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Guyana's National Drug Strategy Master Plan 2005-2009

The National Drug Strategy Master Plan of Guyana 2005-2009, reflects the recognition by all concerned that the level of drug activity in our country requires a comprehensive integrated and coordinated approach in order to make a major impact on controlling its penetration into the fabric of our society.

From the early 1990s, the Caribbean region has increasingly come under threat from the narco-traffickers with the expansion and diversification of their activities into the islands and territories of the Caribbean and South America. The sophistication and spread of their operations have caught most of the small developing countries of this region off guard and unprepared to respond to these incursions into these countries and societies.
Source: Government of Guyana

Poverty Reduction Strategy Progress Report 2005

This second annual progress report covers the periods from January through December 2004, and January 2005 to December 2009. It reflects Guyana's achievements and shortcomings in the implementation of the Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS), and presents an action plan for 2005 and beyond. Despite the continued vulnerability of the economy to exogenous shocks, the inadequacy of infrastructure and the weakness of existing institutional capacity, there has been considerable progress in actions and reforms initiated by the Government within the framework of poverty reduction. After three years of implementation, the PRS has become established as the overall framework for sector strategies and has been increasingly used to focus partners’ contributions around the Government's priorities. However, external financing continues to lag behind donor pledges made at the time of the elaboration of the poverty reduction strategy paper (PRSP) in 2001.

The Issues and Challenges

The key issues identified in the 2004 Poverty Reduction Strategy Progress Report include (i) the difficult external environment, (ii) low absorptive capacity, (iii) challenging sociopolitical conditions, and (iv) weak monitoring and evaluation of the poverty reduction strategy programme. Although some success was achieved, many of these problems persist.
Source: Poverty Reduction Strategy 2005

Guyana’s National Development Strategy

The National Development Strategy (NDS) sets out priorities for our nation's economic and social development for the next decade. The draft document - which is made up six volumes - contains careful technical analysis of problems and future prospects in all sectors of the economy and in areas of social concern. It presents us with an opportunity to work together to prepare Guyana for the challenges of the next century.

The draft NDS - which was launched on Monday 6th January, 1997 by the late President His Excellency Dr Cheddi Jagan - is a result of over 300 hours of meetings by 23 "technical working groups" consisting of over 200 Guyanese. These efforts were co-ordinated by the Ministry of Finance, but the contributors came from a wide cross-section of organisations including the private sector, government agencies, non-government agencies, and the University of Guyana. The Carter Center assisted the Ministry of Finance with the overall co-ordination of the exercise.
This article summarises the key recommendations made by the NDS in the areas of macroeconomics (Volume 2), the social sectors (Volume 3), the productive sectors (Volume 4) and the infrastructure sectors (Volume 5).
Source: National Development Strategy Plan 2005

2005 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices (Western Hemisphere)

All men and women desire and deserve to live in dignity and liberty. As President Bush said: "The advance of freedom is the great story of our time." Promoting human rights and democracy is a worldwide phenomenon and there is a growing global discussion of democracy and the universal values protected by democratic governance.

By defending and advancing human rights and democratic principles, we keep faith with our country’s most cherished values and lay the foundation for lasting peace. Fulfilling the promise of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights and building vibrant democracies worldwide will take generations, but it is work of the utmost urgency that cannot be delayed.
Source:US Dept. of State