Credit for banner image above: A Cuban man in Little Havana, Miami, wires money to his mother in Havana. Photo by Joe Raedle, Getty Images, 2004.
The following reports provide estimates and analysis of remittances sent to Cuba by Cubans living abroad:
Remittance Behaviors among Cuban Migrants in Miami and Madrid: Motivations, Practices, and Experiences, by Denisse Delgado Vázquez. Ph.D. dissertation, University of Massachusetts, Boston, 2024.
Contribution of Cuban Residents Abroad to the Cuban Economy: Tourism and Remittances, by Rafael J. Betancourt. International Journal of Cuban Studies, Summer 2024.
Remittances to Cuba and the Marketplace in 2024, by Manuel Orozco. The Dialogue, March 2024.
Cuba: Emigration Grows, but Remittances Sink, by Emilio Morales. Cuba Siglo 21, January 15, 2024.
Remittances: GAESA Undermine the Cubans Prosperity, by Emilio Morales. Cuba Siglo 21, September 18, 2023.
Policy Note No. 15: Recommendations on Remittances, by Cuban Integrated Financing Framework (CIFFRA). Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, October 31, 2022.
Remittances to Cuba: Between Informality and Expectations, by Luis Felipe Rojas. Voice of America, March 4, 2022.
U.S. Policy on Remittances to Cuba: What Are Some Viable Options? by the Center for International and Strategic Studies, September 15, 2021.
U.S. Restrictive Policies on Cuban Remittances: Effects on Cuban Families and the Emerging Private Sector on the Island, by Denisse Delgado Vázquez. Horizonte Cubano / Cuban Horizon, January 18, 2021.
Remittances to Cuba Fell by 54.14% in 2020, According to Experts. OnCuba News, November 24, 2020.
The Impact of the Covid Crisis on the Flow of Remittances to Cuba: A Look at the Use of Digital Platforms, by Denisse Delgado Vázquez. Horizonte Cubano / Cuban Horizon, September 20, 2020.
Cuba Will Receive Up to a Third Fewer Remittances in 2020 Due to the Covid-19 Crisis. Diario de Cuba, April 2, 2020.
Remittances to Cuba Revisited: Impact of New Measures, by Luis R. Luis. ASCE Cuba Blog, November 12, 2019.
Remittances, an Investment Route for Cubans? by Emilio Morales. The Havana Consulting Group, September 27, 2019.
Cuba's New Social Structure: Assessing the Re-Stratification of Cuban Society 60 Years after Revolution, by Katrin Hansing and Bert Hoffmann. GIGA Working Paper No. 315, February 2019.
The Importance of Remittances in the Cuban Economy, by Emilio Morales. The Havana Consulting Group, August 28, 2018.
Remittances to Cuba Diversify and Heat Up the Payment Channels, by Emilio Morales. The Havana Consulting Group, March 3, 2018.
Remittances to Cuba in 2016 Grow by 2.7%, by Emilio Morales. The Havana Consulting Group, July 20, 2017.
Cuba: The Fastest Growing Remittances Market in Latin America, by Emilio Morales. The Havana Consulting Group, June 23, 2016.
In Cuba, Cash Trickles In for Budding Capitalists, by Dudley Althaus and José de Córdoba. The Wall Street Journal, January 10, 2016.
Year 2013: Record of Remittances and Travelers to Cuba, by Emilio Morales. Café Fuerte, December 23, 2013.
Cuba: $2.6 Billion in Remittances in 2012, by Emilio Morales. Havana Journal, June 11, 2013.
Remittance Recipients and the Present and Future of Microentrepreneurship Activities in Cuba, by Manuel Orozco and Katrin Hansing. In Cuba in Transition (Volume 21), edited by the Association for the Study of the Cuban Economy (ASCE), 2011.
On Remittances, Markets, and the Law: The Cuban Experience in Present Times, by Manuel Orozco. Inter-American Dialogue, 2009.
Remittances to Cuba: A Survey of Methods and Estimates, by Sergio Díaz-Briquets and Jorge Pérez-López. In Cuba in Transition (Volume 15), edited by the Association for the Study of the Cuban Economy (ASCE), 2005.
Cuban Americans on Remittances and the Embargo, by Frances Alia Spiegel. M.A. thesis, Florida International University, 2004.