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Despite Guyana’s unprecedented oil-fuelled economic growth, STEMGuyana co-founder and Executive Director Dr. Karen Abrams is warning that the country’s hinterland communities risk being left behind unless the Government makes greater investments in Indigenous communities, education, infrastructure and economic opportunities.
In her column, What the Oil Boom Owes the Hinterland, Abrams argues that while the coast has become the primary beneficiary of the country’s oil wealth, many interior communities continue to face entrenched poverty and limited access to essential services.
“There are two Guyanas, and the boom is mostly happening in one of them,” Abrams wrote.
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