Introduction: On the brink of change : Cuba's economy and society at the start of the 2010s / Jorge I. Domínguez -- I. Igniting domestic economic growth. The Cuban economy : an evaluation and proposals for necessary policy changes / Omar Everleny Pérez Villanueva ; Monetary duality in Cuba : initial stages and future prospects / Pavel Vidal Alejandro ; Commentary: The importance of the right incentives / Dani Rodrik ; Cuban agriculture in the "special period" and necessary transformations / Armando Nova González ; Cuban agricultural reforms after 2007 / Armando Nova González ; Commentary: A comparative view of Cuban agricultural institutions and reforms / Dwight H. Perkins -- II. Opportunities for outward-oriented growth. Cuban monetary policy and the global crisis / Pavel Vidal Alejandro ; Cuba's agricultural sector and its external links / Anicia García Álvarez ; Foreign direct investment in China, Vietnam, and Cuba : pertinent experiences for Cuba / Omar Everleny Pérez Villanueva -- Commentary: Cuba and the challenges of globalization / Pedro Monreal González ; Commentary: A view from the east : trade, investment, and economic reform / Regina Abrami ; Commentary: The Cuban advantage / Sergio Silva-Castañeda -- III. Ensuring equity and social mobility. Introductory note: The social mobility perspective and its usefulness for the analysis of inequality and social policy in Cuba / Mayra Espina Prieto ; Structural change and routes of social mobility in today's Cuba : patterns, profiles, and subjectivities / Mayra Espina Prieto and Viviana Togores González ; Geography and habitat : dimensions of equity and social mobility in Cuba / Lucy Martín Posada and Lilia Núñez Moreno -- Commentary: Is Cuba becoming more Latin American? / Elisa Reis and Graziella Moraes Dias da Silva.