Preguntas y respuestas con el profesor Jorge L. Giovannetti Torres
Preguntas y respuestas con el profesor Jorge L. Giovannetti Torres
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The UPR’s Certified Fiscal Plan or the Shredding of Puerto Rico’s Social Contract
For more than a century, Puerto Rico has included access to higher education through the operation of the University of Puerto Rico (“UPR”), providing affordable access to high-quality education to thousands. Keep reading for an analysis of some of the most important aspects of the Fiscal Plan for the UPR certified on May 27, 2021.
UPR’s role in economic development in Puerto Rico: Research and Development
In this post, we will focus on examining the University of Puerto Rico’s role in research and development in the archipelago, a basic component of any industrial and economic development policy.
Universidad pública, inversión y desarrollo
Los cambios tecnológicos, retos climáticos y convulsiones sociales de los tiempos que corren hacen que la universidad como institución social adquiera una mayor centralidad de cara al futuro. Vale la pena echar un vistazo a otras latitudes para entender cuánto la embestida – externa e interna – contra la Universidad de Puerto Rico cercena nuestra propia capacidad de enfrentar como sociedad los retos del futuro.
The Medicaid Five-Year Deal
H.R. 4406 helps Puerto Rico avoid a short-term Medicaid funding cliff and provides some stability by setting forth clear funding levels for the next five years. However, the proposed five-year deal falls short of parity with the states, is not a permanent fix, and perpetuates the “separate and unequal” treatment of Medicaid beneficiaries in the territories, who are being told, once again, to accept a “good enough” deal.
CNE 2021 Summer Reading List
A glimpse into what some of our staff members are reading, watching, and listening to this summer.
Prioridades
En el Centro para una Nueva Economía, al igual que el resto de Puerto Rico, hemos quedado conmocionados y visto con gran consternación los hechos recientes de violencia de género que han provocado la muerte de hermanas puertorriqueñas.
Oversight or Punishment?
Last week, the Office of the Inspector General of the HUD released a 45-page report which detailed the multiple instances when the political leadership in OMB, a critical control center within the Executive Office of the President, purposefully delayed processes to release disaster aid.