Daily Features

Introduction For decades, the captains of Guyana industry – almost all men – have resisted the introduction  of a binding code of corporate governance.

Glasses clink and the privileged of this nation try to ignore the sounds of empty pots and pans echoing throughout the land.

By Michael Spence MILAN – How to strike the right balance between the state and the market, and ensure the proper functioning of both, has been debated for centuries.

Introduction The Ali Administration has been promising continually that an independent, competent Petroleum Commission will be appointed to oversee the operations of the oil and gas sector.

By Nicholas Reed Langen LONDON – Day by day, week by week, courts are increasingly becoming the front line in the struggle to preserve democracy from populists and authoritarians.

By Harold James BERLIN – Since global financial stability ought to be considered a public good, many international institutions devote themselves to establishing the conditions to sustain it.

by Jemima Pierre Jemima Pierre, Ph.D., is a Haitian-born Professor at the Social Justice Institute at the University of British Columbia and Research Associate at the Center for the Study of Race, Gender and Class at the University of Johannesburg. 

This is our fourth article on the above subject. So far, we have discussed several initiatives taken over the years to improve public financial management, especially in relation to ensuring greater transparency and public accountability.

By Dr Bertrand Ramcharan, Barrister-at-Law Diploma of the Hague Academy of International Law.

By Josh Burek CAMBRIDGE – As the crypto winter thaws, and financial institutions renew their interest in digital assets, an old debate has re-emerged over whether blockchain is truly a “trust machine,” as The Economist described it in 2015.

By Nicholas Peters – Amerindian Peoples Association (APA) In December 2022, the South American nation of Guyana took a significant leap into the global carbon market by selling the first jurisdictional carbon credits, a move that heralded important financial gains while also raising serious concerns about effective inclusion of Indigenous Peoples in decision-making in national policies that impact their lands and lives.

By Ana María Ibáñez WASHINGTON, DC – Nearly everyone agrees that the unequal distribution of income, wealth, and opportunities in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) has hindered efforts to build cohesive societies and robust democracies, as well as frustrating the ambitions of young people.

By Nina L. Khrushcheva NEW YORK – Back in 2013, when Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny was facing bogus criminal charges, I recalled when my great-grandfather, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev, compared Russia to a tub full of dough.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy was found guilty last Wednesday of illegal campaign financing in relation to his failed 2012 re-election bid.

Fishermen and Friends of the Sea (FFOS) is a 28-year-old environmental watch-dog NGO in Trinidad and Tobago, committed to monitoring the activities of the extractive sector.

Exxon is no stranger to politics. It understands the importance of billboards (India and Guyana) and the politics of Buses (the USA and the Tories Brexit bus).

By Dr Bertrand Ramcharan Honorary Member of the International Commission of Jurists The International Commission of Jurists, established in 1952, held its triennial congress in Geneva on Saturday 10 February, 2024.

By Colin Coleman NEW YORK – Africa could be the largest source of global economic growth over the next half-century.

Embassy of the United States of America 100 Duke & Young Streets, Kingston, Georgetown, Guyana  There are many myths and misconceptions about the U.S.

By  Chris Patten LONDON – During the darkest days of World War II, as young British pilots valiantly fought the Luftwaffe over southern England and German forces prepared to invade the British Isles, Prime Minister Winston Churchill took on the task of boosting his fellow citizens’ morale, offering them a brighter future to look forward to.