| ID | 148266 |
| Title Proper | Self-employment in Cuba |
| Other Title Information | between informality and entrepreneurship – the case of shoe manufacturing |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Concepción, Yailenis Mulet |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | This article discusses the phenomenon of self-employment in Cuba from three perspectives: its conceptualisation, its links with informality and the challenges to its growth. First, it reviews the characteristics of self-employment in Cuba, in comparison with available theory and with various studies of informality carried out in other countries. Second, it documents the dimensions of informality and Cuba’s black market economy through the study of a specific sector of the independent labour force: shoe producers. Third, it considers the main challenges for the growth of self-employment in Cuba, as illustrated by the case of Cuban shoemakers, and draws some lessons that should improve the situation of this sector, taking into account different international studies. |
| `In' analytical Note | Third World Quarterly Vol. 37, No.9; 2016: p.1713-1729 |
| Journal Source | Third World Quarterly VoL: 37 No 9 |
| Key Words | Cuba ; Economic Reform ; Self-Employment ; Informality ; Shoe Industry |