“We need a space for the Diaspora to contribute to national, regional and international policy dialogue and action.”
If anything epitomised the goodwill that greeted the 1992 PPP/C government, it must have been the enthusiasm shown by the thousands of Guyanese who indicated that they wanted to return home, invest here or help the country in some other way. True, the liberal economic policy and democratic openings which took place under the presidency of Mr. Desmond Hoyte, had generated some interest but the real avalanche came after the victory of the PPP/C. That enough was not made of this opportunity is due to the fact that there was not a coherent diaspora policy and many of the (re-)migrants had unrealistic expectations of what was possible in a low wage economy
