Vol 3 (AAC) No 7 | MAURITIUSINDIA Round-trips and hot money 20th May 2010 Indian companies are routing tens of billions of dollars through Mauritius each year in a giant tax avoidance scheme India is changing its tax laws in a bid to introduce greater transparency into its financial transactions with Mauritius. The aim is to stem ‘round-tripping’ of funds by politici...
Vol 3 (AAC) No 7 | MAURITIUSINDIA Tweeting Tharoor and the cricket controversy 20th May 2010 Minister of State for External Affairs for Africa Shashi Tharoor considered himself a modern diplomat for his embracing of the internet messaging website Twitter. Yet his tweets fr...
Vol 1 (AAC) No 10 | MAURITIUSCHINA Constructive competition 3rd November 2008 Prime Minister Ramgoolam's plan for Chinese investment faces a few hurdles yet Mauritian Prime Minister Navinchandra Ramgoolam began negotiations to make his country China's second special economic zone at the Forum for China-Africa Cooperation held in Beij...
Vol 1 (AAC) No 10 | MAURITIUS Ramakrishna Sithanen 5th November 2008 Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Mauritius Sithanen is the key strategist behind his country's fast-expanding ties with Asia's hyper-economies, China and India. He wants Chinese and Indian investment to support his plans...
Vol 47 No 16 | MAURITIUS Budget bludgeon 4th August 2006 Premier Ramgoolam's government faces up to European subsidy cuts and Chinese competition The poorer Hindu voters who brought Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam's Labour Party to power last year see little to celebrate in his government's tough and reform-minded budget offi...
Vol 46 No 13 | MAURITIUS The brightness is fading 24th June 2005 The election campaign turns vicious as prosperity comes under threat The model Indian Ocean economy is faltering and opposition leader Navin Ramgoolam looks well placed to topple Prime Minister Paul Bérenger at the general elections on 3 July...
Vol 41 No 18 | MAURITIUS Disproportional 15th September 2000 A quirky election result brings back old faces back to power again This was not what was supposed to happen. The last-minute opposition alliance of the Mouvement Socialiste Militant (MSM) and the Mouvement Militant Mauricien (MMM) won three-quarte...
