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1 – 9 of 9Despite consensus over last year’s budget, repeated delays forced the Board to act when no agreement was reached this time. The balanced budget, which was subsequently confirmed…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB271778
ISSN: 2633-304X
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The Board has now argued the case for federal endorsement of this latest version of the plan before the judge overseeing the process. The process has taken four years to reach…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB265893
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Regional coordination in disaster preparedness and response.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB198692
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Over 6,000 state-level officials were elected on November 6. The results matter for state-level policy and the federal-level political conversation it influences, and for the…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB239785
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Fiscal pressures are causing controversy in Puerto Rico, but so too is fiscal policy-making. On July 5, Governor Ricardo Rossello announced that he would seek a court injunction…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB236100
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Outlook for free trade zones.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB213427
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This provides a 25-year debt servicing schedule, but leaves suppliers with unpaid public service contracts as the main losers. Puerto Rico’s finances will be under renewed…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB260767
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The same day saw the release of a report, authored by former IMF economists, outlining a programme of structural reform and sweeping debt restructuring. Puerto Rico has seen its…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB200682
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The island's government and public agencies hold 72 billion dollars of debt obligations, but migration to the mainland United States, political unwillingness to cut spending and…