By Sir Ronald Sanders April 23, 2021 In Antigua and Barbuda and Barbados there is outrage in some quarters that the US Embassy, accredited to these countries, has listed them…
Category: OPINIONS
COMMENTARY: Small countries need an IMF that is a lender of conscience
By Sir Ronald Sanders April 16, 2021 As undesirable as it may be, governments of Caribbean countries that are not in International Monetary Fund (IMF) programmes are being pushed in…
COMMENTARY: Proposed global minimum tax rate would be crippling
By Sir Ronald Sanders April 9, 2021 Officials of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) – the rich countries’ club – are no doubt delighted at the proposition…
COMMENTARY: Rivalry In The Guyana Suriname Basin – The Holy Grail Of Oil And Gas
By: Anthony T Bryan April 2, 2021 From Trinidad and Tobago (T&T), it is about one hour flying time south to Georgetown the capital of the Republic of Guyana and…
COMMENTARY: Collective CARICOM voice for recovery at IMF-World Bank meetings
By Sir Ronald Sanders April 2, 2021 The response by policy makers of the International Financial Institutions (IFIs) to the depth of COVID-19’s effects on Caribbean economies needs to be…
COMMENTARY: No, the idea of CARICOM is not dead
By Sir Ronald Sanders A commentary, published on March 8 by Camillo Gonsalves, a Minister of the Government of St Vincent and the Grenadines, was headlined “Every Island for itself’. …
COMMENTARY: Small Caribbean island nations are COVID-resilient, but need more-equitable vaccine supply
By: Christopher Tufton It’s a universally acknowledged truth: The COVID-19 vaccine is the light at the end of the pandemic’s tunnel. The return to normalcy depends on global immunity. However,…
COMMENTARY: Haiti needs vigilance by the International Community
By Sir Ronald Sanders At a meeting of the Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS) on March 17, I said that “no resolution is perfect, and no…
COMMENTARY: Export of Services – The next frontier for Caribbean Business
By: Deodat Maharaj March 16, 2021 Caribbean economies have largely been primary producers with a focus on commodities for much of our history. Diversification has been a constant in our…
COMMENTARY: Will regional unity be forever lost to the Caribbean?
By: Sir Ronald Sanders Several editorials in respected newspapers as well as blogs by influential persons in the region are, once again, expressing deep concern about CARICOM, particularly over its…
COMMENTARY: Small states diplomacy pays dividends on ‘de-risking’
By Sir Ronald Sanders It was an odd law into which to place it, but new and welcome directives on ‘de-risking’, which has plagued Caribbean countries, has become law in…
COMMENTARY: U.S. – Cuba normalization could increase production of COVID-19 vaccines
By: Sir Ronald Sanders If U.S. President, Joe Biden, eases the trade embargo against Cuba, one benefit to developing countries, including the Caribbean, could be greater access to coronavirus vaccines…