CNE Review

The CNE Review is a publication of the Center for a New Economy that analyzes public policy issues in depth and their impact on people.

In this publication, CNE’s team of experts addresses important issues for the future of Puerto Rico in areas such as economics, energy, housing, debt restructuring, hurricane reconstruction, federal affairs, and of course, the continuing pandemic, among other subjects. We provide our readers with a broader, wide-angle perspective on a single issue or topic per month in a useful and effective format.

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All editions of the CNE Review

A special edition on Puerto Rico’s energy transformation: where PREPA’s debt restructuring, grid reconstruction, the LUMA transition and the PR100 Study stand, plus highlights from our analysis of the Genera contract.
We look at what the 2022 midterm results mean for Puerto Rico’s federal priorities, from Medicaid funding to the transition to SNAP. Plus highlights from our conference on Puerto Rico’s political status from a comparative perspective.
Hurricane Fiona opened a window to fix Puerto Rico’s recovery. We propose a Puerto Rico Recovery Task Force, with clear principles and policy priorities for an equitable recovery that builds local capacity.
Nine days after Hurricane Fiona, about 500,000 customers still lacked power. We explain why restoring the grid requires close coordination between LUMA and power generators, and look at how the European press covered the storm.
In this special series of the CNE Review, we present a briefing of Hurricane Fiona for September 22.
In this special series of the CNE Review, we present a briefing of Hurricane Fiona.
In this special edition of the CNE Review, we present several pieces for our readers: a summary of the policy brief "Another Look at the PREPA-LUMA Agreement", the policy brief, and a webpage.
In this month’s CNE Review we take a look at some of the most important findings of the Update to Feasibility Study of Implementing SNAP in Puerto Rico published in July 2022 and analyze their implications.
This month the CNE Review will take a look at some of the issues affecting the housing market in Puerto Rico.
Several positive trends are clearly converging in 2022 to create the opportunity of a generation for Puerto Rico to turn around its economy and start a process that would generate long-term economic growth and development. In this edition of the CNE Review, we take a look at the current conditions, the risks, and the context in which these trends are developing.