Key Resources

Reports

• 2014 Cuba Research Trip Report, by the Cuba Cooperative Working Group (July, 2014).

Articles

[English]

• Just Ahead: Cuba’s Cooperative Groundswell, by SOL2 Economics President Eric Leenson (2015);
• Cuban Remix, by Stanford Social Innovation Review contributors Julia Sagebien and Eric Leenson (Winter, 2015);
• Cuban Cooperative Leaders Visit D.C., by NCBA-CLUSA (May, 2015);
• Opportunities and Challenges for Agricultural Trade with Cuba,  by Michael V. Beall, President and CEO  of NCBA-CLUSA  (April, 2015);
• Whither Cuba?, by Truth-Out contributor Cliff DuRand (April, 2015);
• A Cuban Economic “Update” with an Emphasis on Worker and Producer Cooperatives: 498 Enterprises Approved So Far, by the International Organisation of Industrial and Service Cooperatives (September, 2014);
• Unexpected Cuba, by New Left Review contributor Emily Morris (July/August, 2014);
• The New Realities of Running a Business in Cuba, by Christian Science Monitor (CSM) contributor Jonathan Wolfe (July, 2014);
• U.S. Co-Ops Offer Support to Cuban Startups, by CubaNews contributor Doreen Hemlock (September, 2014);
• Private Initiative Finds Garbage Profitable in Cuba, by Inter Press Service (IPS) contributor Patricia Grogg (October, 2013);
• Can Workers’ Democracy in Cuba’s New Non-Agricultural Cooperatives Co-Exist with Authoritarianism?, by thecubaneconomy.com contributor Arch Ritter (October, 2013).

[Spanish]

• No Hay Cambio Sin Entendimiento, por Varios Autores para Juventud Rebelde (Mayo 2015);
• Un Proceso Amplio, Riguroso, y Planificado, por Julio Martinez Molina para Granma (Febrero 2015);
• Para un Crecimiento Inclusivo: Empresas No Estatales Responsables en Cuba, por Rafael Betancourt y Julia Sagebien para Temas, Revista Cultural Cubana (Julio/Agosto/Septiembre 2013).

Audio

• A New Economic Model Grows in Cuba, by NPR / Latino USA’s Jonathan Wolfe (November, 2014).

Video

• US-Cuba Cooperative Working Group Public Meeting, hosted by American University’s School of International Service’s Global Environmental Politics program (May 2015).
• Razones – Social Entrepreneurship in Cuba is a 30-minute documentary that explores the emergence of innovative enterprises and their commitment to social responsibility and inclusion within Cuba’s new economic openings.