From early colonial times, Guyana’s commodity potential has attracted external investments. And this attraction has remained easily the leading indicator of both Guyana’s growth and development performance as well as its prospects. This is still true today, despite 1) the growth of the state both as a commodity producer and regulator of the economic system; 2) the diversification of the economy into non-commodity producing sectors; and 3) the substantial attraction of domestic investors into commodity producing industries.
