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  "title": "Mauritius: Staff Report for the 2003 Article IV Consultation",
  "publication": "IMF Staff Country Reports, October 14, 2003",
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      "content": "- Maintain competitiveness to support continued strong performance.\n- Address growing unemployment through targeted labor and economic policies.\n- Strengthen fiscal sustainability and the financial position of the public sector.\n- Continue prudent monetary policy implementation consistent with stability objectives.\n- Support continued development of financial services, free port activities, and information and communications technology."
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    "Published: October 14, 2003",
    "Series: IMF Staff Country Reports",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451827743.002",
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    "Subject: Agricultural commodities, Commodities, Imports, International trade, Labor, Public debt, Tariffs, Taxes",
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