The Returned Gift
Commentary · Education & National Development On a board’s vote, a diaspora’s faith, Walter Rodney’s ghost, and the Guyanese children who will one day govern the Stabroek block —…
Commentary · Education & National Development On a board’s vote, a diaspora’s faith, Walter Rodney’s ghost, and the Guyanese children who will one day govern the Stabroek block —…
Commentary · Education, Finance & Human Capital A Letter from America — on the capping of Parent PLUS loans, the abolition of tuition in Guyana, and the two nations’…
Sunday Essay · Institutional Design & Conservation On institutions, coordination, and the rules that survive success — a lesson for Guyana. By Terrence Richard Blackman, Ph.D. · June 14,…
Sunday Essay · Diaspora Bonds & Development Finance A letter to Guyana at sixty, written in Brooklyn, on the week its President told the diaspora to come home and…
Dr. Vincent Adams argues Guyana’s financial protection against oil spills is critically inadequate, despite recent court rulings. He contends that weakened safeguards and lack of oversight leave the nation vulnerable to catastrophic environmental and economic risks.
**No Keyhole Required**
*On kakabellies, clogged drains, and the difference between a personality and an argument*
A Guyanese petroleum engineer in Houston asks the trajectory question — is Guyana’s oil boom translating into human development? This Sunday Essay imagines the OTC 2026 presidential keynote that would answer him honestly.
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.
Guyana is the fastest-growing economy in the Western Hemisphere. More than half its citizens live in poverty. This fact-checked analysis — with six original data visualizations — examines the broken covenant between oil wealth and citizen welfare.
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. ·…