Par Danen Beemadoo Dès son jeune âge, l’administration locale a connu des reformes, et elle est souvent remise en question. La Local Government Act fut amendée plusieurs fois depuis son existence et la dernière en date est la Local Government Act 2011, le maire étant désormais élu pour un mandat de deux ans. Avant [...]
Par Mubarak Sooltangos Pour tout État qui a des relations d’affaires avec l’extérieur, il existe une relativité entre sa monnaie nationale (et son taux d’inflation s’il est exportateur, en concurrence avec le reste du monde) et celle de ses partenaires commerciaux, que ces partenaires soient importateurs, exportateurs ou investisseurs. Cette relativité doit constamment être [...]
Par Amit Bakhirta En 2021, les économies du monde entier ont fait de grands progrès vers la reprise et la réouverture. Cependant, il reste beaucoup à faire, car la reprise a été inégale et anémique dans le monde entier, incomplète et souvent interrompue par de nouvelles épidémies de virus et des alertes. En fait, [...]
By Eric Ng Ping Cheun Ordinary citizens are feeling the pinch with rising consumer prices. The depreciation of the rupee has fuelled inflation and dented people’s purchasing power. Mauritius’ year-on-year overall inflation remains elevated for the fourth consecutive month, at 5.4% in September. Even when excluding food, beverages, tobacco, mortgage interest, energy prices and [...]
By Sameer Sharma The most successful central bankers will tell you that the key to the success of monetary policy is that the monetary policy framework needs to be well understood, quantifiable and the market also has to believe that the central bank will do whatever it takes in order to achieve its pre-set [...]
By Sameer Sharma Asset managers have a major role to play in helping to solve some of the most pressing problems the world currently faces. As a link between the providers of funding and those who need it, they are in a privileged position. Providers of capital must make the most of the opportunity [...]
By Deva Armoogum A new collective mental map is needed, one that moves away from classical Newtonian science, with its linear and mechanical worldview, toward a systems-view of life Andrew Sheng, The One-Earth Balance Sheet In the first part of this article, “A new economic paradigm: from sustainability to regeneration”, published in the last [...]
By Sameer Sharma A term sheet with more details has recently given us a very accurate picture of how the Mauritius Investment Corporation (MIC) is wrongly structuring convertible bonds. Back in March 2020 when Mauritius entered its first lockdown, I extensively wrote and communicated about the need to create a bailout fund which would [...]
By Deva Armoogum “If people ate truly nutrient-rich food out of healthy soil, you would slash the national health bill straight away. The big chemical companies and big food companies know exactly what they are doing. It is now causing millions of deaths – tell me why that is not genocide?” Dr Charles Massy [...]
Par Eric Ng Ping Cheun Interview dans Mauritius Times du 19 mars 2021 Le gouvernement mauricien a rendu obligatoire la vaccination contre le Covid-19 pour les personnels de la santé et de l’éducation. Une telle mesure pose un dilemme éthique en ce sens qu’il convient de garantir à la fois la liberté personnelle de choisir [...]
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