Are there too many trade unions in Mauritius? Three trade unionists answer this question and give their views about the achievements and weaknesses of their movement and its role in society.
Are there too many trade unions in Mauritius? Three trade unionists answer this question and give their views about the achievements and weaknesses of their movement and its role in society.
The International Development Institutions (the WB, the IDB, the AsDB, the ADB, the IADB, the ERDB, etc) spend tens of billions of dollars to try to eradicate poverty.
The perception from the outside is that Franco-Mauritians form a closed community and that they have a limited sense of hospitality. ‘Of all the communities in Mauritius, the Franco-Mauritians are the least open, the least hospitable,’ I hear people say, ‘They would never invite you into their homes.’
* More tourists visiting Mauritius, Seychelles in 2010
By Jean Paul Arouff PORT LOUIS (Reuters) - More tourists visited Mauritius and the Seychelles at the start of 2010 than a year ago, thanks to a revival of some traditional European markets and new visitors from Asia, official data showed on Wednesday.
(RTTNews) - Monday, the Mauritius Tourism Promotion Authority said it aims to receive 1 million international tourists in 2010, with an expected rise of 10% in Italian visitors.
PORT LOUIS, Feb 22 (Reuters) - Mauritius sees tourist arrivals reaching 1 million in 2010 and is banking on new port infrastructure and a resurgence in Italian visitors to the Indian Ocean Island, its tourism promotion agency said on Monday. The target is slightly higher than that of the Central Statistics Office, which last week [...]
PORT LOUIS Feb 19 (Reuters) Mauritius’ external debt is expected to rise to 13.2 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) at the end of 2010 from 12.3 percent at the end of last year, the central bank said on Friday. The Bank of Mauritius figures are above the latest government predictions.
A wave of support swept over the country in the last few weeks for Financial Secretary Ali Mansoor. Surprisingly, as he is the first to admit that human relations are not his forte. The fact is that the commons sense behind the proposed reforms overshadowed his character flaws.
After four-and-a-half years of complacent inertia, the ministry of education suddenly appears to have emerged from hibernation to announce a host of new initiatives.