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An Assessment of Comparative Advantage of Mauritius

Author(s) -

Bongani E. Mushanyuri,

Macleans Mzumara

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

european journal of sustainable development

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2239-6101

pISSN - 2239-5938

DOI - 10.14207/ejsd.2013.v2n3p35

Subject(s) - index (typography) , revealed comparative advantage , comparative advantage , liberalization , promotion (chess) , investment (military) , economics , product (mathematics) , business , international economics , international trade , market economy , political science , mathematics , computer science , geometry , politics , world wide web , law

The authors investigated whether Mauritius has comparative advantage in theproducts it exports in intra-SADC, intra-COMESA and global markets. There is aneed for Mauritius to improve its competitiveness through a combination of bothregional and national strategies via increasing investment in infrastructuraldevelopment, promotion of intra-regional trade and integration, improvingcapacity building, liberalization of the labour market and facilitating the access tobanking resources. The results showed that Mauritius has a revealed comparativeadvantage (RCA) index of ≥1 in 529 product codes. The highest RCA index of1694.21 was found in live primates.

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