SOUTH SOUTH COOPERATION - CUBAN TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO DEVELOPING-COUNTRIES IN SUGAR PRODUCTION

Cuba's long tradition as a sugar producer and commitment to the future of the industry uniquely qualify it to assist Third World nations in the development of their sugar industries. This report reviews the range of Cuban internationalist civilian assistance to developing countries, and then illustrates Cuban assistance to foreign sugar industries with reference to seven African and Central American countries. Foreign policy, rather than commercial advantage, seems to be the dominant consideration. The impact of Cuban assistance on world sugar production appears to have been marginal to date, but this could change. © 1990.