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Article: Restoring growth in Puerto Rico: the economic and policy challenges.(Country overview)(Report)
- Article from:
- Harvard Journal of Hispanic Policy
- Article date:
- January 1, 2006
- Author:
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Puerto Rico's economy has been the subject of numerous surveys and serious inquiries since the Spanish set foot on its coasts in the late fifteenth century. The list of curious minds is extensive and includes an interesting mix of individuals and institutions with varied interests, vantage points, and prescriptions. In most cases, the reports have drawn attention to the island's needs and provided proposals for future advancement. As Emilio Pantojas (1999, 13) has noted, "Every critical moment of this century has produced studies and reports that attempt to diagnose the macroeconomic problems of the country and formulate policies for its solution." (1) Such was the case ...