CNE – Centro Para Una Nueva Economía – Center for a New Economy
Non-profit, economic research and policy development organization
For the fifth year in a row, Puerto Rico’s Center for a New Economy (CNE) has been included in the most recent edition of the 2017 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report published by the University of Pennsylvania’s renowned Lauder Institute.
Por quinto año consecutivo, el Centro para una Nueva Economía (CNE) de Puerto Rico ha sido incluido en la edición más reciente del índice mundial de think tanks que publica el Lauder Institute de la Universidad de Pennsylvania.
The administration of Governor Ricardo Rosselló recently announced its intention to privatize the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority. I agree with the governor that the time has come to take drastic measures with respect to PREPA, as it has proved incapable of reforming itself and has been immune to several administrations’ efforts to modernize and restructure its operations.
Hurricane Maria blew away roofs, uprooted lives and laid bare a corrupted and decayed energy grid. But one thing it did not do was diminish Puerto Rico’s determination, grit and sense of purpose.
Today, 90 days after María hit P.R., we are resolute to continue with our mission. Together we are on the road to restore, rebuild and reimagine Puerto Rico.
TREAT PUERTO RICO FAIRLY – Puerto Ricans are US citizens by birth. Therefore, Congress should treat Puerto Rico as a state for purposes of allocating disaster recovery and rebuilding funds. Funding provided through FEMA and the Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery program should be allocated to Puerto Rico on terms and conditions no less advantageous than those applicable to the fifty states, including funding for hazard mitigation to ensure we minimize harm from similar events in the future.
El Tercer Sector en la mesa del nuevo país: editorial de El Nuevo Día publicado el 30 de octubre de 2017.
Puerto Rico Recovery Fund – Week 5 Update
Maria, Lessons from Katrina: Ten recommendations from an experienced friend of Puerto Rico and a longtime supporter of CNE, John G. Davies, President of the Baton Rouge Area Foundation.
