Business Review

Forty-seven years ago this month Martin Luther King Jr. uttered the words: “We are now faced with the fact, my friends, that tomorrow is today.

Grief and anguish The budget debate might be over but not the grief and anguish of the Guyanese people. 

Barely moved Despite a major decline in the amount by which gross national disposable income (GNDI) increased last year as revealed in the 2014 budget statistics, the government expects the economy to grow by 5.6 per cent this year. 

Centerpiece The anticipations of the 2014 budget are over.  The Minister of Finance delivered the intention of the government to create a better Guyana for all Guyanese that carries a financial tag of $220 billion. 

Anniversary This year will mark the 25th anniversary of the passage of the Dealers in Foreign Currency (Licensing) Act, and there is clear evidence that the market has undergone significant change over the intervening period.  

Plight of vulnerable This would be the final article on anticipations of the 2014 budget. 

Law and order Irrespective of the political system, there is general agreement that the safety and security of people are the responsibility of governments. 

Major thrust A major thrust of this administration has been to invest in the physical infrastructure of the country. 

Further cuts   Budgeting for education ought to be a simple task for the administration. 

Commitment to hygiene According to the World Health Organization (WHO), sanitation is about the provision of facilities and services for the safe disposal of human waste.

Budget season There are 49 days left within which the 2014 budget must be presented to parliament. 

Introduction On January 28 last, a meeting was held in Linden that could be considered the continuation of a process that started last year to rebuild the region’s economy. 

Change in structure A particularly interesting feature of the Guyana economy is the growth that it has exhibited over the last several years. 

Business focus A new year has begun and many businesses are getting in stride with implementation of the plans that they would have developed for execution in the unfolding operating period. 

Build not destroy From reading the letters and stories in the daily papers in Guyana, it is obvious that Guyanese have entered the year 2014 with a new resolve to make things better for themselves. 

Green-colored currency It is the season when money matters and as Christmas draws near Guyanese will spend plenty of it. 

Part 2   Customer behaviour   As was noted in Part 1 of this article, the management of DDL is in control of the economic resources of the company and has little to fear from shareholder activism. 

(Part 1)  By Rawle Lucas Leadership change The company that has the ship as its logo is about to sail into a new era. 

Impasse The impasse over the amendments to the 2009 Anti-money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism Act is a perplexing one. 

Missed opportunities For some time now Guyana has been using the public-private partnership (PPP) to invest in the creation of several public goods.