CNE – Centro Para Una Nueva Economía – Center for a New Economy
Non-profit, economic research and policy development organization
Using the San Juan Metropolitan Area as a case study, this Lincoln Institute working paper measures how neighborhood change relates to Hurricane Mariaās impacts and the geography of opportunity, to guide where reconstruction spending should go.
From Madrid, we outline three European debates with lessons for Puerto Rico in 2022: rising electricity prices and reliance on natural gas, the future of fiscal rules, and how to absorb a massive influx of reconstruction funds.
A special edition on our 2021 Growth Policy Summit, where some 300 people heard Joseph Stiglitz and other experts on economic growth in Puerto Rico. Our editor reflects on why the season may finally be turning.
In testimony to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, we document how FEMA and HUD delayed Hurricane Maria aid to Puerto Rico through unprecedented conditions and reviews. Whatever the intent, the effects were discriminatory.
A special edition on education and economic development. Visiting Fellow Belinda Reyes argues that rebuilding Puerto Ricoās middle class requires a strong, well-funded post-secondary education system, even as the Oversight Board cuts the UPRās budget nearly in half.
Puerto Rico needs a 21st-century development model that grows the economy from the middle out. We propose a master plan for post-secondary education with a sustainable budget, independent governance and regional plans tied to the recovery.
An interactive tool with municipal-level data on housing damage from Hurricanes Irma and MarĆa and on reconstruction investments by federal and local programs, showing pending housing needs across Puerto Rico.
We highlight the Build Back Better billās key provisions for Puerto Rico, from new wage credits for businesses and higher federal Medicaid funding to full SSI coverage, child care and universal pre-K.
