GUYANA: The Start of a New Era

THE COOPERATIVE REPUBLIC OF GUYANA, ONE OF SOUTH AMERICA’S SMALLEST AND WIDELY UNKNOWN NATIONS, IS ON THE VERGE OF DRAMATIC ECONOMIC CHANGE. The discovery of large offshore oil and gas reserves opens new opportunities for a country rich in natural resources and with strategic access to the markets of North and South America. A new government of national unity, elected in 2015, is committed to turning Guyana into a more competitive economy and to creating a “Green State”.

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Published in FOREIGN AFFAIRS January-February 2018.

Distributed also on-site at the 2018 WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM Annual Meeting.