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  "title": "Mauritius: 2008 Article IV Consultation-Staff Report; Staff Statement; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Mauritius",
  "publication": "IMF Staff Country Reports, July 21, 2008",
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  "summary": "This 2008 Article IV Consultation highlights that economic growth in Mauritius is responding to structural reform efforts. Tax reform, together with improvements in the business environment and investment initiatives, has spurred foreign investment to unprecedented levels and accelerated growth.",
  "publishDate": "2008-07-21",
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      "heading": "Overview",
      "content": "- Economic growth in Mauritius is responding to structural reform efforts.\n- Tax reform, together with improvements in the business environment and investment initiatives, has spurred foreign investment to unprecedented levels and accelerated growth.\n- Mauritius’s medium-term outlook has turned more favorable with the effects of the reform effort."
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      "heading": "External Sector and Exchange Rate",
      "content": "- The external current account deficit has eased but remains high on investment-driven import growth.\n- The exchange rate appreciated 17 percent in real effective terms in the 12 months ending February 2008 from an overly depreciated level in 2005–06."
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      "heading": "Structural Reforms and Investment",
      "content": "- Tax reform and improvements in the business environment are identified as key drivers of unprecedented foreign investment levels.\n- Investment initiatives are linked to accelerated economic growth."
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      "content": "- Pages: 60\n- Volume: 2008\n- Issue: 238\n- Series: Country Report No. 2008/238\n- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451827866.002\n- Stock No: 1MUSEA2008002\n- ISBN: 9781451827866\n- ISSN: 1934-7685\n- Publication date on landing page: July 21, 2008\n\nSource: \"Mauritius: 2008 Article IV Consultation-Staff Report; Staff Statement; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Mauritius\", IMF Staff Country Reports 2008, 238 (July 21, 2008).\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- Cr08238\n  - Cr08238 (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}\n\n---\n\nSource: https://www.imf.org/en/publications/cr/issues/2016/12/31/mauritius-2008-article-iv-consultation-staff-report-staff-statement-public-information-22189"
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    "Economic growth in Mauritius is responding to structural reform efforts.",
    "Tax reform, together with improvements in the business environment and investment initiatives, has spurred foreign investment to unprecedented levels and accelerated growth.",
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    "The exchange rate appreciated 17 percent in real effective terms in the 12 months ending February 2008 from an overly depreciated level in 2005–06.",
    "Tax reform and improvements in the business environment are identified as key drivers of unprecedented foreign investment levels.",
    "Investment initiatives are linked to accelerated economic growth.",
    "Pages: 60",
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