The Puerto Rico Center for the New Economy (CNE) es, Centro para la Nueva Economía is an economy-centered

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that has emerged as an incubator for future economic public policy in that

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territory. Founded in 1998 and funded by the private sector, the CNE partnered with the

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, a national think-tank, to produce Brookings' most recent benchmark economic study of Puerto Rico in 2006, "The Economy of Puerto Rico: Restoring Economic Growth". Major corporate support for the CNE comes from

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, First BanCorp, Doral Bank, among others, while its main foundation support comes from the Citi Foundation, the

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and the Wilbur Marvin Foundation. The CNE is headed by

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- and

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-trained Miguel Soto Class and has a research staff that includes lawyer and economist Sergio Marxuach. Its reports and recommendations usually receive ample coverage in the local press and are highly respected in government circles.

Publications

Fiscal Situation Update : September 2008 Diez Ideas Para Puerto Rico Fiscal Situation Update: April 2008 Por debajo de la mesa: Una mirada a los trabajadores informales de Puerto Rico Ponencia del Centro para la Nueva Economía ante la Comisión de Hacienda y Asuntos Financieros de la Cámara de Representantes del Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico A Transnational Migrant Crossroads: The Circulation of People and Money in Puerto Rico Los/las trabajadores/as pobres en Puerto Rico: La situación y las posibles soluciones Fiscal Situation Update: May 2007 Endeudando al de aquí: Los préstamos por depósito diferido en Puerto Rico Municipal Fiscal Crisis in the United States: Lessons and Policy Recommendations for Puerto Rico Recomendaciones para atender la difícil situación fiscal de Puerto Rico Restructuring the Puerto Rico Electricity Sector Building a Nation of Owners: Utilizing Credit Unions to Increase Financial Access and Expand Asset Ownership in Puerto Rico Pathways Out of Poverty: Asset Building in Puerto Rico Channeling People Into the Economic Mainstream: Financial Access in Puerto Rico Getting Serious About Biotech: Challenges and Opportunities for Puerto Rico Memorando al Gobernador de Puerto Rico: Recomendaciones para el desarrollo económico Providing Genuine Equality of Opportunity: The Case for Puerto Rican Stakeholder Accounts Las PYMES y los retos de la Nueva Economía (Artículo Breve) Reaping the Benefits of Work: A Tax Credit for Low-Income Working Families in Puerto Rico Silicon Reef: Puerto Rico's Path Towards the Digital Economy Internet Market Study: Profile of Internet Users in Puerto Rico Assessing the Industry Cluster Approach to Economic Development: Identifying Challenges to Growing Puerto Rico's Digital Economy Policy and Development Challenges of the Internet Economy

References

{{Advocacy groups in Puerto Rico Political and economic think tanks based in Puerto Rico