Cuba on Tuesday released a 274-point economic and social plan that will serve as a policy guideline for the country’s next five years.
The document is similar to Cuba’s plan from 2011, restating the country’s commitment to a centrally planned economy but recognising the need for more foreign investment.
Other highlights include the communist government’s commitment to prevent the concentration of wealth and property, as well as a call for decentralisation of its state-run economy, according to the Washington Post.
The Post also reported that the Cuban government promised to advance internet services, but only “gradually, according to our economic possibilities.”
Cuba, one of the least-connected countries in the world, first launched wireless internet service last July. Before that, internet was available only to about three percent of the island’s population, according to Reuters.
See the Aug. 28, 2016 edition for full coverage.
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