SYNOPSIS

“The effectiveness of the Mauritian economic pillars to face challenges emanating from a globalised world.”

Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION

                  BACKGROUND

                  THE BENEFITS OF HUMAN CAPITAL INVESTMENT

                  Learning from the experience of a foreign country

                  ECONOMIC OVERVIEW OF MAURITIUS

                 Foreign Direct Investment

Chapter 2 THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR

                  The Global Overview

                  The Mauritian Agricultural Sector        

                  The Sugar Sector

                  Sugar Sector Strategic Plan

                  Voluntary Retirement Scheme

                  Employment in the Sugar Industry      

                 Ethanol

                 Rhum Agricole

                 Equity Participation

                 Research and Agricultural Crop Diversification

PREFERENTIAL TRADE AGREEMENTS FOR SUGAR

A. Commonwealth Sugar Agreement (1951)

B. Sugar Protocol (1975 onwards)

C. ACP-EU Partnership Agreement (2000-2020)

D. Negotiations and Sugar reforms

EU Proposals

Chapter 3 FINANCIAL SERVICES

                 INTRODUCTION

                 OFFSHORING AT THE INTERNATIONAL LEVEL

                 Factors influencing company decisions about offshoring labour

      THE PROGRESS OF THE MAURITIAN FINANCIAL SECTOR

      THE CONTRIBUTION OF PEOPLE IN THE FINANCIAL SECTOR

      FUTURE OF THE FINANCIAL SECTOR

Chapter 4 INFORMATION & COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY SECTOR .

     THE ICT SECTOR

      SECTOR OVERVIEW AND TRENDS

      ICT SECTOR IN MAURITIUS

      Development in the ICT Sector

      REPOSITIONING MAURITIUS ON THE WORLD MAP

      The ITES-BPO Sector in Mauritius

      Measures to Attract Investment in the ICT Sector

      Employment in the Mauritian ICT Sector

      Employment forecast in the ITES-BPO Sector

Chapter 5 MANUFACTURING

THE SUGAR SECTOR

THE EPZ SECTOR

EPZ – NEW ORIENTATIONS

IS THERE A FUTURE FOR MANUFACTURING?

Chapter  6 TOURISM

TRENDS IN WORLD TOURISM

TOURISM SECTOR IN MAURITIUS

TOURISM – FOR A NEW DYNAMISM

Trends in arrivals of tourists in Mauritius

Employment in the Tourism sector

Educational background of employees in the Tourism sector

NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE TOURISM SECTOR

New hotels and renovations

Measures to boost the Tourism Sector

A more liberalised air access policy

New Markets

Destination Marketing

New Products

Chapter 7 THE EDUCATION SECTOR: TOWARDS A KNOWLEDGE HUB

GLOBAL KNOWLEDGE

Where are international students going

Different forms of Internationalisation of education

The different policy rationales and approaches to cross-border education

How does GATS relate to education?

THE LOCAL KNOWLEDGE HUB

What are the main policy challenges?

Chapter 8 SEAFOOD HUB

THE GLOBAL SITUATION

FISH PRODUCTION IN MAURITIUS

HUMAN RESOURCES IN FISHERIES

LAND BASED OCEANIC INDUSTRY

PHARMACEUTICAL VILLAGE

THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES IN THE SEAFOOD SECTOR

RECOMMENDATIONS

Chapter 9 GRAND CONCLUSION

Agriculture

Manufacturing

Tourism

Seafood Hub

Financial Services

Information and Communication Technology

Education Sector: Towards a Knowledge Hub