Cuba Transition Project: Growth and Human Development in Cuba's Transition

摘要

Recent research on development has emphasized the importance of the two-way relationship between human development and economic growth. A single-minded focus on economic growth is rarely successful$ the achievement of sustained growth requires the support of a healthy and well-educated population. The length and quality of life, or human development as defined by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) serves both as the ultimate objective of human activity and as a requirement for sustainable growth which is, in turn, needed to fuel further advances in human development.