Financial and Trade Reforms and Impact on Poverty and Income Inequality: The Case of Mauritius

Sunil Kumar Bundoo

Chapter 8 in Pro-Poor Macroeconomics, 2006, pp 169-192 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Mauritius’ economic performance over the last two decades has been remarkable. During this period, real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rate has averaged 5.4 per cent per year, inflation has declined from over 25 per cent in the early 1980s to less than 5 per cent in 2004 and per capita income has increased over the same period from around $1,166 to nearly $5,000. Social conditions have also improved; life expectancy at birth increased from 61 years in the 1960s to 71 in the 1990s, primary enrolment from 93 to 105 per cent, the Gini coefficient declined from 0.5 to 0.37 and the Human Development Index (HDI) increased from 0.626 in 1980 to 0.772 in 2000.

Keywords: Gross Domestic Product; Monetary Policy; Income Inequality; International Monetary Fund; Gini Coefficient (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230627901_8

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