Education

Guyana’s New Development Bank

The Guyana Development Bank is approaching legislative form. The diagnosis is correct, the design intent is sound — but the instruments that survive are not the ones with the best diagnosis. They are the ones with the best governance. Four variables will decide whether this institution endures.

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Captives by Consent

Guyana’s 2016 oil agreement with ExxonMobil, retaining 1999 terms post-discovery, sparked intense debate. Its low royalty and high cost recovery raise critical questions about national sovereignty and fiscal equity, impacting Guyana’s economic future.

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The Sixty-Year Argument

  Sunday Essay · Diaspora & Development Why Guyana keeps having the same diaspora conversation — and what it will take to finally stop By Terrence Richard Blackman, Ph.D. ·…

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What the Child Decides

  Sunday Essay  ·  Education & Society In the era of oil, what is Guyana teaching its children about their own worth? By Terrence Richard Blackman, Ph.D.  ·  March 30,…

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