CNE – Centro Para Una Nueva Economía – Center for a New Economy
Non-profit, economic research and policy development organization
As UPR considers dropping the PAA from admissions, we look at why universities are moving away from standardized tests. Changing requirements isnā€™t enough: students need sustained support to enroll and graduate.
Hurricane Fiona opened a window to fix Puerto Ricoā€™s recovery. We propose a Puerto Rico Recovery Task Force, with clear principles and policy priorities for an equitable recovery that builds local capacity.
Five years after Hurricane Maria, Puerto Ricoā€™s recovery suffers from poor coordination and slow spending. We propose a Puerto Rico Recovery Task Force, modeled on the Sandy task force and built on coordination, legitimacy, subsidiarity, inclusiveness and local economic impact.
Nine days after Hurricane Fiona, about 500,000 customers still lacked power. We explain why restoring the grid requires close coordination between LUMA and power generators, and look at how the European press covered the storm.
Fiona was only a Category 1 storm, but Puerto Rico was still extremely vulnerable five years after Maria. We review the damage so far, what the federal disaster declaration means and the outlook for supplemental funding.
Five years after Maria, Fiona shows how little the reconstruction has achieved. We argue that rebuilding infrastructure is not enough: a just recovery must also strengthen communities and restore trust in public institutions.
Hurricane Fiona hit Puerto Rico almost five years to the day after Maria, causing widespread flooding and an island-wide blackout. We share an early assessment of the damage and the next steps in the response.
Fiona caused another island-wide blackout five years after Maria. We already know what Puerto Ricoā€™s power system needs; the failure is in execution, with too many agencies involved and no one coordinating the whole.
