CNE – Centro Para Una Nueva Economía – Center for a New Economy
Non-profit, economic research and policy development organization
Recientemente, se ha debatido de manera acalorada si el gobierno federal ha tratado a Puerto Rico de manera justa en la asignación de fondos para asistencia de desastre después del paso de los Huracanes Irma y María. La contestación a esta pregunta es una compleja porque depende en gran medida de entender (1) como funciona el proceso de asignaciones federal y (2) como funcionan los diferentes programas de asistencia.
The Royal Spanish Academy dictionary has four definitions for the word chiaroscuro (claroscuro). Two of these are particularly relevant to describe the reality of the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA), in general terms and the Restructuring Support Agreement (RSA) with a group of bondholders, in specific. According to the dictionary, chiaroscuro can refer to: (1) “the distribution of light and shade in a picture”; or (2) “a set of contradictory traits in a person, situation or thing.”
Por sexto año consecutivo, el Centro para una Nueva Economía (CNE) fue seleccionado e incluido en la edición más reciente del 2018 Global Go to Think Tank Index Report que publica el Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program (TTCSP) del Lauder Institute de la Universidad de Pennsylvania. CNE fue reconocido en las categorías de Think Tanks to Watch in 2019 y Best Independent Think Tanks.
Haga click aquí para la versión en español At CNE we understand that it is essential to develop a comprehensive framework of planning and public policy to address everything related to the issue of housing and land tenure. These issues are central to the recovery and reconstruction of Puerto Rico. Blueprint will provide a platform Read More
Sergio Marxuach, director de política pública del Centro para una Nueva Economía, testificó el 9 de abril en una vista de la Comisión de Recursos Naturales de la Cámara de Representantes. A continuación compartimos su ponencia sobre el estado de la Autoridad de Energía Eléctrica y el camino a seguir para la transformación energética de Puerto Rico.
Periods of transition tend to be turbulent times, filled with uncertainty and conflict. In the sciences, for example, as Thomas Kuhn explains in his book “The Structure of Scientific Revolutions,” the period between the questioning of a prevailing paradigm and the acceptance of a new paradigm to replace it is filled with uncertainty, with bitter debates arising between those defending the existing paradigm and those putting forth a new way of understanding nature.
Around the world, the electric energy sector is undergoing rapid change as new technologies incompatible with the century-old model of centralized generation come on line. We should seize this critical juncture to bring Puerto Rico’s obsolete electrical system into the twenty-first century.
Driving in Puerto Rico has its challenges. There’s always the risk of a blowout given the amount and depth of potholes in the streets and highways. Though everyone recognizes the problem, dealing with it is complicated.
