By Sameer Sharma Back in November 2018, the Mauritius Working Group on Artificial Intelligence (AI) published its Mauritius Artificial Strategy which essentially gave a broad and high level overview of the potential benefits of AI in enhancing productivity, growth and the quality of life of all Mauritians. From improving the efficiency of ports to harnessing [...]
By Eric Ng Ping Cheun Contrary to tourism, manufacturing and financial services, construction is a non-tradable sector, which includes housing construction, construction of business structure and infrastructure-related construction. There is a relationship between stages of economic growth and demand for construction. Construction demand is low in less developed economies. During their expansion phase, the growth [...]
By Mubarak Sooltangos If there is anything constant in life, it is change. Tons of literature have been produced on this subject by several business Gurus and it still occupies a prominent place in business books, but it is viewed and treated only theoretically. It suffices to say that since change is a permanent and [...]
Par Pierre Dinan Nous voici à l’orée des années vingt, soit au début de la troisième décennie du vingt et unième siècle. Sans nous en rendre vraiment compte, parce que littéralement submergés par les évènements d’actualité, nous voici aussi abordant la deuxième année du deuxième cinquantenaire de notre pays indépendant et souverain, lequel sera célébré [...]
By Samad Ramoly A decade or so ago, some of the richest Germans publicly pledged to contribute to a fairer share of taxes. In 2011, American billionaire Warren Buffet even warned us: “Stop coddling the rich (https://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/15/opinion/stop-coddling-the-super-rich.html)”. As, in effect, tax credits, creative accounting and tax havens allow him to pay less tax rate than [...]
Par Emmanuel Martin Le coup d’envoi de la zone de libre-échange continentale africaine (Continental Free Trade Area) a été donné le 30 mai 2019. L’accord signé par 52 pays sur 55 et ratifié par 22 d’entre eux vise à supprimer à terme les protections tarifaires et non tarifaires dans la zone. C’est une bonne nouvelle [...]
Par Eric Ng Ping Cheun L’environnement est une chose trop importante pour être laissé aux seules mains des écologistes. Les économistes y ont aussi leur mot à dire, comme en témoigne la couverture de l’édition du 19 septembre 2019 de The Economist, consacrée au problème du climat. Dès le début des années 1990, la question [...]
By Henri Lepage Libertarians are rightly cheering to the rise of crypto-currencies. For the first time ever, initially with Bitcoin and now with Libra, central banks national monopolies are facing the prospect of a real market competitive challenge. That being said, the idea of central banks having to face private rivalry is not as far [...]
By Sameer Sharma Economists are often criticised for being overly prescriptive when it comes to economic policy making. Economics is indeed more complicated than most economists think. Relationships between variables are non linear, and expectations and sentiment have their own difficulty to measure dynamics at play. In the case of a highly politicised Mauritian landscape, [...]
Retrouver les taux de croissance d’antan de 5 % à 6 % ne se fera pas avec du « business as usual » Interviewé pour savoir si la démission de Vishnu Lutchmeenaraidoo a un impact sur le monde des affaires, le vice-président de l’Economic Development Board répond que « c’est du business as usual ». [...]
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