Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...

's Center for the New Economy is an economy-centered think tank

Think tank

A think tank is an organization that conducts research and engages in advocacy in areas such as social policy, political strategy, economics, military, and technology issues. Most think tanks are non-profit organizations, which some countries such as the United States and Canada provide with tax...

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

United States

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

Brookings Institution

The Brookings Institution is a nonprofit public policy organization based in Washington, D.C., in the United States. One of Washington's oldest think tanks, Brookings conducts research and education in the social sciences, primarily in economics, metropolitan policy, governance, foreign policy, and...

, 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 froim Banco Popular de Puerto Rico, Cemex

Cemex

CEMEX is the world's largest building materials supplier and third largest cement producer. Founded in Mexico in 1906, the company is based in Monterrey, Mexico...

, First BanCorp

First BanCorp

First BanCorp is a publicly owned financial holding company located in San Juan, Puerto Rico.-History:FirstBank was the first Savings & Loan institution established in Puerto Rico with a capital of $200,000 in 1948...

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

Ford Foundation

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 and the Wilbur Marvin Foundation.

The CNE is headed by Yale University

Yale University

Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...

- and Vanderbilt University

Vanderbilt University

Vanderbilt University is a private research university located in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Founded in 1873, the university is named for shipping and rail magnate "Commodore" Cornelius Vanderbilt, who provided Vanderbilt its initial $1 million endowment despite having never been to the...

-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.

CNE Board of Directors

Churchill Carey, Chairman Emeritus

Francisco Uriarte, Chairman

Lucilla Fuller Marvel, Director

Omar Haedo, Director

Ginoris López-Lay, Director

Loren Ferré Rangel

Loren Ferré Rangel

María Lorenza Loren Ferré Rangel is a Trustee of the Conservation Trust of Puerto Rico, appointed jointly by Secretary of the Interior Gail Norton and Governor Aníbal Acevedo Vilá, after serving for several years as Chair of the Trust's Board of Advisors...

, Director

William Lockwood-Benet, Director

Jacques Chappuis, Director

Miguel Soto Class, Secretary

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