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Is Guyana’s oil boom good news or bad for its economy?

Lucien Chauvin Monday, 6 April 2020

The discovery of oil will likely transform Guyana’s economy. But there are downsides to sudden resource-related wealth, as other developing economies have learned. Lucien Chauvin reports from Georgetown.

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