Since 2006 the AmericasBarometer has asked Guyanese whether they trust the courts and the police, whether they are better off than a year ago, and whether democracy is worth the trouble. This …
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The University That Doesn’t Exist Yet
A GBJ Series · Beyond the Resource Curse Article 12 of 12 The case for a National Development University, argued from a whole life. By Nabaclis Piknee · October 28, 2026 This …
A GBJ Special Report by Dr. Ramesh Gampat. Since 2020, Guyana has become the fastest-growing economy in the world — and one of the slowest-changing. This paper keeps score: what researchers and …
Food prices in Georgetown rose 6.7 per cent in the first half of 2026, and the government is already reaching for the old instrument — chicken and eggs at advertised prices, farmers’ …
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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 This essay …
The Sunday Essay · In Memory of Eusi Kwayana, 1925–2026 From Cubana to Barima: Memory and the Duty to Account Two mass deaths of Guyanese in transit, half a century apart; what …
GBJ NOTE · DEVELOPMENT FINANCE · LEGISLATION The Guyana Development Bank, Part III: The Board Is the Proof The directors now have names. The question Part II raised still has no answer. …
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The Vault and the Vote
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 7, 2026 …
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Two Arrivals, 1956: An Appreciation of the Mighty Sparrow
The Mighty Sparrow died in New York on 27 September at ninety-one. In 1956 he won his first Calypso King title in Port of Spain, the same year my great uncle Winston …
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Sugar’s Ghost
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 essay is …
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