| Welcome to CTP News, the monthly newsletter of
the Cuba Transition Project (CTP) at the University of Miami's
Institute for Cuban and Cuban-American Studies (ICCAS). The
CTP is funded by a grant from the U.S. Agency for International
Development (USAID).
The Institute for Cuban and Cuban-American Studies
(ICCAS) received a new grant for one year from the United States
Agency for International Development (USAID) in support of its
Cuba Transition Project (CTP).
The new grant will continue CTP's publication of Cuba Focus
and Cuba Facts. In addition, proposed activities include:
the organization of several seminars in Europe and Latin America
and the development of practical information for Cubans in the
island on how to organize small business; labor unions; political
parties; electoral processes; etc. The project will also provide
specialized information on market economics to universities;
think tanks; government officials; and independent economists
in the island.
"Civil Society in Cuba: Advancing through
Moral Convictions and Public Connectedness," a monograph
by María del Pilar Aristigueta, is now available in hard
copy and at our website, click
here, under "Research Studies."
A new issue of Cuba Focus,
"Preliminary Assessment of the Impact of Hurricanes
Gustav and Ike," click
here to view, is now available at the CTP website.
The new issue of Cuban Affairs, the quarterly electronic
journal of ICCAS, includes the following articles:
What
to Expect from the Cuban-American Electorate
Benjamin G. Bishin, Feryal M. Cherif, Andy
S. Gomez, and Daniel P. Stevens
Cuba: Access to Capital Markets, External
Debt Burden, and Possible
Avenues for Debt Relief
Lorenzo L. Pérez
How to Think About Change in Cuba: A Guide for Policymakers
Jose Azel
Cuba's Economic Culture and the Reform Process
G.B. Hagelberg and José Alvarez
Book reviews and a chronology of recent events in Cuba are also included.
We invite you to visit the journal’s
website click here for more information
and/or to subscribe.
The CTP
can be contacted at P.O. Box 248174, Coral Gables, Florida 33124-3010,
Tel: 305-284-CUBA (2822), Fax: 305-284-4875, and by email at
ctp.iccas@miami.edu.
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