Tag: World Bank

 It all began with a shortfall in the amount of money available to pay back insurance policy holders in the now defunct BAI Group. When Pravind Jugnauth, the

According to the World Bank any person having to exist on $2 a day ($60 per month) is deemed to be living in extreme poverty, that is on

I have had the opportunity to chat with the Harvard economists who came up with the concept of the World Bank Doing Business ranking.

A quick reorientation of public policy – consisting not merely of reshuffling of Cabinet positions – to get back our credentials will be necessary to inspire confidence again

Nothing short of a change of leadership is needed

In 1997, based on a model employed to encourage energy production in less developed energy-deficient economies, the World Bank advocated that Mauritius should also embark on that model.

When we look around at many countries in our vicinity and elsewhere as well, we will realise that we have little to envy compared to even some of

Mauritian Economy 1968-2015:

Interview : Rama Valayden — « Bien sûr qu’il faut combattre sans pitié l’enrichissement illicite… mais restez dans le cadre de notre Constitution »

In answer to a question raised on 1st September by Hon Reza Uteem regarding a new Protocol said to have been finalized by the Minister of Good Governance

In his address at the launch of the ‘Economic Mission Statement’ with a view to achieving a “second economic miracle” and Vision 2030, the Prime Minister said: “…I

There has been an enduring feeling among citizens that the economy has not been receiving the attention it deserves. It is with the hope that the government will

Ever since Mr Bérenger raised the question about a possible blackout of electricity in 2016, as mentioned in a recent World Bank report, there has been a lot

It is never too early to pull on the alarm bells since there is a prevailing impression that the strains on our democratic institutions are being tested on

The ethos of discipline, productivity and merit-based equal opportunities is ardently being preached to us. We are flummoxed, as the ground reality is not at all that, the