Format:
1 online resource (271 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780415594387
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9780203838419
Series Statement:
Routledge Library Editions: Development Series
Content:
First published in 1961, this reissue examines the contemporary economic problems of Mauritius alongside those social problems which have a bearing on economic development. As a small and isolated economy, marked by a very rapid rate of contemporary population growth, by an extreme concentration on a single product, and by a great diversity of racial, religious and linguistic groups within the population, Mauritius is a representative microcosm of the economic problems of a large part of the developing world
Note:
Cover -- THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL STRUCTURE OF MAURITIUS -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- To His Excellency The Governor of Mauritius -- Explanation of terms used -- CHAPTER 1 Introduction -- CHAPTER 2 The Issues in Outline -- THE IMPLICATIONS OF POPULATION GROWTH -- THE PROSPECTS FOR EMIGRATION -- THE NEED FOR CAPITAL -- THE IMPORTANCE OF LOW LABOUR COSTS TO ECONOMIC EXPANSION -- PROSPECTS IN THE SUGAR INDUSTRY -- PROSPECTS IN OTHER BRANCHES OF AGRICULTURE -- PROSPECTS IN INDUSTRY -- THE CREATION BY GOVERNMENT OF THE CONDITIONS OF GROWTH -- SUMMARY -- CHAPTER 3 The Structure of the Economy -- POPULATION -- THE NATIONAL ACCOUNTS -- OUTPUT -- INCOME -- EXPENDITURE -- EXTERNAL TRADE AND THE BALANCE OF PAYMENTS -- VISIBLE TRADE -- THE INVISIBLE TRANSACTIONS -- THE BALANCE OF PAYMENTS -- SUMMARY -- CHAPTER 4 Labour -- INTRODUCTORY -- PRESENT UNEMPLOYMENT -- GROWTH IN THE WORKING POPULATION -- ATTITUDES TO MANUAL WORK -- RECRUITMENT AND CONDITIONS OF LABOUR IN THE SUGAR INDUSTRY -- THE EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGE SERVICE -- THE RECRUITMENT AND EMPLOYMENT OF YOUNG PEOPLE -- THE TRADE UNION MOVEMENT -- EMIGRATION -- CHAPTER 5 Agriculture -- INTRODUCTORY -- Climate and Soil -- Land Utilisation -- SUGAR -- Area and Cultivation of Sugar Land -- Sugar Production -- Sugar Mills -- Science and Sugar -- the Sugar Industry Research Institute -- The Organisation of the Sugar Industry -- The Sale of Sugar and the Sugar Industry Funds -- OTHER NON-PASTORAL AGRICULTURE -- Tea -- Tobacco -- Ginger -- Food Crops -- The Aloe Fibre Industry and the Sack Factory -- Forestry -- LIVESTOCK -- General Considerations -- The Dairy Industry -- (i) Present position -- (ii) Future development -- (iii) Milk marketing -- Beef Production -- (i) Present position -- (ii) Future development -- (iii) Beef marketing -- (iv) By-products -- Venison -- Goats -- Sheep -- Pigs -- Domestic Rabbits
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APPENDIX: Extract from the Report on Mauritius of the Secretary of State's Adviser on Forestry, October 1959
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Poultry -- Sea Fishing -- THE ORGANISATION OF AGRICULTURE -- The Department of Agriculture -- The Board of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Natural Resources -- Land Settlements and Allotments -- The Co-operative Movement -- Marketing -- CHAPTER 6 Industry -- GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS -- THE PRESENT STRUCTURE OF INDUSTRY -- INDUSTRIES OF IMPORTANCE AND INTEREST -- SUGAR -- (i) General -- (ii) Transportation -- (iii) By-products -- ENGINEERING -- TANNERIES AND FOOTWEAR -- SOAP, OIL, AND THE OIL ISLANDS -- MATCHES -- WOODWORKING -- BEVERAGES -- WATCH AND INSTRUMENT JEWELS -- TEXTILES AND CLOTHING -- BUILDING AND ALLIED TRADES -- SALT -- LIME -- COTTAGE INDUSTRIES -- TOURISM -- THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT IN INDUSTRY -- The Provision of Industrial Services -- (i) Electricity -- (ii) Transport and communications -- (iii) Water -- GOVERNMENT AND PRODUCTIVE INDUSTRY -- CHAPTER 7 Finance -- INTRODUCTORY -- PUBLIC FINANCE -- The Principal Sources of Government Revenue -- Company Tax -- Personal Income Tax -- Import Duties -- Other Taxes -- Summary of Taxation Proposals -- Government Expenditure -- The Current Surplus -- The Capital Budget -- Revenue for the Capital Development Programme -- Budget Contributions -- Reserves -- Internal Loans -- External Finance -- Private Finance -- The Commercial Banks -- The Co-operative Movement -- The Local Share Market -- The Agricultural Bank -- CHAPTER 8 Education -- THE MAURITIAN EDUCATION SYSTEM -- PRIMARY EDUCATION -- The Pressure on Places -- THE LANGUAGE PROBLEM -- THE NEED FOR CENTRAL SCHOOLS -- THE AGE OF ENTRY -- Examination Results -- SECONDARY EDUCATION -- The Private Schools -- Comprehensive" and "Multi-lateral" Schools -- The English Scholarships -- Teacher Training -- Technical Education -- CHAPTER 9 The Machinery of Government -- CHAPTER 10 Summary of Recommendations
Additional Edition:
Print version Meade, James The Economic and Social Structure of Mauritius Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group,c2011 ISBN 9780415594387
Language:
English
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