Mauritius: Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix
IMF Staff Country Reports, July 15, 2002
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- Mauritius: Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix
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Bibliographic details
- Published: July 15, 2002
- Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451827781.002
Summary
- This Selected Issues paper and Statistical Appendix analyzes the labor market of Mauritius.
- It highlights that the high level of youth unemployment in Mauritius points to deficiencies in education and training.
- It finds significant rigidities in the functioning of the labor market that aggravate the problem.
- It emphasizes that the Mauritian labor market is highly regulated and the relevant institutions operate according to a legalistic approach in which economic criteria play a relatively minor role.
Major findings and diagnostic points
- High level of youth unemployment signals deficiencies in education and training.
- Labor market rigidities exacerbate unemployment problems.
- Institutional framework is highly regulated and legalistic, with economic criteria playing a relatively minor role.
Themes and subjects covered
- Agricultural commodities
- Commodities
- Currencies
- Demand for money
- Financial institutions
- Labor
- Money
- Treasury bills and bonds
Keywords (as listed in the source)
- Agricultural commodities
- Caribbean
- cash inflow
- CR
- Currencies
- Demand for money
- firm
- ISCR
- Mauritian rupee
- money demand
- net acquisition
- opening balance
- opportunity cost
- rate of return
- time deposit
- Treasury bills and bonds
- yield
Content in this bundle
- Mauritius: Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix - ISCR/02/144