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. …
Guyana is short of foreign exchange in the middle of the largest foreign-exchange windfall in its history. Counting where the dollars go will never tell us why. Uses are not sources: the …
Guyana mounted its first official national presence at Toronto this September. The question that follows is not whether Guyana can host films, but whether Guyana can own them.
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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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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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Negotiate the Future, Not the Title
GBJ Editorial · Guyana–Venezuela Negotiate the Future, Not the Title On Venezuela’s appeal at the United Nations, and what belongs at the table Months before the World Court is expected to …
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What the Forest Knows
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 23, 2026 …
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The Ones Who Left
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.
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Gold, Bauxite, Timber: Three Rehearsals
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.
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The Morning After
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 9, 2026 …
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