Transactions at the Conference on Environmental Management and Economic Growth in the Smaller Caribbean Islands = Proceedings of the Conference on Environmental Management and Economic Growth in the Smaller Caribbean Islands

Includes bibliography

Changes of models and modifications to models in production

Information Paper, No 22

Education, structural change and inclusive growth in Latin America

This document has been prepared by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) for the Forum of University Presidents of the Americas 2015, on the occasion of the Seventh Summit of the Americas (Panama City,10-11 April 2015).

Puerto Rico: Fiscal and economic growth challenges

The objective of this paper is to assess the challenges that Puerto Rico’s economy is currently facing. Puerto Rico’s development experience in the postwar period is briefly discussed in order to understand the nature of the island’s current situation. Puerto Rico’s recent economic performance, credit position, debt situation and fiscal conditions, including its complex capital structure and recently released fiscal and economic growth plan are also analyzed.