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Oil Sector Policy
A Strategy for Coming Home: President Ali’s Invitation, Ireland’s Road Map, and the Architecture Guyana Has Not Yet Built
Guyana’s oil wealth demands a re-evaluation of moral obligations. This article explores the constitutional imperative to prevent suffering, arguing that the nation’s newfound prosperity necessitates a shift from charity to duty in …
Guyana’s oil wealth demands a re-evaluation of moral obligations. This article explores the constitutional imperative to prevent suffering, arguing that the nation’s newfound prosperity necessitates a shift from charity to duty in …
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 …
The Broken Covenant: Freeloading, Corruption, and the Slow Collapse of Guyanese Life
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 …
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. · March 31, …
The Hourly Intensity Problem: A Data-Driven Approach to Flood Management in Georgetown
Infrastructure | Analysis The Hourly Intensity Problem: A Data-Driven Approach to Flood Management in Georgetown By Guyana Business Journal Data Desk|Guyana Business Journal|March 30, 2026 139.4 in Peak Annual Rainfall (2021) 0.95 …
What the Child Decides
The Diaspora Is Not the Problem: On Citizenship, Belonging, and the Architecture of Oil-Era Benefit Policy
Social Policy | Analysis The Diaspora Is Not the Problem: On Citizenship, Belonging, and the Architecture of Oil-Era Benefit Policy By Terrence R. Blackman, Ph.D.|Guyana Business Journal|March 23, 2026 878,674 2022 Census …
