Abstract
Diversification of the economy away from sugar was high among the economic priorities of the Cuban revolutionary government in power since 1959. This essay explores whether sugar's role in the structure of the economy has in fact changed significantly in the last 25 years or so by examining three aspects of structural change: specialization in production, export concentration, and effects of changes in world sugar market prices on economic growth. The analysis suggests that policies of the revolutionary government have had a marginal impact in reducing sugar's role. Plans to increase sugar production and exports through the end of the century virtually assure that sugar will continue to play a predominant role in the economy.
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