CNE – Centro Para Una Nueva Economía – Center for a New Economy
Non-profit, economic research and policy development organization
On Feburary 25, 2020, CNE Policy Director Sergio M. Marxuach shared an overview of legal issues related to Puerto Rico’s debt restructuring process at a panel hosted by the University of Puerto Rico.
Rosanna Torres, directora de la oficina de CNE en Washington, explica las restricciones punitivas incluidas en el nuevo acuerdo de fondos federales para la reconstrucciĂłn.
Malu Blázquez, directora ejecutiva de la iniciativa ReImagina Puerto Rico, propone recomendaciones para el proceso de reconstrucción de Puerto Rico.
Sergio M. Marxuach describe cinco procesos claves que determinarán el futuro energĂ©tico de Puerto Rico, expone las fallas en los planes de la Autoridad de EnergĂa ElĂ©ctrica para modernizar la red y hace un llamado por un proceso transparente que resulte en un sistema energĂ©tico más sostenible y renovable.
A message from CNE President and Founder, Miguel A. Soto-Class.
A letter from CNE President Miguel Soto-Class highlighting CNE’s response to the recent earthquakes in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico faces a host of daunting challenges, including chronically high poverty (especially among children), low labor force participation, over a decade of economic decline, an unsustainably high debt burden, and the lingering effects of the devastating hurricanes of 2017 that make its long-term prosperity harder to attain. To address these challenges, the Commonwealth needs a comprehensive economic package that centers around powerful tools such as the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC).
For decades, Puerto Rico has received limited funding to run a bare-bones Medicaid program that fails to provide adequate care for 1.5 million people who depend on the program. It is time for Congress to stop nickel-and-diming Puerto Rico’s Medicaid program, and enact a permanent, comprehensive fix.
