Guyana is named among 61 low or middle income countries that depend on minerals for more than 25 percent of their tangible exports and is also identified among 20 which might be especially vulnerable to the “resource curse,” where substantial changes in commodity prices could severely affect their development.
So says a publication by the Oxford Policy Management, a think tank that gives advice to countries on finding solutions for reducing social and economic disadvantage. The publication was released in December 2011.
The group’s report, entitled
