The authors of the 64/80 paradox answer Rory Fraser, Errol Benn and the readers who pressed them on why the failures they measured outlast governments — and argue that an independent audit …
Rory Fraser’s study of land tenure, forestry enforcement and the public service reaches the same conclusion as Gampat and Mahabir’s 64/80 paradox by a different road, and asks why the failures they …
For decades Guyana exported its most capable people and imported their remittances. Oil money has not yet broken the pattern. Article 7 of twelve in Beyond the Resource Curse.
Drawing on a book-length comparative study of eighteen countries, Ramesh Gampat and Minakshi Mahabir document what they call the 64/80 paradox: Guyana out-invests 64 per cent of its comparators in health and …
Bauxite, gold and timber gave Guyana three booms, three different ownership structures, and the same outcome each time. Article 6 of twelve in Beyond the Resource Curse.
Nearly seventy-five years after Martin Carter first refused to still his voice, the closing line of “Looking at Your Hands” has become a national slogan. This Sunday Essay asks what it would …
A GBJ Series · Beyond the Resource Curse Article 5 of 12 Independence morning, the nationalizations, and the gap between the deed and the doing. By Nabaclis Piknee · September 9, 2026 …
A GBJ Series · Beyond the Resource Curse Article 4 of 12 What “ours” meant when the flag was still British. By Nabaclis Piknee · September 5, 2026 This essay is part …
A GBJ Series · Beyond the Resource Curse Article 3 of 12 A vault, a university, and what breaking a curse on purpose actually costs. By Nabaclis Piknee · August 30, 2026 …
Oil Sector Policy · Analysis The Empty Rig Floor What ExxonMobil’s Permian Automation May Mean for Guyana’s Next Oil Decade A contractor in West Texas now moves two-thousand-pound drill pipe from …