CNE – Centro Para Una Nueva Economía – Center for a New Economy
Non-profit, economic research and policy development organization
To better understand how Puerto Rican households are faring financially, a topic last comprehensively studied in the 2007ā08 Puerto Rico Survey of Consumer Finances, the 2021 National Financial Capability Study surveyed 1,001 adults in Puerto Rico. The findings show that while debt levels are relatively low, many in Puerto Rico struggle to make ends meet.
We reviewed a summary of the main findings of the PR100 Study in a prior policy brief. This time around we want to focus on a handful of issues that we believe merit further public discussion and analysis in Puerto Rico.
In this edition of Reading the DC Tea Leaves we present a list of upcoming federal policy issues that CNE will pursue over the coming years.
Congress should not make U.S. citizens in Puerto Rico wait to receive a fair portion of their daily bread until the next Farm Bill deliberations in 2028. The time for Congress to discharge its legal and moral obligations to Puerto Rico is now.
On February 7, representatives of the U.S. Department of Energy presented a summary of the findings of the PR100 Study. While the PR100 Final Report will not be released until late March, in this policy brief we highlight some of the findings of the PR100 Summary due to their importance and their potential policy implications for Puerto Ricoās electricity sector.
Now in 2023, the reconstruction and transformation of Puerto Ricoās electric power system is entering a critical stage, as several important processesāPREPAās operational and financial restructuring; the commencement of large-scale projects to rebuild the grid; and the elaboration of a new Integrated Resource Planāconverge at a key point in time.
AdemĆ”s de los numerosos premios internacionales que han recibido, y las mĆŗltiples reseƱas, estudios y escritos que se han redactado, la experiencia del CaƱo se ha discutido como ejemplo en Brasil, EspaƱa, SudĆ”frica y en otras comunidades que enfrentan problemas similares en diversas partes del mundo. Ahora falta que muchos mĆ”s aquĆ tomen nota y entiendan que, desde el CaƱo, se estĆ” repensando y verdaderamente reconstruyendo el paĆs.
En mayo del aƱo pasado, la Junta de PlanificaciĆ³n de Puerto Rico cumpliĆ³ 80 aƱos de existencia y poco o casi nada se dijo sobre este acontecimiento en un paĆs acostumbrado a festejar y reconocer cualquier cosa que se le venga a la mente a nuestros oficiales pĆŗblicos. Lee la columna de Deepak Lamba-Nieves.
