ARTICLE · 08 OCTOBER 2007

Multiconsult Newsletter July 2007

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One recurring theme runs through the articles and news items published in this issue. That theme is the opening up of the economy, and it is indeed a compelling challenge for Mauritius, if we are to succeed in overcoming the difficulties inherent in the small size of our domestic market and in adapting ourselves to the exigencies of global competitiveness.

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Vinay Juwaheer

Editorial

One recurring theme runs through the articles and news items published in this issue. That theme is the opening up of the economy, and it is indeed a compelling challenge for Mauritius, if we are to succeed in overcoming the difficulties inherent in the small size of our domestic market and in adapting ourselves to the exigencies of global competitiveness.

Such considerations are of direct interest to the financial services industry, particularly to its operators who have been engaged in global business for the past fifteen years or so. Theirs has been a pioneering activity, at times criticized through ignorance at home or through envy abroad, but now vindicated as an essential component of the tertiary sector of Mauritius.

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