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Correcting Historically Discriminatory Policies Against Residents of U.S. Territories

For decades, Puerto Rico and the other U.S. territories have been deprived of access to federal programs specifically designed to provide a safety net, break persistent poverty cycles and jumpstart the economy. These limitations unfairly discriminate against the residents of U.S. territories and perpetuate long-standing inequities. Three recent court decisions suggest discriminatory policies against the residents of U.S. territories will no longer stand.

Weekly Review – July 23, 2020

This week we highlight the importance of Puerto Ricans being counted in the 2020 Census. We also revisit our #LivingWithRiskConversations and the role of the state in post-disaster responses, and stress the importance of restructuring PREPA’s debt.

El Censo 2020: la importancia de hacernos contar

A estas alturas del juego, no nos debe sorprender la enorme desconfianza que tenemos los puertorriqueƱos con el gobierno estatal y federal. Ambos nos han fallado en grande, y mucho de eso se manifiesta en nuestra bajĆ­sima tasa de participaciĆ³n en el Censo Decenal ā€“ un cuestionario del censo que, desde el 1910, realiza el gobierno federal en Puerto Rico cada diez aƱos para medir nuestra poblaciĆ³n y otros importantes aspectos demogrĆ”ficos.

Weekly Review – July 16, 2020

This week take a look at the Unemployment Compensation program in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, the FOMB’s certification of PREPA’s fiscal plan, and the importance of making data-based decisions when assessing risk and determining how and when to open industrial sectors.

Unemployment Compensation

Great uncertainty lies ahead for the 50 million Americans that have relied on emergency unemployment compensation to meet basic needs after unexpectedly losing their job due to the COVID-19 pandemic, as the extra unemployment assistance is scheduled to end by July 31.

Weekly Review – July 9, 2020

This week we take a look at how the economic austerity discourse has come to dominate the debate about municipal reform in Puerto Rico, peeling back the layers of the official narrative and explaining why it is necessary to change it. Also, with the COVID-19 pandemic still raging in the mainland, the team at CNE is wondering about how Puerto Rico is spending the $13.9 billion it has been allocated in federal funds to address the effects of the pandemic.

Superar la austeridad en la administraciĆ³n municipal

Luego de cuatro aƱos de haberse aprobado la ley federal PROMESA, y cerca de quince aƱos consecutivos de medidas de austeridad fiscal, nuestro vocabulario de la gestiĆ³n pĆŗblica ha adoptado conceptos y tĆ©rminos generalmente asociados con el sector empresarial. Desde entonces se procura ā€œoptimizarā€ recursos, mejorar la ā€œeficienciaā€ en la prestaciĆ³n de servicios y alcanzar la ā€œautosuficienciaā€ en las distintas dependencias pĆŗblicas.