Cuba expects economy to grow 3.1 percent in 2011
Sat Dec 18, 2010 3:55pm GMT.HAVANA Dec 18 - Cuba expects its economy to grow 3.1 percent in 2011, up from 2.1 percent this year, as it slowly emerges from an extended slump, Cuban officials said on Saturday in a meeting of the National Assembly.
Communist-ruled Cuba will expand its small business reforms in 2012 to allow people in a growing number of industries to operate as independent entrepreneurs, state media reported Monday, cited by AFP.