Mauritius

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Mauritius
Population:	1.3 mn.
GDP:	9.7 bn.
Debt:	0.5 bn.
Overview:	Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam's survival seems doubtful, with a parliamentary majority of only three. He will strengthen his position by sacrificing health minister Maya Honoomanjee and engineering a return to previous high growth levels.

news from Mauritius

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Found 4 articles.

Vol 51 No 9
30th April 2010

CDC goes offshore

A mining company in which the British government is the biggest shareholder is using Mauritius-registered front companies to avoid paying millions of dollars in taxes on its mineral operations in Senegal and violating its own investment code. The CDC, for...

Vol 47 No 16
4th August 2006

Budget bludgeon

Premier Ramgoolam's government faces up to European subsidy cuts and Chinese competition

Vol 46 No 13
24th June 2005

The brightness is fading

The election campaign turns vicious as prosperity comes under threat

Vol 41 No 18
15th September 2000

Disproportional

A quirky election result brings back old faces back to power again

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