Category: Economy

It is now a well-known fact. The island of Mauritius, strategically located in the Indian Ocean, has a proven track record in terms of political stability. With a relatively strong economy – averaging a GDP growth of 5% over the past twenty years – it has recently introduced a number of reforms aimed at opening up the economy to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) as well as foreign, and national talents from the mauritian diaspora. Over the years, the…

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Globalization has too many times wrongly allowed multinationals to disregard both environment and labour standards. Existing unsustainable production and consumption systems resulted over time inter alia in increased energy use and energy supplies as well as into increased emissions of gas carbon that have contributed to climate change. This is an issue that will be marking the forthcoming global agenda. In the context of the preparation of the international Conference in Denmark in 2009, a number of development-related issues…

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