If someone should ask you what nation is home to the world’s fastest-growing economy, chances are you would think of a highly-developed financial powerhouse such as the United States, Singapore, Japan or Germany. In reality, Guyana is the globe’s most rapidly expanding economy, with a growth rate over 25%. While its current monetary expansion is mercurial, the growth of Guyana’s economy has been a successful long-term project dating back three decades. Beginning in the early 1990s, the country launched an economic recovery program that spurred substantial growth for much of the next decade. The opening of new markets to Guyana’s business community increased the potential number of exports beyond the traditional agricultural trades that had focused on sugar cane plantations going all the way back to the Dutch colonists. GBTI as a Significant Financial Provider Certainly, external partners have been a major aspect of the total economic picture. However, national business developers have been essential to the financial wellness of Guyana as well. One of the key institutions has been the Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI), a business-building bank that has been instrumental in providing capital for farmers as well as small business concerns. One of the directors…