Marla DukharanThe UN Tax Convention — The Only Morally And Practically Sound OptionImagine you work in a factory producing wallets that enable you to optimize your tax bill while traveling around the world to buy and sell…4 min read·Dec 18, 2023----
Marla DukharanT&T Budget 2023/24 — Pay Attention. We Have Been Warned.The Hon Minister of Finance of T&T presented the Budget for FY2023/24 on Monday. To me, one thing stands out more than anything any…3 min read·Oct 4, 2023----
Marla DukharanHow To Diversify And Future-Proof A Sids Economy? Ask The Cayman IslandsI was hoping to catch a glimpse of DJ Khaled earlier this year while he was recording at Albany in The Bahamas, as more and more…4 min read·Aug 14, 2023----
Marla DukharanVenezuela, Vanuatu, & The Vatican: No oil? No God? No Chance!Google ‘oligarch’ and the results reflect the prevailing narrative that they are largely Russian/Soviet. But oily-garchies are everywhere…3 min read·May 15, 2023----
Marla DukharanIs Tourism a net benefit to the people of the Caribbean, or to tourists?The region’s stopover tourist arrival recovery after the Global Financial Crisis was mixed — Jamaica and Dominican Republic recovered in…4 min read·Mar 31, 2023----
Marla DukharanPro-Poverty policies from pandemic to polycrisis, now to permacrisisAs we all struggle to cope with the (policy failures) of the pandemic, which with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine became a polycrisis, and…3 min read·Feb 24, 2023----
Marla DukharanWe are the WorldThe Caribbean is home to people from across the planet — from our first inhabitants centuries (maybe millennia?) ago, to global digital…8 min read·Feb 17, 2023--1--1
Marla DukharanThe three major challenges the Caribbean must address NOWWhen advising policymakers and multilateral development partners, I am often asked what I see as the top challenges facing our region…7 min read·Feb 17, 2023----
Marla DukharanPropaganda, politics & power — The global north’s pro-poverty agendaAs always, just as the world’s elite gather in Davos, Switzerland — the world’s second largest financial secrecy jurisdiction by the way —…4 min read·Jan 20, 2023----