Introduction
Last week’s column wrapped-up the series of nine successive contributions arguing for the adoption by Guyana and Caricom, of the United Nations (UN) Post-2015 Development Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), as their long-term planning and policy frameworks. Those columns are based on a paper of mine, which is available on request: “Guyana and UN Endeavours of Ambition: The Post-2015 Global Development Agenda, and the SDGs, 2015-2030”.
In that column series, I referenced the anemic long-term growth of both Guyana and Caricom as major factors driving my recommendation that the SDGs should inform their planning and policy frameworks. As I intend in the coming columns to devote attention to matters concerning Guyana’s development, I will start today with the observation that,