Action Plan C&D

Project Detail

Country

Guyana

Project Number

GY-T1192

Approval Date

January 2, 2023

Project Status

Implementation

Project Type

Technical Cooperation

Sector

OTHER

Subsector

OTHER

Lending Instrument

-

Lending Instrument Code

-

Modality

-

Facility Type

-

Environmental Classification

Likely to cause minimal or no negative environmental and associated social impacts

Total Cost

USD 324,583.00

Country Counterpart Financing

USD 0.00

Original Amount Approved

USD 324,583.00
Financial Information
Operation Number Lending Type Reporting Currency Reporting Date Signed Date Fund Financial Instrument
ATN/OC-19872-GY Sovereign Guaranteed USD - United States Dollar Ordinary Capital Nonreimbursable
Operation Number ATN/OC-19872-GY
  • Lending Type: Sovereign Guaranteed
  • Reporting Currency: USD - United States Dollar
  • Reporting Date:
  • Signed Date:
  • Fund: Ordinary Capital
  • Financial Instrument: Nonreimbursable
Blogs
Published 2023
A bird’s eye view on project execution in Guyana
During the pandemic, the IDB Country Office in Guyana embraced drone technology to advance project supervision, an innovative way of yielding greater value in project execution. “What date was that picture taken?” asks the contractor looking at an image of a road construction project in Georgetown, Guyana. “On May 4,” the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
Blogs
Published 2018
Exploring Guyana’s green gold
There’s a lot of digging going on in Guyana. New discoveries of natural wealth have almost everyone interested in what lies beneath the country’s land and sea. Gerard Mekdeci is also doing some digging, but he’s planning for a different kind of harvest…one, that he hopes will bring everyone to the table of his National
Blogs
Published 2022
Partnering with the police to end gender-based violence
Before joining the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), I was a journalist working in the Caribbean. The police were among the key stakeholders with whom I interacted almost daily. Even with this close ‘working relationship’ I realised that I had—until recently—very limited knowledge about the work of law enforcement. This may be true for most people
Blogs
Published 2018
The Guyana Labor Force Survey: A Happy Reality!
Featured Image: On the left, Diether  doing fieldwork in the streets of Georgetown, Guyana, July 2017, photo by Diether W. Beuermann The Guyana Labor Force Survey: A Happy Reality! By Diether Beuermann, Sharon Miller, and Clevern Liddell Imagine a Government that would like to prioritize scarce public funds for social assistance in areas with higher poverty incidence, but without any representative
Blogs
Published 2021
What can Caribbean countries do to accelerate financial development?
Financial development is crucial for economic growth, poverty reduction, reducing inequality, and a number of other important social outcomes. Caribbean countries have historically lagged in a number of related areas, and our new chapter in Economic Institutions for a Resilient Caribbean—entitled: Financial Development in the Caribbean—focuses on how countries in the region compare to peers
Blogs
Published 2019
Dorian y Las Bahamas: Cuando el huracán llega a casa
Artículo publicado originalmente en inglés en Caribbean DEVTrends+. A través de la ventana de un avión, es fácil ver por qué el mundo llama a este lugar Paraíso. Viajo a menudo por trabajo y desde mi asiento en el cielo he llegado a conocer la hermosa topografía del Caribe: el verde exuberante de Guyana,
Blogs
Published 2020
Bucking the trend: Why institutions matter in Guyana’s hydrocarbon sector
Many countries have used natural resources extraction to realize energy independence, as well as strong economic and social outcomes. However, for every success story there are sobering lessons for new producers, such as Guyana. Lessons premised on the principles of proactive and coherent petroleum sector governance, inclusive policy formulation, and social accountability. In 2015, a
Blogs
Published 2018
Is Guyana on its way to becoming the Caribbean’s new technology hub?
On June 8, 2018, a seed was planted in the soil of our lush green economy—this seed has the potential to transform Guyana into the leading estate of South America and the Caribbean. Exponential technologies and digital transformation were prominent among the themes and the buzzwords at the IDB’s recently concluded VII Regional Civil Society
Blogs
Published 2019
When it hits home
Through an airplane window, it’s easy to see why the world calls this place Paradise. I travel often for work and from my seat in the sky I have come to know the beautiful topography of the Caribbean: Guyana’s lush green, Barbados’ turquoise shores, Trinidad’s northern range. Each landscape is unique; all different members of
Blogs
Published 2022
How community involvement contributes to inclusive program delivery in Guyana
Engaging beneficiary communities in program planning and coordination is key for inclusive and sustainable development. In Guyana where urban and hinterland settlements scatter across 83,000 square miles, meaningful engagements require careful strategies that consider cultural and geographical diversities. Given that most indigenous peoples live in the sparsely populated hinterland, programs rely upon the Inter-American Development
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