Background
Mesa-Lago, Carmelo was born on August 11, 1934 in Havana, Cuba. Son of Rogelio M. and Ana Maria (Lago).
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In 1990, Carmelo Mesa-Lago, the foremost authority on social security in Latin America, concluded that all of the region's programs were imperiled, especially those in the most advanced nations. His study of twenty countries, originally sponsored by the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America, critically reviews major financial problems, low and uneven population coverage, erosion in benefits, increasing costs, and the impact of social security on development. In words that eerily echo current U.S. debates, Mesa-Lago analyzes virtually all social insurance programs: old age, disability and survivors' pensions; health care; occupational hazards; family allowances; and unemployment. For social security specialists, this impressive study will serve as a comprehensive regional handbook on the legal, administrative, and financial features of Latin America's programs. Students of comparative policy and applied economics will find Mesa-Lago's methodology, analytical framework, and policy recommendations invaluable.
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An analysis of economic and social policies under the Cuban revolution in its firts two decades, with the most comprehensive collection of data and information available. Arthur Whitaker Award to the best book published in 1981 in any discipline dealing with Latin America. Selected among the best books on Latin America by Choice (1982): "This book is better than anything else now available. No graduate or undergraduate library should overlook it." Chosen among the best books of the year by The Times of the Americas. "Mesa-Lago's contribution represents the most comprehensive and best documented analysis of the Cuban economy in 1959-1981. Because of the author's long-standing experience in dealing with Cuban publications, the balanced and informed interpretation of statistical data, and the reliable use of citations, it sets a standard work against which past and future research on Cuba are to be measured" (Peter Gey, Professor of Economics, Goethe Universität, Frankfurt, Osteuropa Wirtschaft, 1984). "Carmelo Mesa-Lago's book is definitely the place to turn for a thoughtful, concise, readable and authoritative appraisal of Cuba's economy under Castro. He has managed to achieve the scholarly objectivity about Cuba that eludes most observers. The picture he paints is empirically grounded, nuanced, and well worth careful study" (Abraham Lowenthal, Professor of Political Science, University of Southern California, 1981). "... an impressive work which meets the goal of providing a balanced appraisal of Cuba's economic evolution, demonstrating once again the author's superior skills, his critical judgment, and his willingness to be guided by the evidence " (Juan del Aguila, Professor of Political Science, Emory University, Atlanta, Southeastern Latin Americanist, 1984). "The author strains to be fair, even when he is clearly at his most critical... I recommend it highly" (Edel Matthews, Queens College, Niewe West-Indische Gids, Netherlands, 1983). "Certainly one of the most documented books on the subject" (Maxime Aubert, Revue Tier Monde, 1983). "Objective and professional in approach... provides a concise but integrate view of the Cuban economy" (Foreign Affairs, 1982). "A solid and objective economic analysis" (Latin America in Books, 1982).
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( How can we determine which economic model best provides...)
How can we determine which economic model best provides for economic development and social welfare? In this major comparative work, noted economist Carmelo Mesa-Lago analyzes three Latin American countries with divergent economic systems: Chile (a market economy), Cuba (socialist), and Costa Rica (mixed). He examines their economic and social policies, shows how these policies affect performance based on a set of socioeconomic variables, and ranks the countries among themselves (using new techniques) and in comparison with international indicators. The time frame of the study embraces thirty-eight years for Costa Rica (under the democratic social democracy) and Cuba (under the socialist revolution) and twenty-four years for Chile (under Pinochet and the return to democracy). Mesa-Lago focuses on the three diverse socioeconomic models that these countries represent during these periods.
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(En 2003 Fidel Castro arrbibo al los 77 anos de edad y cas...)
En 2003 Fidel Castro arrbibo al los 77 anos de edad y casi 45 anos de gobierno autocratico continuo en Cuba al momento en que la Revolucion enfrenta el deterioro mas severo desde 1993, cuando la crisis de los noventa toco fondo. La dificil situacion es agravada por el creciente aislamiento internacional de la isla caribena en reaccion al encarcelamiento de 75 disidentes pacificos. asi como las fuertes criticas del dirigente cubano a la UE. este libro, el quinto del autor publicado en Espana y basado en documentacion copiosisima, fundamentalmente obtenida en Cubaanaliza los antecendentes y efectos de la actual crisis socioeconomica y explora las perspectivas de salida de dicha situacion.
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( How can we determine which economic model best provides...)
How can we determine which economic model best provides for economic development and social welfare? In this major comparative work, noted economist Carmelo Mesa-Lago analyzes three Latin American countries with divergent economic systems: Chile (a market economy), Cuba (socialist), and Costa Rica (mixed). He examines their economic and social policies, shows how these policies affect performance based on a set of socioeconomic variables, and ranks the countries among themselves (using new techniques) and in comparison with international indicators. The time frame of the study embraces thirty-eight years for Costa Rica (under the democratic social democracy) and Cuba (under the socialist revolution) and twenty-four years for Chile (under Pinochet and the return to democracy). Mesa-Lago focuses on the three diverse socioeconomic models that these countries represent during these periods.
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Mesa-Lago, Carmelo was born on August 11, 1934 in Havana, Cuba. Son of Rogelio M. and Ana Maria (Lago).
Bachelor of Laws, University Havana, 1956. Doctor of Laws, University Madrid, 1958. Master of Arts in Economics, University Miami, 1965.
Doctor of Philosophy, Cornell University, 1968.
Assistant professor Cath University Villanueva, Havana, Cuba, 1956-1957, 59-61. Research associate University Miami, Florida, 1962-1965. Assistant professor University Pittsburgh, 1968-1971, associate professor, 1971-1976, professor, 1976-1981, distinguished professor economics and Latin America affairs, 1981-1999, distinguished professor emeritus, since 1999.
Director Center Latin America Studies, 1974-1986. Professor Florida International University, 1999—2002. Visiting professor Oxford University, 1977, Mellon visiting professor Florida International University, 1995, visiting professor Institute University Ortega y Gasset, 1990-1991, 2003.
Bacardi chair University Miami, 1994. Regional advisor Economic Commission Latin American, Santiago, Chile, 1983-1984. Research associate Max-Planck-Institute, Munich, 1991-1992, 2002, Free University Berlin, 1997.
Consultant in field.
( How can we determine which economic model best provides...)
( How can we determine which economic model best provides...)
(En 2003 Fidel Castro arrbibo al los 77 anos de edad y cas...)
( In 1990, Carmelo Mesa-Lago, the foremost authority on s...)
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(The reform of social security pensions and healthcare is ...)
( Written by a top scholar on social security in Latin Am...)
( An analysis of economic and social policies under the C...)
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Member Latin American Studies Association (president 1980), Caribbean Studies Association (eec. council 1973-1974), American Economic Association, Association Comparative Economics, International Association Labor Law and Social Security, Council on Foreign Relations and the National Academy of Social Insurance.
Married Elena Mesa-Gross, September 3, 1966. Children: Elizabeth, Ingrid, Helena.