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Las Naciones Unidas le han llamado una ācatĆ”strofe generacionalā en ciernes. El cierre prolongado de las escuelas tendrĆ” repercusiones negativas en el futuro de los niƱos y jĆ³venes de todo el mundo y Puerto Rico no serĆ” una excepciĆ³n.
This weekās issue of the Weekly Review focuses on two subjects that at first glance may appear to be unrelated: the reopening of schools and the need to modernize infrastructure in light of climate change, as demonstrated by widespread electricity blackouts in Texas.
The Earned Income Tax Credit (āEITCā), enacted by Congress in 1975, is a tax credit available to working families in the United States whose incomes range from well below the federal poverty threshold to roughly double the poverty line.
Last week the Ways and Means Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives included language in a bill to match Puerto Ricoās spending on an Earned Income Tax Credit. This week we dedicate a special edition of the Weekly Review to this policy program.
It has been three years and 145 days since Hurricane Maria struck the island. In other words, Puerto Rico has entered its fourth year of reconstruction. The amount of time that has gone by could suggest that recovery is fully underway. The reality on the ground, however, is very different.
This week we analyze the FOMB’s latest plan of adjustment, followed by an update on the status of CDBG-DR funds for Puerto Rico. Finally, we discuss which are the main global tendencies that Puerto Rico must take into account when framing an economic growth plan for the 21st century.
La Junta de SupervisiĆ³n y AdministraciĆ³n Fiscal anunciĆ³ ayer que āllegĆ³ a un acuerdo en principio con varios grupos de acreedores para reducir la deuda de Puerto Rico a niveles sostenibles luego de un exitoso proceso de mediaciĆ³nā. Como resultado de ese acuerdo, la JSAF solicitĆ³ a la corte extender hasta el 8 de marzo de 2021 el plazo para presentar un Plan de Ajuste modificado.
This week we dedicate a special edition of the Weekly Review to a Memorandum that the CNE team prepared for the administration of Governor Pedro Pierluisi. We identify what, in our opinion, should be the new administration’s priorities and recommendations as to how to execute them.
