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It is probably true to say that the average person has little idea what international financial institutions like the World Bank or International Monetary Fund (IMF) do, beyond knowing that they are in some way responsible for having governments impose tough austerity measures and conditions in return for their support.

Thinking about salads to serve with Sunday lunch can cause some head scratching.

PANAMA CITY — We’ve known for a while that Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was planning to stage an anti-US show at this weekend’s Summit of the Americas in Panama, but a copy of the draft final declaration of the meeting that I obtained this week shows that he will seek much more: a formal, region-wide condemnation of the United States.

Proxy Voting is exercised in most forms of voting activity practiced around the world.

Sexual orientation (how one identifies sexually, in terms of who they are sexually attracted to) and behaviour are important elements of health and wellbeing.

As I wrote and promised three columns ago, today’s very brief piece is another contribution from me to GECOM’s and the political parties’ Voter Education process and efforts.

by Taurus – The Heckler This was written five hours before Tuesday’s Nomination Day activities began.

In previous articles, this column has examined the specific characteristics of good governance, and explained exactly how the APNU+AFC coalition intends to make each of those attributes-of-democracy, a reality in Guyana.

Civil society is the “aggregate of non-governmental organisations and institutions that manifest the interests and will of citizens.”

If the APNU/AFC coalition can seek succour in the failed Jagan/Burnham attempt to form a national movement, it would well be reminded that it also has much in common with the 1950s alliance between Forbes Burnham and Dr.

This election is turning out to be the most divisive since 1992 in terms of racial mobilization.

By Vidyaratha Kissoon (This is an edited version of a blog which was posted on http:// churchroadman.

Guyana has had a sad history of public accountability since it attained its Independence.

Rice farmers on the Essequibo Coast have been lamenting for some time now about the prices they are paid for paddy compared with the cost of production.

By Frank A. Campbell It’s the kind of birthday you can easily forget.

Introduction   Last week I introduced the first in the present series of lessons explaining Guyana’s public investment management regime.

I’m not big on “long time” – I remember it as a lot of hard time – but there are instances where I suddenly regret some aspect of life from that era that’s no longer around.

Public policy analysis   The analysis of the individual performance of the commercial banks that are part of the Lucas Stock Index (LSI) will conclude when the 2014 annual report of the Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) becomes available.

The announcement of general elections in Guyana is a signal for an immediate increase in tension across the land.

Since the restoration of free and fair elections in Guyana, the only election results that have been accepted were those of 1992, even though they, and most other elections since then, were accompanied by violence, particularly after the elections.