{"title":"Agrarian reform and usufruct farming in socialist Cuba","authors":"C. Mesa-Lago, Mario A. González‐Corzo","doi":"10.1080/17487870.2019.1683010","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This article analyzes the evolution, progress, and hurdles of usufruct farming in Cuba since its inception in 2008, as well as its impact on agricultural output, exports, and imports. It contributes to the existing literature based on the results of a field survey that provides the principal socioeconomic characteristics of usufruct farmers. The study concludes that despite some progress, Cuba’s usufruct contends with substantial challenges that limit its growth and potential economic contributions. Addressing these challenges is of the utmost economic and strategic importance for usufruct farming to achieve tangible improvements and raise the living standards of the Cuban people.","PeriodicalId":51737,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Economic Policy Reform","volume":"24 1","pages":"119 - 133"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3000,"publicationDate":"2020-05-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/17487870.2019.1683010","citationCount":"6","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Economic Policy Reform","FirstCategoryId":"96","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17487870.2019.1683010","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"DEVELOPMENT STUDIES","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
ABSTRACT This article analyzes the evolution, progress, and hurdles of usufruct farming in Cuba since its inception in 2008, as well as its impact on agricultural output, exports, and imports. It contributes to the existing literature based on the results of a field survey that provides the principal socioeconomic characteristics of usufruct farmers. The study concludes that despite some progress, Cuba’s usufruct contends with substantial challenges that limit its growth and potential economic contributions. Addressing these challenges is of the utmost economic and strategic importance for usufruct farming to achieve tangible improvements and raise the living standards of the Cuban people.
期刊介绍:
The Journal of Economic Policy Reform focuses on the analysis of economic policy reform. The journal draws upon what lessons can be learned from the successes and failures of countries undertaking reforms and how existing theories can be developed to shed light on positive as well as normative aspects of the reform process. The Journal of Economic Policy Reform encourages work from economists and political economy analysts on policies to promote growth and reduce poverty, intellectual property rights, aid versus trade, debt and debt relief, taxation and social security systems, surveys of key reform issues, as well as on corruption, democracy, emerging markets and the role of multilateral institutions.