This edition of Cuba Economic Review continues our series, Cuba: From Crisis to Transformation, with guest contributors Pedro Monreal and Mauricio de Miranda taking over the In Deep section to argue for moving Cuba toward a social market economy grounded in democratic rule of law.

By the Numbers looks at Cuba’s heavy dependence on services and asks whether that specialization can become a real platform for growth. Quick Takes reviews recent developments in domestic crude processing, ECLAC’s contraction forecasts, inflation, internet quality, U.S. fuel exports, solar capacity, and Sherritt’s pull-back from Cuban joint ventures. Recommended Readings closes with a note on the settlement of a Helms-Burton Title III lawsuit against Spain’s Iberostar airline and its implications for foreign investors in Cuba.