CNE – Centro Para Una Nueva Economía – Center for a New Economy
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We analyze the agreement under which Genera PR will operate, maintain and eventually decommission PREPA’s legacy power plants. It offers better protections than the LUMA contract, but its projected savings are thin and poorly supported.
More than 8,000 doctors have stopped practicing in Puerto Rico since 2009. Drawing on Spain’s experience, we argue the shortage calls for rethinking the island’s health system as a whole, not just offering tax incentives.
Más de 8,000 médicos han dejado de ejercer en Puerto Rico desde 2009. A partir de la experiencia de España, planteamos que la escasez exige repensar el sistema de salud de la isla en su conjunto, no solo ofrecer incentivos contributivos.
At a Federal Reserve Bank of New York event on equitable growth, CNE founder Miguel A. Soto-Class discusses the opportunities that natural disasters and resiliency efforts create for more equitable growth.
Puerto Rico enfrenta un precipicio fiscal en Medicaid cada 18 meses aproximadamente debido a un tope federal bajo y arbitrario. Celebramos la propuesta de un arreglo por cinco años, pero planteamos que todavĂa no alcanza la paridad con los estados.
Puerto Rico faces a Medicaid funding cliff every 18 months or so because of a low, arbitrary federal cap. We welcome a proposed five-year fix but argue it still falls short of parity with the states.
2022 brought fiscal progress, as the end of Title III cut the central government’s debt in half, but the economic outlook remains uncertain. Federal reconstruction funds are driving growth, so Puerto Rico must design a long-term growth strategy now.
El 2022 trajo avances fiscales con el fin del TĂtulo III, que redujo a la mitad la deuda del gobierno central, pero el panorama econĂłmico sigue siendo incierto. Los fondos federales de reconstrucciĂłn impulsan el crecimiento, por lo que Puerto Rico debe diseñar ya una estrategia de crecimiento a largo plazo.
