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    Design global, manufacture local: a new industrial revolution?

      Vasilis Kostakis, Harvard University and Jose Ramos, Victoria University What if globally designed products could radically change how we work, produce and consume? Several examples...

    The Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) as a Catalyst for a Quantum Leap in Economic Development – Can Mauritius benefit?

      L. Amedee Darga, Managing Director, StraConsult The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) ambitions to develop a single African market for goods and services. Amedee...

    Graduating to Advanced Economy status: Enablers and Challenges for Mauritius

    Ali Mansoor, Chairman of the Regional Multidisciplinary Centre of Excellence (RMCE).   As Mauritius battles with the economic impact of the current pandemic, its aspiration to...

    Resilience and change in times of crisis: Curtin University’s experience as a values led organisation

      Professor Lina Pelliccione, Pro-Vice Chancellor Curtin Mauritius, Professor Linley Lord, Pro-Vice Chancellor Curtin Singapore, and the Curtin University Risk & Assurance Team In this paper,...

    Global poverty: coronavirus could drive it up for the first time since the 1990s

    Andy Sumner, King's College London; Christopher Hoy, Australian National University, and Eduardo Ortiz-Juarez, King's College London   As COVID-19 slows in developed countries, the virus’s spread...

    EU Blacklisting: macroeconomic blow in a pandemic era

      Ibrahim Malleck, Managing Partner, Ebonia Capital   The decision of the EU to put Mauritius on its list of Third Countries having strategic deficiencies in their...

    Covid-19 and the Environmental Crisis: Towards a Lower-Carbon Recovery

    Ludmila Azo, International Development professional working with the United Nations. Global environment improvements as life comes to a halt The Covid-19 pandemic is getting more devastating...

    The Coronavirus calls for a Tech-inspired Economic Rethink

      Zaheer Allam, Urban Strategist, The Port Louis Development Initiative   Technology has the potential to be a tool as well as a mean for a faster...

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