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Hurricane effects amplify Puerto Rico’s deeper trouble

Content type:: Expert Briefings
Location:: PUERTO RICO
Keywords associated with this article:: Geographic: Puerto Rico NA

Topical: politics education election electricity foreign investment foreign policy health immigration infrastructure manufacturing natural disasters economy industry social agriculture bonds crime debt judicial military security shipping tourism water
ISSN:: 2633-304X
Citation:: Oxford Analytica (2018), "Hurricane effects amplify Puerto Rico’s deeper trouble", Expert Briefings.
https://doi.org/10.1108/OXAN-DB229071

Monday, January 15, 2018

Subject

Politics and economics update for Puerto Rico.

Significance

The US Army Corps of Engineers expects to be conducting post-Hurricane Maria repair operations down to around April.

Impacts

Outmigration of working-age Puerto Ricans will constrain economic diversification.
Puerto Rico faces competitive constraints with neighbouring islands, given US minimum wage legislation.
Post-hurricane Puerto Rican police capacity shortages could see crime rise.

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