Why the oil decade is the time to invest in value addition. In 2000, Guyana exported roughly US$21 million of plywood. By 2022, plywood exports had fallen to a fraction of that value, pushed down by the global financial crisis, the cost of value-chain certification, and softening demand for tropical timber. Over the same period,…
Why biodiversity revenue is pressing now Guyana is being pulled in three directions at once. Global buyers want nature outcomes. Investors want bankable instruments. Citizens want jobs, services, and roads now. That mix makes biodiversity revenue attractive. It also makes overpromising easy. In Guyana and across LAC, governments and firms are moving fast. In many…
An oil boom meets a flood-pulse ecosystem Guyana’s 2015 offshore oil discovery has unleashed an extraordinary commodity boom, making roads, large-scale agriculture, and mining realities for the Rupununi. As in all past LAC commodity booms, national decision-makers face a core challenge: how to capture the windfall to ensure durable benefits. But the Rupununi is not…
