updated Sat. March 30, 2024
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CBC.ca
June 17, 2017
The forces in favour of re-establishing relations with Cuba are now too strong to resist, says Ted Henken, a former president of the think-tank the Association for the Study of the Cuban Economy. "There was a lot of speculation about whether Trump would introduce a 180-degree reversal or cancellation ofÃâà...
CNBC
November 15, 2016
Commentary by Ted A. Henken, an associate professor of Sociology and Latin American Studies at Baruch College, City University of New York and co-author of the book "Entrepreneurial Cuba: The Changing Policy Landscape." He is a past president of the Association for the Study of the Cuban EconomyÃâà...
Miami Herald
July 28, 2016
Another country stole attention at the opening session of the Association for the Study of the Cuban Economy conference in Miami as the impact on Cuba of the potential end of Venezuelan oil largesse became a prime topic for debate. Faced with mounting energy problems, Cuban officials announced strictÃâà...
CNBC
February 9, 2016
A rising number of Cubans are fleeing for the United States as relations thaw between the two countries — not because they think it's easier, but because they're afraid that it will soon get a lot harder. Rumors are spreading across the island that the special immigration status the United States has affordedÃâà...
Huffington Post
January 25, 2016
Cuentapropista (a Cuban entrepreneur) is a term that up until a few years ago would not have been used to describe a large sector of Cuba's centralized and still heavily planned economy. But despite heavy odds, I have recently witnessed the proliferation of Cuban entrepreneurship and its positive effectsÃâà...
World Policy Institute
December 17, 2015
In late 2010, after years of antagonistic policies toward Cuba's tiny private sector, the Cuban government dramatically altered its approach in order to unleash its employment potential. Since then the sector has grown from less than 150,000 licensed operators to more than half a million. When combinedÃâà...
Huffington Post
June 8, 2015
The exact path remains uncertain, but Cuba's economy is on the move. Bright-eyed capitalists have been thumping their tails since President Obama gave the nod last December to restoring diplomatic relations, but the island's economic model was already in flux. In 2011, the Sixth Congress of the Communist Party outlinedÃâà...
Pew Research Center
May 28, 2015
Cuban GDP by sector 3Despite economic reforms, the state still dominates. In a paper published last year by the Association for the Study of the Cuban Economy, former International Monetary Fund economist Ernesto Hernandez-Cata estimated that Cuba's private and cooperative sector generated 25.3%Ãâà...
PolitiFact
December 18, 2014
Betancourt, who co-founded the Association for the Study of the Cuban Economy, said Venezuela accounts for about 40 percent of Cuba's trade in goods. We found another estimate that put Venezuelan purchases at 20 percent of Cuba's GDP. Why would Venezuela stop helping Cuba? Venezuela hasÃâà...
