Cooperatives rising?

2012 Kuru Kuru graduands

The Kuru Kuru Cooperative College

In Guyana,  Cooperatives have survived the passage of time and the emergence of a full-blown economic culture that gave the lie to the professed beliefs of both the People’s National Congress and the ruling People’s Progressive Party in a state-driven economy.

The PNC has been out of power for twenty years and the PPP has held the reins of political office for the same period. Both may well have forgotten all that they had learnt about a state-driven economy and even though the ruling party has kept its Marxist/Leninist shape its leadership clique have embraced orthodox capitalism with a level of enthusiasm akin to that which has been in evidence amongst