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In this issue, we welcome back Harold J. Toro as CNE’s Research Director. We highlight his most recent publication, An Overview of Factors Tied to the Financial Capability of Adults in Puerto Rico, an analysis of a new data set collected in 2021 about the financial capability of individuals and households in Puerto Rico coauthored with Dr. Olivia ValdĆ©s.
To better understand how Puerto Rican households are faring financially, a topic last comprehensively studied in the 2007ā€“08 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 CNE Review. This time around we want to focus on a handful of issues that we believe merit further public discussion and analysis in Puerto Rico.
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.
In this issue of the CNE Review we highlight some of the findings of the summary of the Puerto Rico Grid Resilience and Transitions to 100% Renewable Energy Study (PR100 Study) due to their importance and their potential policy implications for Puerto Ricoā€™s electricity sector.
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 Ricoā€™s electricity sector.
