MAURITIUS TRANSPORT CONSENSUS FORUMS – BRIEFING TO THE HON. MEMBERS OF THE CABINET GOVERNMENT OF MAURITIUS by Jonathan Richmond Transport Adviser to the Government of Mauritius 28 September 2006 INTRODUCTION This briefing document reports on a process to achieve consensus among twenty major stakeholders on transport policies and actions needed for Mauritius. Following forums held on 14 and 21 September‚ nineteen out of twenty participants reached agreement on a set of proposals and signed a
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EMERGING ECONOMIC SECTORS IN MAURITIUS INTRODUCTION 1 LAND USE 2 RENEWABLE ENERGY 5 BUSINESS PROCESS OUTSOURCING (BPO) 8 MARINE RESOURCES 15 MEDIA AND ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY 18 BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOMEDICAL 19 CONCLUSION 23 INTRODUCTION In the recent years the Mauritian economy has seen a lot of diversification with the emergence of several new sectors to add to the traditional sectors that are Sugarcane Industry‚ Manufacturing and Tourism. The land
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3. The main problems from the Cyclermate business 3.1. Production – the manufacturing issue Initially‚ Cyclermate have been using the old and ancient materials as steel tube‚ automated tube to cut saw and bend machine‚ so it can pull the productivity because they just can not meet the physical demands of the task and difficult to keep the level of production‚ so this is the reason why the number of complaints from customers about the quality and faults of their cycle production have highly increased
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[1b] Explain the main factors that have contributed to the sudden spurt in the population growth rate since the mid 1950’s. (Marks 15) The population growth rate in Mauritius since mid-1950’s has seen a sudden increase and this was mainly due to the health conditions‚ fertility rate‚ age structure‚ health care services‚ old age pensions. In 1952‚ the general population of Mauritius increased to around 148 thousands more precisely 70 thousands males and 78 thousand females. HEALTH CONDITIONS The
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What are the main problems associated with economic development in Russia? Good. OK. Let’s begin. Good morning ladies and gentlemen. My name is … ‚ let me begin by giving our term of reference. It’s my privilege today to be talking to this distinguished gathering of professional experts in the field. My aim today is to discuss the main problems associated with economic development in Russia. I’ve divided my presentation into two sections. First‚ I’ll mention some words what is economic development
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The economic framework of local governance The economic foundations of the local government of the Republic of Kazakhstan are: - Municipal property; - Local finance; - Property in state ownership and transferred to the management of local governments. The material and financial resources‚ which are the economic foundation of local government‚ determine in fact the efficiency of local government. The economic foundation for local governance is a set of legal norms that regulate social relations
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Tourism in Mauritius – A detailed report and a proposition of strategies to enhance the economical growth Mohan V. Jadhav ISITECH BUSINESS SCHOOL Cyber city‚ Ebene‚ Mauritius e-mail: jadhav@isitechbs.com Abstract:
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increasingly considered as an essential tool for developing countries. Unfortunately‚ to date‚ Mauritius is lagging far behind. This paper is an attempt to outline the current status of IPR in Mauritius‚ some important constraints faced‚ as well as how policy makers are planning to make Mauritius up to date with the international norms . Introduction The enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights in Mauritius is conferred by the Patents Act 1875‚ the Trademarks Act 1868 and the Copyright Act 1956
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Key terms: Definition: Opportunity cost The cost of missing out on the next best alternative. Economic goods Goods that are scarce and therefore have an opportunity cost. Free goods Goods that have no opportunity cost‚ e.g. Air Factor market The market for the factors of production that make other goods and services such as labour or raw materials. Free market economy One in which there is very limited government involvement in providing goods and services. Division of labour
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Air Mauritius Air Mauritius is the national airline of Mauritius‚ based in Port Louis - the capital of Mauritius. Its main base comprises of Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport (MRU)‚ Mauritius. The airline provides domestic as well as international services‚ operating as many 80 flights per week. The symbol of Air Mauritius is phaeton rubicola or Paille-en-Queue‚ a fish-eating tropical bird. The airline appeared on the Mauritius Stock Exchange list in 1995. It employs a staff of over
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