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Guyana and the next economic wave
By / Guyana's economy is projected to grow by 26 percent in 2020, but the country will need more than just money alone to affect much needed changes in governance frameworks, inhuman capital, and ...
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Guyana: “Oil don’t spoil,” but …
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Guyana's recent oil windfall has been well-documented, but successfully harnessing the opportunity it brings will require a combination of transparency, institutional management, and infrastructure ...
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From pandemics to floods: Inequality as a comorbidity
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Similar to the COVID-19 pandemic, environmental disasters hit marginalized communities the hardest. Not just because they are more exposed to risk, but because of social vulnerabilities and inequalities that prevent them from responding to these ...
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Navigating Guyana’s muddy waters
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On the eve of a massive oil windfall, Guyana finds itself in the midst of a political power struggle, forcing the United States to walk a careful path between a comfortable partner and a regime it once looked on with ...
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Guyana at Risk: Ethnic politics, oil, Venezuelan opportunism and why it should matter to Washington
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A no-confidence vote in the parliament has triggered new elections, at a time—not coincidentally—that the country is grappling with how to manage its oil windfall. The U.S. can ...
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The collapse of the Venezuelan oil industry
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In 2018, PDVSA’s production capacity dipped to its lowest level since 1950. It’s the nadir of a debacle that has escalated under Maduro but started under ...
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Why President Maduro may have just killed bitcoin fever
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When Rex Tillerson was first floated as a possible pick for Secretary of State, many red flags were ...
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Venezuela’s inevitably doomed plan to save its economy by issuing its own kleptocurrency may well undermine the fragile foundations of other booming ...
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The oil connection
When Rex Tillerson was first floated as a possible pick for Secretary of State, many red flags were ...Read More