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Article: Guyana: attracts international investors.(caribbean focus)(Advertisement)
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- Revista Latin Trade
- Article date:
- May 1, 2005
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Drawn by a wealth of natural and human resources, major companies from around the world are investing in Guyana, an English-speaking nation of 700,000 on the northern coast of South America.
Under the leadership of President Bharrat Jagdeo, Guyana is focused on attracting international investment, while committing domestic funds to improving hospitals, schools and other infrastructure projects. To stimulate private sector growth, Guyana is establishing an Investment Promotion Council and simplifying procedures for registering and incorporating new businesses.
Guyana's budget goals for 2005 include expanding the nation's traditional industries--sugar, ...