Weekly Report - 28 June 2005

CUBA | Rolling back the private sector. The Cuban government has been quietly rolling back, over the past year, the small-scale private sector it had allowed to flourish since late 1993. At that time it had authorised people to conduct 160 activities on a self-employed basis, under licence. About 170,000 people took the opportunity; a small proportion of an economically active population of 3.5m. A favourite among them was the establishment of snack bars and paladares (small family-run restaurants). Over the past year about 2,000 licences have been revoked for breaches of the regulations, but far more found that since October 2004 their activities were banned. 

End of preview - This article contains approximately 293 words.

Subscribers: Log in now to read the full article

Not a Subscriber?

Choose from one of the following options

• Subscribe
• Sign up for a one-time, 14-day trial