Teaching the Next One
A GBJ Series · Beyond the Resource Curse Article 11 of 12 GOAL, the exam data, and the trust no syllabus can teach. By Nabaclis Piknee · October 14, 2026…
A GBJ Series · Beyond the Resource Curse Article 11 of 12 GOAL, the exam data, and the trust no syllabus can teach. By Nabaclis Piknee · October 14, 2026…
A GBJ Series · Beyond the Resource Curse Article 10 of 12 How a sovereign wealth fund holds — and how it learns to bend. By Nabaclis Piknee · October…
A GBJ Series · Beyond the Resource Curse Article 9 of 12 GuySuCo’s long death, and the Local Content Act’s early test. By Nabaclis Piknee · September 30, 2026 This…
A GBJ Series · Beyond the Resource Curse Article 8 of 12 The Norway deal, Indigenous consent, and a resource that pays by standing still. By Nabaclis Piknee · September…
At its 26th anniversary gala in New York, the Health and Educational Relief Organization (H.E.R.O.) kept silence for the lives lost on the MV Barima, remembered co-founder Dr. Collie Oudkerk, and honoured five people who carry its medical and educational missions to Guyana. Terrence Blackman reflects on an institution that began among student friends and now reproduces itself.
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.
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.
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…
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…
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…