Thursday, December 27, 2012

Non-Agricultural Coops Grow Too in Cuba


Cuba passes five new laws to create non-ag coops...

Non-agricultural cooperatives: Progress in the updating of Cuba's economic model

by O. Fonticoba Gener  


New laws create legal framework for non-agricultural cooperatives


Cuba is moving strongly ahead in its commitment to open its economy to cooperative control. Below an article from Gramna. http://www.granma.cu/ingles/cuba-i/20dic-cooperatives.html

"...As part of the updating of Cuba's socio-economic model, and the implementation of Policy Guidelines approved at the 6th Party Congress - in particular numbers 25-29 - five new laws went into effect December 11, creating a legal framework for the gradual establishment of cooperatives for non-agricultural purposes, and providing provisional regulations which will govern the process.

The new laws allow for the initial establsihment of cooperative associations to undertake more than 200 different activities throughout the country, including transportation, restaurant services, fishing, personal and domestic services, recycling, production of construction materials, as well as construction services.

This new non-state management format offers promise given its more social nature and its development can benefit from the positive, a well as negative, experience of agricultural cooperatives.

The option of renting state facilities to these associations is also included in the newly enacted laws...."

To read more, download the full article at http://wendyholm.com/granma.cu.Non-ag.coops.pdf

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