Richard Feinberg Research on Cuba's International Development Referenced
Cuba asking advice from IMF? Don’t laugh!
12/14/2011
Andres Oppenheimer,
The Miami Herald
An old joke I heard for the first time more than 20 years ago in Havana says that the three biggest achievements of the Cuban revolution are health, education, and low infant-mortality rates, and that its three biggest failures are breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
A new study by the Brookings Institution think tank shows that, two decades later, things remain just as bad, if not worse.
Consider some of the findings of the study, entitled "Reaching out: Cuba's new economy and the international response." It was written by Richard E. Feinberg, a former Clinton administration Latin American adviser who supports growing international development cooperation with Cuba, and who traveled to Cuba earlier this year and interviewed Cuban officials, academics, and average citizens.
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Richard Feinberg is Professor of International Political Economy and Chair of the Global Leadership Institute at IR/PS. He can comment on U.S. foreign policy matters, notably with regard to Latin America and Asia, and business and economic matters.
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