While Fidel Castro maintains his longtime grip on Cuba, revolutionary scholars and policy analysts have turned their attention from how Castro succeeded (and failed), to how Castro himself will be succeeded—by a new government. Among the many questions to be answered is how the new government will deal with the corruption that has become endemic in Cuba. Even though combating corruption cannot be the central aim of post-Castro policy, Sergio Díaz-Briquets and Jorge Pérez-López suggest that, without a strong plan to thwart it, corruption will undermine the new economy, erode support for the new government, and encourage organized crime. In short, unless measures are taken to stem corruption, the new Cuba could be as messy as the old Cuba. Fidel Castro did not bring corruption to Cuba; he merely institutionalized it. Official corruption has crippled Cuba since the colonial period, but Castro's state-run monopolies, cronyism, and lack of accountability have made Cuba one of the world's most corrupt states. The former communist countries in Eastern Europe were also extremely corrupt, and analyses of their transitional periods suggest that those who have taken measures to control corruption have had more successful transitions, regardless of whether the leadership tilted toward socialism or democracy. To that end, Díaz-Briquets and Pérez-López, both Cuban Americans, do not advocate any particular system for Cuba's next government, but instead prescribe uniquely Cuban policies to minimize corruption whatever direction the country takes after Castro. As their work makes clear, averting corruption may be the most critical obstacle in creating a healthy new Cuba.

Corruption in Cuba: Castro and Beyond

History

Díaz-Briquets, Sergio

Pérez-López, Jorge

Americas

University of Texas Press

Pérez-López, Jorge F.

The Health Revolution in Cuba

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Univ of Texas Pr

Determinants Of Emigration From Mexico, Central America, And The Caribbean

Routledge

Regional And Sectoral Development In Mexico As Alternatives To Migration

Business & Money

Weintraub, Sidney

Economics

The Effects Of Receiving Country Policies On Migration Flows

<p>This volume examines a number of regional and sectoral developments in Mexico and assesses how they are related to undocumented migration to the United States, representing efforts to identify productive alternatives to the problem of migration.</p>

Determinants Of Emigration From Mexico, Central America, And The Caribbean (SERIES ON DEVELOPMENT AND INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION IN MEXICO, CENTRAL AMERICA, AND THE CARIBBEAN)

Westview Press

This is the second of two volumes which focus on the determinants of emigration from Central America and the Caribbean Basin to the USA, and on regional and sectoral economic developments that may provide alternatives to emigration. Subsequent volumes in the series examine the effects of international trade and investment, and of sending-country policies on migration flows; the use of migrant remittances to encourage small-business development; and the special problems of smaller countries in the region.

Regional And Sectoral Development In Mexico As Alternatives To Migration (SERIES ON DEVELOPMENT AND INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION IN MEXICO, CENTRAL AMERICA, AND THE CARIBBEAN)

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