Economics
“A Deep Water Harbour” by Peter Ramsaroop, MBA Good gubby nah ah float ah tap. (Good things don’t come easily.) Guyanese Proverb Introduction Infrastructure is to a nation what blood vessels are to a living being. Just as our blood vessels carry vital nutrients…
Oct 4 2010 / No Comment / Read More »
Norway and Guyana The “T” Table – Norway and Guyana Question – How would you have negotiated the LCDS deal? Peter R. Ramsaroop, MBA NORWAY GUYANA Richest Country in the World- A handout of US $250M to Guyana to get some attention in the…
Oct 3 2010 / No Comment / Read More »
The Bartica triangle – the door to the interior and development by Peter R. Ramsaroop, MBA If yuh plant plantain, yuh can’t reap cassava. (You reap what you sow) Guyanese Proverb Overview In a previous column on November, 23, 2009 titled “Development areas”, I introduced…
Oct 3 2010 / No Comment / Read More »
Our oil future – it is ours not the government’s By Peter R. Ramsaroop, MBA Introduction Two years ago, right about this time, I first introduced the concept that any oil reserves we find in Guyana are that of the citizens, not the company nor…
Oct 1 2010 / No Comment / Read More »
New economic zones = more jobs Introduction: In a few months we will be in a new decade. Hundreds of Guyanese participated in developing the 2001-2010 National Development Strategy. The goal of that plan was “Eradicating Poverty and Unifying Guyana”. It is sad that after…
Sep 30 2010 / No Comment / Read More »
by Peter R. Ramsaroop, MBA RBP + LEF + O = D (Race-based Politics + Limited Economic Freedom + Oil = Disaster) This column is a follow-up to my column of on December 23rd titled “Natural Resources” where our team proposed that we share the…
Jan 27 2008 / 1 Comment / Read More »
As we reflect on 2007, VAT has been one of the key issues facing both the consumer and business owners. However, it did not make it to the list of issues the government attempted to resolve. Instead, we saw massive infrastructure improvements in a slowly…
Jan 1 2008 / 1 Comment / Read More »
Peter R. Ramsaroop, MBA (Kaieteur News, 23 December 2008) One of my young advisors, JC Bollers, the grand nephew of the late Sir Harold Bollers, recently completed his academic paper on Guyana’s Resources. Since his paper directly relates to the general theme of this column,…
Dec 23 2007 / 1 Comment / Read More »
