The just-released National Accounts Estimates for 2015 shows that the investment forecasts by the Statistics office appear to give greater weight to public than private sector projects. Public investments will increase by 21% in real terms ( or 25% in nominal terms from Rs19 bn to Rs24bn) .while private investments will increase by 1.7% in real terms (or 4.7% in nominal terms from Rs 55bn to Rs58 bn).
Rattan Chand Khushiram, an avid contributor on economic issues, better known under the pen-name RChand. Headed the Economic Analysis and Research (EARS) unit of the ex-MEPD and was till recently, Director of the Research and Sustainability Division (ReSD) at the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development (MOFED)
Friday, April 24, 2015
Friday, April 10, 2015
SMART NATION rather than SMART CITIES
The whole concept of Smart City has been recycled from the electoral manifesto of one of the
marginal parties that contested the recent general elections. It is the vision
of the future development of Mauritius by some few people, including a prominent
architect. It is not the vision of
Mauritius by a majority of Mauritians.
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