CNE – Centro Para Una Nueva Economía – Center for a New Economy
Non-profit, economic research and policy development organization
Devising economic development opportunities for Puerto Rico and strengthening execution capabilities are the most pressing goals for policymakers in Puerto Rico and the United States. But achieving long-term, sustainable economic growth and development is a complex endeavor: there are no quick fixes or silver bullets. The task requires building realistic goals and managing execution capabilities.
The Center for a New Economy (CNE) announced today that the CNE Growth Commission for Puerto Rico will meet during the first week of April, in San Juan, to discuss the agenda it has started to outline. The Commission has the objective of identifying strategies and public policies to help restore economic growth in Puerto Rico, and is composed of 17 renowned experts from academia, the private sector, and the public sector.
El Centro para una Nueva Economía (CNE) anunció hoy que la Comisión de Crecimiento para Puerto Rico del CNE se reunirá la primera semana de abril en San Juan para discutir la agenda de trabajo que ha comenzado a delinear. La misma tiene el objetivo de identificar estrategias y políticas públicas que ayuden a restablecer el crecimiento económico en Puerto Rico.
During the past two months, public debate in Puerto Rico has focused mostly on the impact of specific fiscal adjustment measures proposed by the Fiscal Control Board (“FCB”) in its January 18 letter to Governor Roselló and by the Rosselló administration in its February 28 Fiscal Plan.
On July 30, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the law that created the Medicaid and Medicare programs. The President was eloquent in his description of the objectives of the law:
We are writing in response to the request for “stakeholder input” issued by the Bipartisan Congressional Task Force on Economic Growth in Puerto Rico (the “Task Force”), which was established pursuant to Section 409 of the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act (“PROMESA”).1
We are writing in response to the request for “stakeholder input” issued by the Bipartisan Congressional Task Force on Economic Growth in Puerto Rico (the “Task Force”), which was established pursuant to Section 409 of the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act (“PROMESA”).1
El pasado 15 de junio de 2016 CNE retomó públicamente el tema con la presentación de “Devising a Growth Strategy for Puerto Rico”, un informe elaborado junto al Initiative for Policy Dialogue de la Universidad de Columbia que comienza a esbozar los lineamientos de una nueva política industrial para la isla. ¿En qué consiste la propuesta de CNE? Escucha CNE Unplugged, donde reproducimos el audio de la exposición que hicieron los tres autores del informe ante la prensa.
