Rawle Lucas

Enigma The Guyana stock market could hardly be regarded as a vibrant market place. 

Focusing Belated New Year’s greetings to all Guyanese and in particular to the readers of the Stabroek News and its Business Section!

Digest Even though the waiting might be over, Guyanese will still need to digest the implications of the election results for themselves and the country as a whole. 

Living Conditions Quite recently, the World Bank, in a September update of an online report, observed that Guyana would not meet the goal of poverty eradication as required by the Millennium Development initiative. 

Weak The current administration was aware of the need to push investment in Guyana in an effort to grow the economy and to create jobs, and was engaged in several courses of action to achieve economic diversification through investment. 

Source of Concern The condition of the sugar industry continues to be a source of concern to many Guyanese. 

Unique The United Nations (UN) will launch the International Year of Cooperatives (IYC) on October 31, 2011 and there is no publicly available evidence that Guyana is ready to join that effort with its own initiative. 

Spend More There comes a time when monetary policy must concede to fiscal policy. 

Migrant Workers Despite the happy talk of the administration, the current model of development might not be enough to carry Guyana into the future.

Context According to the Bank of Guyana, the economy grew by 5.9 percent during the first half of this year. 

Economic Ties The prominence of China in the Caribbean is a reality that the world will have to contend with, but most certainly the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean. 

Fertile Ground For many years now China has maintained a relationship with developing countries through its bilateral and multilateral diplomacy. 

No effort The disclosure on migration emerging from the Wikileaks cable appearing in the daily newspapers might well explain the lack of urgency on the part of the current administration to create the conditions for faster private sector jobs in Guyana. 

Unilateral Sometime this year, the PPP/C administration will unilaterally pass a Telecommunications Bill that will see a change in the size, structure and management of the information and communications sector. 

Appearance While income in the construction and engineering sector of the Guyana economy has been growing at the rate of 12 percent per annum over the last five years, there is an increasing lack of attention to a critical aspect of Guyana’s infrastructure. 

Budding Relationship In this the third discussion about the village of Victoria, one of the many rural communities facing grave economic and social challenges, an effort is made to highlight a few issues aimed at promoting and solidifying its development. 

Village Conditions The village of Victoria, located about 18 miles from Georgetown, has begun preparations for hosting the second Indaba (conference) in an effort to take control of its economic future and to bring greater economic and financial success to its residents. 

Aggressive Spending In articulating the national competitive strategy, there is no doubt that a major focus of the administration was expanding the export activity of Guyana. 

Attractive Prices At the time of writing this article, the price of gold had jumped by US$17 to reach US$1,531 from its closing price of Tuesday. 

Pride One year ago, the people of Victoria convened their first Indaba (conference) to confront the economic plight and dim development shadow that hovers over the village.