Geep

Global
Economic
Environment
and
Policy


Group
–
3
 Sec8on
–
B,
MBA
PT
2010‐2013
 
Indian
Ins8tute
of
Foreign
Trade
 New
Delhi


Growth
rate
among
Caribbean
na8ons


Source:
Economic
Commission
for
La2n
America
and
the
Caribbean
(ECLAC),
on
the
basis
of
official
figures.


Guyana
and
Suriname
 At
a
Glance


•  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  Full
name:
Co‐opera8ve
Republic
of
Guyana

 Popula-on:
756,000
(UN,
2011)

 Capital:
Georgetown

 Area:
214,969
sq
km
(83,000
sq
miles)

 Major
languages:
English,
indigenous
languages,
 Creole,
Hindi,
Urdu

 Major
religions:
Chris8anity,
Hinduism,
Islam

 Life
expectancy:
67
years
(men),
73
years
 (women)
(UN)

 Monetary
unit:
Guyanese
dollar
(G$)


 Main
exports:
Bauxite
and
alumina,
sugar,
gold,
 rice,
shrimp,
molasses,
rum,
8mber

 GNI
per
capita:
US$2,870
(World
Bank,
2010)
 GDP
(US$
bn):
2.22
 GDP
per
capita
(USD):
6,477
 •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  

 Full
name:
Republic
of
Suriname

 Popula-on:
524,000
(UN,
2010)

 Capital:
Paramaribo

 Area:
163,265
sq
km
(63,037
sq
miles)

 Major
languages:
Dutch
(official),
English,
 Sranang
Tongo,
Hindi,
Javanese

 Major
religions:
Hinduism,
Islam,
Chris8anity

 Life
expectancy:
68
years
(men),
74
years
 (women)
(UN)

 Monetary
unit:
Suriname
dollar

 Main
exports:
Bauxite,
alumina,
aluminum,
crude
 oil,
8mber,
shrimp
and
fish,
rice,
bananas

 GNI
per
capita:
US
$5,920
(World
Bank,
2009)
 GDP (US$ bn): 3.25 GDP per capita (USD): 9000

Poli8cal
Histories



 • 

Guyana


Originally
a
Dutch
colony

become
a
Bri8sh
 possession
1815
 Aboli8on
of
slavery
led
to
black
se_lements
in
 urban
areas
 Importa8on
of
indentured
servants
from
India
to
 work
the
sugar
planta8ons.
 This
ethno
cultural
divide
has
persisted
and
has
 led
to
turbulent
poli8cs.
 Guyana
achieved
independence
from
the
UK
in
 1966,
and
since
then
it
has
been
ruled
mostly
by
 socialist‐oriented
governments.



 • 

Suriname


Explored
by
the
Spaniards
in
the
16th
century,
...