Adopting a system of “rule of law” will make Cuba attractive to investors, both large and small, and galvanize its economy.
La comparación entre Polonia y Cuba muestra que la transformación no es una elección binaria entre el mercado y el Estado, sino una cuestión de cómo se gobierna la apertura y cómo se integra institucionalmente.*
Over the past three decades, post-socialist economies have followed sharply divergent development paths, shaped less by ideology than by the institutional structuring of openness and control. This article compares Poland’s trajectory of EU-anchored integration with Cuba’s model of selective adaptation, arguing that not all forms of interdependence generate development. The comparison highlights how external ties can function either as a developmental ladder or as a structural trap.