Par Eric Ng Ping Cheun Etant donné le Covid-19, nombreux sont ceux qui pensent à un Discours du Budget éloigné du changement minimal proposé annuellement par chaque ministre des Finances. Nous l’avons entendu dans plusieurs pays du monde : la pandémie est une occasion pour effectuer des choix fondamentaux. Il s’agit de prendre une nouvelle direction [...]
By Sameer Sharma All finance ministers operate within a system, and unless the people and the politicians as a whole push for change, macroeconomic policies will remain constrained. In order for Mauritius to transition from an upper middle income to high income economy, there are three key steps which it must take and pass with [...]
By Sameer Sharma Over the past few days, commentators from all four corners of the island of Mauritius and politicians alike have paraded a narrative that Air Mauritius has been ruined over a period of three years. There is no doubt that our elected officials have this tendency to put the wrong people at [...]
Par Mubarak Sooltangos J’ai suivi avec intérêt l’interview de Monsieur Jean Mée Desvaux le 24 avril sur Radio Plus. Il a raison sur plusieurs points qui relèvent du passé, mais les mesures qu’il préconise pour sortir de la crise sont cosmétiques et sans véritable substance. J’ai sur certains points une opinion différente et plus [...]
Par Eric Ng Ping Cheun Véritable coup de semonce pour les Mauriciens, le Covid-19 a forcé la population au confinement et mis l’économie à l’arrêt. Même s’il est encore trop tôt de penser à l’après-coronavirus, on anticipe un monde qui sera différent. « Tout ne recommencera pas comme avant », affirme le prix Nobel d’économie [...]
By Samad Ramoly In 1999 when thinker activist Naomi Klein broke through, her book No Logo: Taking Aim at the Brand Bullies gathered a wide following of rebels against unfettered capitalism. The now cult band Radiohead captured the energy to spawn its haunting spleen among many Millenials, today's generation 24-39. As expected, the book attracted [...]
By Jaime de Melo “Trade can’t sit outside of our work to tackle climate change. In fact international trade rules are uniquely placed to be part of the solution by removing trade barriers for green products and services and stopping pollution being subsidised… If trade rules can require subsidies to be removed from things like [...]
By Sameer Sharma Conventional monetary policy is about the central bank having a policy rate which sets an interest rate floor for the interest rate structure of the economy. All other interest rates are derived from this floor with the addition, of course, of various risk premias such as term premia, inflation risk premia, [...]
By Mubarak Sooltangos Some times ago, I walked into a 100% fancy jewellery shop in Bagatelle with my wife, and from what I saw and realised, I decided there and then to write a paper on marketing. I am a business professional and I breathe marketing day and night, because it is at the [...]
Par Eric Ng Ping Cheun Particulièrement affectées par le salaire minimum national, les petites et moyennes entreprises (PME) doivent trouver à tout prix des moyens d’augmenter leur productivité. Le salaire minimum a divers mérites dans diverses industries. Au sein d’une industrie, la situation financière est différente entre une grande entreprise et une petite société, [...]
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