Mauritius / Richard Anker, Rajenda Paratian and Raymond Torres.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Anker, Richard, 1943-

Contributor:

Paratian, Rajenda.

Torres, Raymond.

Series:

Studies on the social dimensions of globalization.

Studies on the social dimensions of globalization

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Foreign trade and employment--Mauritius.

Foreign trade and employment.

International economic integration--Social aspects.

International economic integration.

Globalization--Social aspects.

Globalization.

Mauritius--Social conditions.

Mauritius.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (127 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Geneva : International Labour Office, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

Intro

PREFACE

CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

SUMMARY

INTRODUCTION

Figure 1 GDP per capita growth in Mauritius, the DAEs and non-LDC Africa,1 1980-97

Table 1 Social and economic indicators by country, 1980- 96

Notes

PART I TRENDS IN GLOBALIZATION AND SOCIAL PROGRESS

A. TRADE

Trade and development strategies

The EPZ

Table 2 Provisions for overtime, overtime pay, severance allowances and termination settlements in EPZ and non-EPZ enterprises

Preferential trade agreements

The problems of small, vulnerable economies: A recent submission to the WTO

Export duty

Import tariffs and non-tariff regulations

Table 3 Average rates of effective protection in the manufacturing sector for 1980 and 1990, and the average nominal tariff rate for 1994

Trade flows and openness of economy

Figure 2 Trade openness in Mauritius, the DAEs and non-LDC Africa,1980-96

Table 4 Top Mauritian export products, 1995 (as a percentage)

Figure 3 Exports of sugar, other merchandise and services, 1980-95

Table 5 Main destination of Mauritian exports and main origin of imports, 1996

External debt, trade balance and FDI

Figure 4 External debt, and external debt service, 1980-96

Table 6 External debt and current account balance, 1980-95

Table 7 Foreign direct investment (FDI), 1985-97

B. LABOUR MARKETS

Labour force and labour force growth

Employment by size of establishment

Table 8 Labour force and employment in large and other-than-large establishments, 1982-96

Figure 5 Employment by size of establishment, 1982-97

Sectoral distribution of employment

Figure 6 Distribution of employment by four major industrial sectors, 1982-97

Foreign labour

Unemployment

Table 9 Unemployment statistics, 1983-97

Figure 7 Unemployment rates by source, 1982-97.

Educational and skill level of the labour force

Table 10 Gross enrolment ratios 1 at primary, secondary and tertiary educational levels, 1980-96

Table 11 Educational level of the labour force, 1983-95

Training

Government education strategy

Employment quality and insecurity

Table 12 Employed population by length of service and employment sector, 1995

Table 13 Hours worked in all occupations and part-time employment in reference week, 1995

Table 14 Average usual hours of work in main occupation by industry, 1995

C. LABOUR MARKET INSTITUTIONS AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS

Industrial relations context

Collective bargaining and unionization

Table 15 Trade union participation rate and industrial stoppages, 1981-96

Wage-fixing practices

Table 16 Minimum wage and actual wage for selected occupations in export industries, 1995

Industrial conflicts

Discussions on revising the Industrial Relations Act and labour law

D. INCOME DISTRIBUTION AND POVERTY

Income distribution

Poverty

Table 17 Income distribution, 1975-96/97

PART I I ASSESSING THE SOCIAL IMPACT OF GLOBALIZATION

A. TRADE AND EMPLOYMENT

Table 18 Employment and percentage distribution of employment in economic sectors by trade orientation, 1982- 97

Figure 8 Distribution of employment in economic sectors by trade orientation, 1982_97

Figure 9 Employment in export-related sectors, 1982-97

Figure 10 Employment in component parts of export-oriented sectors, 1982-97

Women's role in trade

Payment system

Figure 11 Average earnings in an industry per percentage of women in that industry, 1988 and 1995

Table 19 Distribution of employment by employment status, payment system and occupation, 1990

Establishment size and trade

Figure 12 Distribution of EPZ employment by enterprise size, 1982-96

B. TRADE AND SKILLS.

Figure 13 Share of high-skilled exports by country or territory, 1980 and 1992

Figure 14 Share of "technologically advanced" products in manufactured exports by country or territory, 1980 and 1992

Table 20 Employment by industry and occupation, 1995

C. TRADE AND WAGE DIFFERENTIALS

Figure 15 Average real wages in Mauritius' manufacturing sector, 1968-90

D. ECONOMIC GROWTH, PRODUCTIVITY AND COMPETITIVENESS

Factor inputs, productivity and economic growth

Table 21 Gross domestic investment and gross domestic savings, 1980- 96

Table 22 Contributions of capital and labour inputs, and total factor productivity to economic growth, 1967-97

Table 23 Capital, labour and multi-factor productivity in the total economy, the manufacturing sector and the EPZ, 1982-96

Competitiveness and labour costs

Figure 16 Labour productivity and unit labour costs in the EPZ, 1982-96

Table 24 Labour costs per hour in the clothing industry by country, 1993 and 1996

Table 25 Relative annual wages in manufacturing by country or territory, 1985-93

PART III POLICY ISSUES

A. CONSTRAINTS ON PUBLIC FINANCE, SOCIAL COHESION AND SOCIAL WELFARE

Constraints on public finance

Table 26 Government spending and revenues: Total expenditure and overall budget balance

Social welfare and social cohesion

Table 27 Social and defence spending by country, 1991-97

B. WOMEN: DEVELOPMENT AND EQUITY

Table 28 Women in the labour market, 1983-95

Table 29 Policies, programmes and approaches to eliminating gender inequality and discrimination in the labour market

C. CROSSROADS IN DEVELOPMENT AND TRADE: THE CHALLENGES AHEAD

Garments/textiles

Sugar

Tourism

International services

Towards an integrated economy: Linkages of SMEs to the rest of the economy

Employment implications of the four "cylinders of growth".

Figure 17 Approximate employment in the sugar, EPZ, tourism and finance sectors, 1982-97

D. REGIONAL COOPERATION

CONCLUDING REMARKS

ANNEX I LABOUR MARKET AND SOCIAL DIMENSION INFORMATION NEEDS FOR THE FUTURE

Unemployment estimates

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 107-113) and index.

OCLC:

70765239