging nations, others have fallen behind and into an ever-expanding technology gap. If access to basic healthcare and education were the determining factors for development in the past, access to technology may very well be the determining factor for this generation. Read More
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The Cuban Enterprise Fund

The Cuban Enterprise Fund is modeled after the successful enterprise funds created by the Support for Eastern European Democracy Act of 1989, following the fall of the Berlin wall. Its purpose, like that of previous funds, is to assist in the development of private enterprise by providing equity investments, loans, technical assistance, training, and other forms of assistance to truly independent businesses within host nations. Read More
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Unleashing Micro-Economic Reforms in Cuba: Investing in Cubans

This Cuba Study Group sponsored project is aimed towards assisting Cubans on the island by providing them with the know-how, the resources and the conditions to setup and operate their own small businesses as soon as Cuban law permits. Read More
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Consenso Cubano

In April of 2005, the Cuba Study Group joined over 20 other organizations in a project aimed at uniting the Cuban diaspora along a series of basic principles. The result of this effort is Consenso Cubano, a plural gathering space for refection, conciliation and concord among Cuban organizations. The Pilares para un Consenco Cubano, a series of fundamental areas of agreement among member organizations, constitutes the foundation and framework of reference for Consenso Cubano. The Cuba Study Group is a founding member of Conseso Cubano. Read More
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Defending the Rights of Cuban Workers

In April of 2005, the Cuba Study Group joined over 30 organizations from 7 different countries at the first Annual Conference of the International Group for Social Corporate Responsibility in Madrid, Spain. At that conference the 35 organizations that were represented, including independent labor unions and non-profit organizations from around the world, unanimously approved a resolution condemning the Cuban regime's systematic violation of internationally recognized labor standards and agreed to form the International Group for Social Corporate Responsibility in Cuba. Read More
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Supporting Small Business in Cuba

A whitepaper prepared by the Cuba Study Group in collaboration with Americas Society/Council of the Americas and the Center for Financial Inclusion at ACCION International which was released in April of 2011."
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Empowering the Cuban People through Technology

A whitepaper released by the Cuba Study Group in collaboration with the Latin America Initiative at the Brookings Institution and the Americas Society/Council of the Americas in July 2010. The report summarizes the conclusions of the Cuba IT and Social Media Initiative, a pr...
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Lifting Restrictions on Travel and Remittances to Cuba

A December 2008 white paper release by the Cuba Study Group advocating for the unilateral lifting of all restrictions on travel and remittances to Cuba by U.S. nationals. ...
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The Cuban Enterprise Fund

A Cuba Study Group proposal for the creation of a Cuban Enterprise Fund to assist in the development of private small and medium size businesses in Cuba through equity investments, loans, technical assistance, training, and other forms of assistance. ...
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Unleashing Microeconomic Reforms: Investing in Cubans

The Cuba Study Group's September 2006 White Paper outlining its initiative to unleash micro-economic reforms in Cuba and offer million in micro-credits to entrepreneurs in Cuba. ...
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Issue #6: The Road of Patience

In this Dec. 15, 2011 issue, Lenier Gonzalez Mederos, editor of Espacio Laical analyzes the role of independent media in Cuba.
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Issue #5: The Catholic Church and the destiny of the Cuban nation

Roberto Veiga Gonzalez, editor of the Catholic publication Espacio Laical, reflects on the role of the Catholic Church in Cuba and its role in helping shape Cuba's future ...
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Issue #4: Migration policy, updating or readjustment?

Co-founder of Convivencia Cuba, Virgilio Toledo Lopez, analyses the announced updating or readjustment of Cuba's migration laws ...
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Issue #3: Updating Cuba's Economic Model

University of Havana Professor and Economist Omar Everleny Perez Villanueva examines the updating of Cuba's economic model ...
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Issue #2: Current Situation & Future of the Relationship Between Cuba & the United States

Independent journalist Miriam Leiva discusses the prospects for renewed relations between the United States and Cuba given the processes of reform underway in the island...
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Issue #1: Insufficient and Unclear Guidelines

In this issue, economist and independent journalist Oscar Espinosa Chepe (Havana) examines the scope and limitations of the project of reforms approved by the Communist Party of Cuba...
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