Oil is the one-word explanation for the transformation underway in Guyana’s economy and financial system.
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Is Guyana’s oil boom good news or bad for its economy?
April 6, 2020The discovery of oil will likely transform Guyana’s economy. But there are downsides to sudden resource-related wealth, as other developing economies have learned.
Top 50 Caricom Banks ranking 2016: growth plateaus while profits rise in the Caribbean
August 1, 2016Caribbean lenders still face challenges to growth, as shown in The Banker's Top 50 Caricom Banks ranking for 2016, but many have turned the corner in terms of profits.
Can climate change help propagate Guyana's economy?
August 4, 2009The Guyanese government is looking to the small South American country's vast, untouched rainforests as a means of promoting eco-friendly development. Writer Brian Caplen
Bharrat Jagdeo
August 4, 2009Bharrat Jagdeo, Guyana's president
Guyana's president laments the lack of consideration for smaller countries among the G-20 nations, and calls for a change in the relationship between international financial institutions and countries such as his. Writer Brian Caplen
