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Cuba'S Emerging Self-Employed Entrepreneurs: Recent Developments And Prospects For The Future

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  • MARIO A. GONZÁLEZ-CORZO

    (City University of New York (CUNY), Lehman College, Department of Economics and Business, Carman Hall, 377, 250 Bedford Park Boulevard West, Bronx, NY 10468, USA;
    Institute for Cuban and Cuban-American Studies (ICCAS), University of Miami, Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies, The Graduate Center (CUNY), USA)

  • ORLANDO JUSTO

    (Department of Economics and Business, City University of New York (CUNY), Lehman College, Carman Hall, 377, 250 Bedford Park Boulevard West, Bronx, NY 10468, USA)

Abstract

This paper examines the evolution of Cuba's self-employed entrepreneurs since the sector became an officially-recognized alternative to State sector employment in 2010. Despite the expansion of authorized self-employment activities and the implementation of gradual economic reforms to "update" the country's socialist economic model since 2010, Cuba's emerging self-employed entrepreneurs still face a series of constraints and limitations, such as an onerous tax system, underdeveloped banking and financial sectors, lack of access to organized input markets and a still hostile business climate that hinder their ability to expand and contribute to the country's economic growth.

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  • Mario A. González-Corzo & Orlando Justo, 2014. "Cuba'S Emerging Self-Employed Entrepreneurs: Recent Developments And Prospects For The Future," Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship (JDE), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 19(03), pages 1-26.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:jdexxx:v:19:y:2014:i:03:n:s1084946714500150
    DOI: 10.1142/S1084946714500150
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    1. Kornai, Janos, 1992. "The Socialist System: The Political Economy of Communism," OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press, number 9780198287766.
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    1. Mario A. González-Corzo, 2015. "Entrepreneurship in Post-Socialist Economies: Lessons for Cuba," Annual Proceedings, The Association for the Study of the Cuban Economy, vol. 25.

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