Tulane University

Paolo Spadoni presents new book on Cuban economy

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Please join us for a lecture by Dr. Paolo Spadoni, assistant professor of political science at Georgia Regents University, on March 28th at 12:30pm. Spadoni will present his newest book Cuba's Socialist Economy Today: Navigating Challenges and Change (Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2014). Lunch will be served and an RSVP is required.

What does Cuba's socialist economy look like today, after a half-century of fluctuating strategies? Are the reforms instituted by Raúl Castro improving living conditions and boosting production and efficiency? What challenges does the government face in crafting policies to address the country's most critical problems? Paolo Spadoni offers deeply informed answers to these questions as he traces the evolution of Cuba's economy, explores the current state of affairs in key sectors, and assesses the likelihood that government efforts to cure Cuba's economic woes will be successful.

Paolo Spadoni is currently an assistant professor of political science at Georgia Regents University. He is a former Post-doctoral Research Fellow for the Center for Inter-American Policy and Research (2008-2009). He is the author of Failed Sanctions: Why the US Embargo Against Cuba Could Never Work (University Press of Florida, 2010). He received his PhD from the University of Florida.

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Social Policy in Latin America since the Left Turn: A Roundtable Discussion

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Please join us for a Social Policy Roundtable, on April 1st, 2014 at 12:30pm in the Stibbs Conference Room, featuring:

Mary Clark
Associate professor of Political Science, Tulane University
Nora Lustig
Samuel Z. Stone Professor of Latin American Economics, Tulane University
Robert Kaufman
Professor of Political Science, Rutgers University
Kenneth Roberts
Senior Associate Dean of the Cllege of Arts and Sciences, Cornell University
Eduardo Silva
Friezo Family Foundation Chair in Political Science, Tulane University

moderated by

Ludovico Feoli
Director of the Center for Inter-American Policy and Research (CIPR), Tulane University

Please RSVP to cipr@tulane.edu
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