By Jorge Heine BOSTON – The prime minister of one of the larger Caribbean countries travels to East Africa to secure a police deployment that would help address runaway gang violence back home, where a recent attack on the national penitentiary freed 4,000 prisoners.
By Reed Galen WASHINGTON, DC – Donald Trump was the unlikeliest of American presidents.
Last year, the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) suspended Guyana from its membership because of the delay in compiling and publishing its 2020 annual report.
By Freedom ImaginariesUnder the banner #WithHaitianRefugees, Freedom Imaginaries is urging CARICOM to establish a rights-based regional approach for the protection of Haitian migrants and refugees as leaders prepare to meet in Jamaica today, March 11, to discuss the dire situation in Haiti.
A letter by Professor Kenrick Hunte appearing in the press earlier this week generated a wave of conversation across the society.
The Guyana Prize for Literature Literary Festival began on February 29th and ended on March 3rd.
Introduction Today I will deliberately use the Chinese aphorism that “a picture is worth a thousand words” with great effect.
By Junaid Nabi BOSTON – On a recent international trip, I found myself running late to the airport.
The Protests and Pedagogy Collective was formed in 2018 to organize a series of commemorative events for the 50th anniversary of the 1969 Sir George Williams University Protest.
In our article of 5 February 2024, we began a discussion on the various anti-corruption measures implemented by the Guyanese authorities over the years and what may have been reasons for Guyana continuing to score poorly on Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index.
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.
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