Puerto Rico at a Crossroads and Lessons from Latin America
Plenary panel discussion on Puerto Rico’s development opportunities and challenges, with insights from countries in Latin America. The panel concluded the Puerto Rico Growth Workshop.
Event Details
- Puerto Rico at a Crossroads and Lessons from Latin America
- Date & Time: Friday, April 7, 2023, 3PM to 5PM
- Hosts: Center for a New Economy of Puerto Rico, Yale Economic Growth Center, Tobin Center for Economic Policy at Yale University, Yale Center for the Study of Race, Indigeneity, and Transnational Migration
- Location: Yale University Department of Economics Room B120, 87 Trumbull Street New Haven, CT 06511
Event Description
The Yale Economic Growth Center and the Tobin Center for Economic Policy at Yale University, in partnership with the Center for a New Economy (CNE) of Puerto Rico, hosted a conversation on Puerto Rico’s development opportunities and challenges. The talk, “Puerto Rico at a Crossroads and Lessons from Latin America”, featured Joseph E Stiglitz (Professor, Columbia University), Martín Guzman (former Minister of Economy of Argentina and Co-President of the Initiative for Policy Dialogue, Columbia University), Orazio Attanasio (EGC Affiliate and Cowles Professor of Economics, Yale University), and Raquel Fernández (Professor of Economics, New York University).
Jumpstarting the Puerto Rican economy and charting a sustainable path forward will require that a combination of effective programs, policies, and investments be devised and deployed. Since 2016, the Center for a New Economy (CNE) has devoted considerable energies and resources to design and execute a series of initiatives aimed at defining an industrial policy for Puerto Rico.