Political Geography: Mauritius / Topic: Development

Author:: Ameenah Gurib-Fakim
Publication Date:: 09-2017
Content Type:: Video
Institution:: Columbia University World Leaders Forum
Abstract:: This World Leaders Forum program features an address by Her Excellency Mrs. Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, President of the Republic of Mauritius, titled, Rethinking Africa's Future Through Science, Technology and Innovation, followed by a question and answer session with the audience. Welcome, Introduction and Moderated by: Jenik Radon, Esq., Adjunct Professor of International and Public Affairs, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University in the City of New York
Topic:: Climate Change, Development, Economics, Science and Technology, and International Affairs
Political Geography:: Africa, East Africa, and Mauritius

Publication Date:: 01-2016
Content Type:: Special Report
Institution:: The African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF)
Abstract:: Of the world’s developing regions, Sub-Saharan Africa has the worst infrastructure deficit, with studies pointing to lost growth opportunities. This study presents in one document information previously dispersed on the region’s infrastructure stock and modes of financing. It assesses infrastructure’s role in the region’s economic growth. It identifies specific capacity constraints that have hindered the private sector’s participation in infrastructure financing. And it suggests a framework for advancing institutional and human resource capacities to boost infrastructure financing. The authors first reviewed documents addressing the region’s infrastructure. They then conducted case studies of private sector involvement in infrastructure financing in Kenya, Mauritius, and South Africa. And, using the generalized method of moments (GMM), estimated an infrastructure-augmented growth model.
Topic:: Development, Political Economy, Infrastructure, Finance, Economic Policy, and Capacity
Political Geography:: Kenya, Africa, South Africa, and Mauritius

Author:: Myriam Blin
Publication Date:: 02-2006
Content Type:: Working Paper
Institution:: School of Oriental and African Studies - University of London
Abstract:: This paper, looking at the case study of Mauritius, attempts to understand the factors affecting the relationship between EOP, women's work burden along different social backgrounds. The analysis is based on between-method triangulation consisting of a quantitative survey in the industrial sector and a qualitative survey in the industrial and services sectors. The main result shows that women and the social reproductive process were not affected in the same way depending on the socio- professional background of the woman.
Topic:: International Relations, Development, Economics, and International Political Economy
Political Geography:: Mauritius

Author:: Julius Kiiza
Publication Date:: 07-2006
Content Type:: Working Paper
Institution:: United Nations University
Abstract:: This paper examines the relationship between institution building and economic performance in Mauritius, Botswana and Uganda. The rationale for comparing these cases is simple. While the three have been super-economic stars in their own right, they have achieved substantially different outcomes. Mauritius has achieved Asia-type rapid growth, backed by the structural transformation of the economy from colonial commodity production (sugar) to postcolonial higher value-added industrial and information outcomes. Botswana has delivered rapid and sustained growth with no structural economic transformation. Uganda has attained rapid growth for a shorter postcolonial period (since 1992) and with no structural transformation. This paper contends that these cross-national differences largely arise from the presence of developmental nationalism plus Weberian bureaucracies in Mauritius and Botswana, and their absence in Uganda.
Topic:: Development, Economics, and Nationalism
Political Geography:: Uganda, Africa, Mauritius, and Botswana

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