Working hard, earning little: Guyana’s Poor are the Hardest Working in the Region
New data from the Inter-American Development Bank (2024) reveals a striking paradox about poverty in Guyana: it isn’t a story of joblessness. Employment rates among the poor are remarkably high, 77% for the extreme poor and 83% for the moderate poor. And they’re not working short hours either. Guyana’s poor clock the longest work weeks […]