Guyana

The country has completed the construction of the first 100 households that will be fully donated to low-income families, this being the first step of the government’s promise to deliver 50.000 houses

The Police department has been awarded with a budget increase, as this year general crime went down by almost 20%

As a way to bridge the gender gap and have more female home-owners, the government this year issued real estate properties to over 8.000 women

The state has implemented almost a 10% increase in its public wages as a response to the rising poverty rate in the public sector

Brazil has launched a programme to help Guyana organise a large-scale production of wheat in the hope that the nation can satisfy domestic and regional demand for the cereal without depending on other producers in the future

According to recent studies the country has demonstrated notable progress in reducing the gender gap in politics, education, health and economics, improving by almost 20%

The government has formally asked Facebook and Twitter to remove "illegal maps" posted by users showing large parts of Guyana as Venezuelan territory, which referenced an allegedly false claim done by Venezuela

Regardless of the country being once again challenged and threatened by Venezuela over their 160.000-kilometre territory dispute, the state publicly confirmed that it wants to resolve it peacefully and through dialogue

After almost three decades of waiting, the government has officially begun the process to build its first ever public law school

To ensure strict international laws against illegal logging, the country will sign an agreement with the EU to only allow legally harvested timber to be exported

As a way to welcome and attract more migrants into the country, the government has begun organising a series of workshops for companies to teach them the ethical recruitment of migrant labour

The Ministry of Education has now included the study of Artificial Intelligence and new technologies in its academic curriculum, part of a plan to innovate and modernise the current offer