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Mauritius
Inside this issue
• Loss of trade preferences spurs search for new business model
• Success tied to peaceful co-existence of disparate ethnic groups
• Developing nations erode its advantages as an offshore investment centre (PDF) - -
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An island bridging Africa and Asia
Alec Russell reports on reforms aimed at creating a new business model
Economy: A lesson in reinvention
Tony Hawkins on the performance of an island buffeted by adverse forces
Society: A model of multi-cultural co-existence
Tensions bubble beneath the surface, but there has never been prolonged unrest, writes Sharmila Devi
Taxation treaties: Anxious to keep a place in the sun
Wheatly Aycock on clouds hanging over third-country investment schemes
Finance: Liberal banking policy helps exploit geography
Tony Hawkins looks at reform, licensing and the eastward shift of economic power
Relations with China: Tying the knot between unequal partners
There are few places in Africa where the Chinese are so at ease, says Alec Russell
Politics: Little bitterness in spite of the rhetoric
Alec Russell reports on a rare example of African democratic alternation
Navinchandra Ramgoolam: ‘We have managed to turn things around’
The premier tells Tony Hawkins how the country has defied the doomsayers
Textiles: Restructured and refocused
Tony Hawkins on the strategies that have kept the island’s manufacturers afloat
Sugar: Learning to live without preferential treatment
Tony Hawkins on the wrenching reform of an industry that might turn positive again
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