Private Sector and Business Opportunities

Bhagwandin & Low University of Guyana Student Society Debate Guyana’s Development Path By Joel Bhagwandin, MSc.   Summary Guyana is projected to experience sustained double-digit growth over the next decade …

Hess Corporation has discovered a new oil reserve at the Lancetfish-1 well on the Stabroek Block in offshore Guyana. The well, located around 4 miles southeast of the Fangtooth discovery, …

Understanding Guyana’s Central Bank Reserve Balances: An Insider’s Guide by Joel Bhagwandin   Summary The Bank of Guyana’s (BOG) capital and reserve account balances are not the country’s reserve. The …

Is Guyana susceptible to the natural resource curse? By Joel Bhagwandin Recently, a Jamaican economist argued that “Guyana could fall victim to the so-called ‘resource curse’ as it moves deeper …

Guyana to Demand Tougher Terms on Oil Deals The country’s vice president said that Guyana’s new oil production sharing contract would have a “greater take” for the government than the deal …

Agriculture and the Oil and Gas economy By Utamu Belle & Dr. Terrence Blackman The ninth installment of the Guyana Business Journal (GBJ) and Caribbean Policy Consortium (CPC) webinar series, …