By Dr Clive Thomas | Sunday, November 1, 2009 | 0 Comments
Guyana and the wider world
CARICOM and the G20
Dr. Clive Thomas
In my column last week I was at pains to acknowledge the astounding rise of the …
By Dr Clive Thomas | Sunday, October 25, 2009 | 0 Comments
Recap
Last week’s column responded to three queries readers had raised in regard to my earlier discussion on trade. One of these was to explain …
By Dr Clive Thomas | Sunday, October 18, 2009 | 0 Comments
Dr Clive Thomas
Guyana and the wider world
Last week I indicated that I would respond to three queries which readers have raised, before turning to evaluate …
By Dr Clive Thomas | Sunday, October 11, 2009 | 0 Comments
Why Trade Matters
At times of global economic and financial crisis keeping trade open matters in this the new age of explosive globalisation. As I pointed …
By Dr Clive Thomas | Sunday, October 4, 2009 | 0 Comments
In the coming weeks I shall seek to establish why it is I believe that trade policy, at the global and national levels, represents the …
By Dr Clive Thomas | Sunday, September 27, 2009 | 1 Comment
Guyana and the wider world Optimism
The current state of the global economic crisis, one year after the financial meltdown of last September (2008), provides …
By Dr Clive Thomas | Sunday, September 20, 2009 | 0 Comments
Four concerns
In last week’s consideration of the pros and cons of conditional cash transfers as a policy tool for fighting the increased poverty and economic …
By Dr Clive Thomas | Sunday, September 13, 2009 | 4 Comments
Guyana and the wider world
Within the international economic community there is a growing consensus that the worst is over. It is expected that the global …
By Dr Clive Thomas | Sunday, August 30, 2009 | 0 Comments
Guyana and the wider world Expansionary impact
Expansionary impact
We saw last week that despite the high level of recognition readers have for stimulus packages as an …
By Dr Clive Thomas | Sunday, August 23, 2009 | 0 Comments
Guyana and the Wider World
E – mail address: cythomas@guyana.net.gy
Readers requests
Eight years ago the then SN editor-in-chief, David de Caires, ask-ed me to contribute a regular …
By Dr Clive Thomas | Sunday, August 16, 2009 | 4 Comments
Pain and suffering
Over the past year, the full-blown effects of the global financial and economic crisis, have led to unprecedented pain and suffering across the …
By Dr Clive Thomas | Sunday, August 2, 2009 | 1 Comment
Guyana and the wider world
In last week’s column (July 26) I had urged the importance of the symbolism for developing countries, which the United Nations …
By Dr Clive Thomas | Sunday, July 26, 2009 | 1 Comment
Guyana and the wider world
I have been arguing for weeks now that the present global economic crisis coming on top of the food and fuel …
By Dr Clive Thomas | Sunday, July 19, 2009 | 1 Comment
Wanted: A United Nations Economic Security Council
G20 – leading the charge
In last week’s column I argued that the global economic crisis had become very complex, …
By Dr Clive Thomas | Sunday, July 12, 2009 | 0 Comments
Guyana and the Wider World
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Observations
Last week’s column sought to make three major observations about the ongoing global economic crisis. First, …
By Dr Clive Thomas | Sunday, July 5, 2009 | 0 Comments
The global economy: Economic recovery or more misery
Last week’s column diverted to treat with the recent disclosures about the CL Financial and Stanford International Groups. …
By Dr Clive Thomas | Sunday, June 28, 2009 | 0 Comments
Guyana and the wider world
Because of spectacular developments in the ongoing scandals surrounding the CL Financial (Trinidad) and Stanford International (Antigua) Groups and the …
By Dr Clive Thomas | Sunday, June 21, 2009 | 0 Comments
Is the global economy recovering?
Today the issue which seems to concern the international development community most (especially governments and international organisations) is whether it can …
By Dr Clive Thomas | Sunday, June 7, 2009 | 0 Comments
Hiccups on the road to economic recovery!
Last week’s column referred to two important ongoing debates concerning the future course of the global economic crisis. One …
By Dr Clive Thomas | Sunday, May 31, 2009 | 0 Comments
Guyana and the wider world
By Dr Clive Thomas (E-mail address: cythomas@guyana.net.gy)
One of the most hotly debated issues pertaining to the prevailing global economic crisis is …