02480cam a2200457 i 4500 rnd000000000111351 RAND 040520s2004 cau b 000 0 eng d 2004000924 0833035355 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0833036173 (electronic bk.) 9780833035356 9780833036179 (electronic bk.) RAND/MG-111-RC (Sirsi) a453652 $20.00 eBook $20.00 paperback CstmoR CstmoR F1788 .G58823 2004 Gonzalez, Edward. author. Cuba after Castro : legacies, challenges, and impediments / Edward Gonzalez, Kevin F. McCarthy. Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2004. xxv, 126 pages ; 23 cm text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia unmediated n rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier volume nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (p. 121-126). Cuba is nearing the end of the Castro era. When that end arrives, the government that succeeds Fidel Castro, as well as the Cuban people themselves, will need answers to the following questions: How is Castro's more than four-decade rule likely to affect a post-Castro Cuba? What are the political, social, and economic challenges that Cuba will have to confront? What are the impediments that will need to be surmounted if Cuba is to develop economically and embark on a democratic transition? To answer those questions, the authors examine Castro's political legacies, Cuba's generational and racial divisions, its demographic predicament, the legacy of a centralized economy, and the need for industrial restructuring. They conclude by offering policy guidelines for the United States to foster a stable and prosperous post-Castro Cuba. Also available on the internet via WWW in PDF format. Economic forecasting Cuba. Social problems Cuba History 20th century. Cuba Economic conditions 1990- Cuba Forecasting. Cuba Politics and government 1959- Cuba Social conditions 1959- McCarthy, Kevin F., 1945- author. Rand Corporation. National Security Research Division Rand Corporation. Online Access http://www.rand.org/publications/MG/MG111/ 597501 597501