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The project Mauritius Second Private Sector Competitiveness DPL is now in the pipeline.

2013-03-31T04:00:00.000Z

The project Mauritius Second Private Sector Competitiveness DPL is now in the pipeline. To see more information, see the project information in the World Bank project database

The development objective of the Second Private Sector Competitiveness Development Policy Loan Project for Mauritius is to strengthen the policy and institutional environment in Mauritius to support competitiveness and enterprise development. The operation will achieve this by supporting reforms in three integrated and mutually reinforcing pillars: 1) improving enterprise growth and competitiveness; 2) improving access to finance; and 3) promoting Information and Communication Technology (ICT) usage and e-Government reforms for increased efficiency and transparency gains. This Second Private Sector Competitiveness Development Policy Loan (PSC-DPL2), in an amount of US$15 million, is the second and the last in a series of two annual programmatic operations in support of the Government's medium-term reform program that centers on competitiveness and equity as its twin pillars. The series aims at strengthening the policy and institutional environment in Mauritius to support competitiveness and enterprise development. This DPL operation will continue to focus on accelerating reforms in support of private sector competitiveness by: a) supporting the growth of new business enterprises through demand driven business development schemes (BDS) and greater access to finance; b) making business exit easier; and c) promoting ICT usage and e-Government reforms for increased efficiency and transparency gains.

The project MU -Second Public Sector Performance DPL is now in the pipeline.

2013-03-31T04:00:00.000Z

The project MU -Second Public Sector Performance DPL is now in the pipeline. To see more information, see the project information in the World Bank project database

The development objective of the Second Public Sector Performance Development Policy Loan (DPL) Project for Mauritius is to support improvements in the performance of the public sector in Mauritius by assisting the government to implement reforms within the following three pillars: 1) strengthening programs that support and empower the most vulnerable; 2) streamlining trade regulations and processes; and 3) improving human resource management in the civil service and the monitoring of State-Owned Enterprises (SOE) performance. The Government of Mauritius continues to diversify the economy to enable the country to achieve a higher income status in the medium term. Since independence in 1968, economic growth in Mauritius has been built on a long tradition of economic and institutional reforms. This DPL series supports the strengthening of the institutional, policy, and management tools required to address some of the challenges posed by these reforms. The fiscal position is improving, and the government achieved greater debt consolidation in 2012 than had originally been expected.

The project Road Asset Management and Safety Project is now in the pipeline.

2012-11-16T05:00:00.000Z

The project Road Asset Management and Safety Project is now in the pipeline. To see more information, see the project information in the World Bank project database

The project Mauritius - Economic Transition (TA) Project has changed to Closed

2012-06-19T04:00:00.000Z

The project Mauritius - Economic Transition (TA) Project has changed to Closed. To see more information, see the project information in the World Bank project database

The objective of the Economic Transition (TA) Project is to improve the performance of selected public enterprises and services that contribute to an improved investment climate in Mauritius. There are three components to the project. The first component is the business facilitation. This component will support activities that aim to strengthen investment climate reforms in order to induce supply-side investment responses and accelerate economic growth. The second component is the public enterprise reform. Reduction of the budgetary burden of the parastatals and improvement in the efficiency and delivery of public services are key objectives of the Government. A public enterprise reform program is under preparation and parts of it are already being implemented. But there is a need for further development of the program design, a need to improve the management and coordination of the program and the flow of information on public enterprise performance, and to provide assistance to the sector ministries and public enterprises who will be involved in designing and implementing these reforms. Finally, the third component is the utility regulation and public private partnerships. The growth of private sector firms within the economy, especially those focusing on export-led growth as in the case of Mauritius, is impacted by the quality of infrastructure service delivery which forms an integral part of the investment climate. Improving the coverage and quality of these services through increased private participation in ownership and management is therefore a key focus under the Government's investment climate enhancement strategy and under the project.

The project Mauritius - Priv Sec Competitiveness Development Policy Loan (PSC - DPL) has changed to Closed

2012-05-31T04:00:00.000Z

The project Mauritius - Priv Sec Competitiveness Development Policy Loan (PSC - DPL) has changed to Closed. To see more information, see the project information in the World Bank project database

Mauritius has an impressive development record. Only a handful of countries have defied the odds, transformed their economies, sustained growth acceleration over decades and joined the ranks of middle income economies. Maintaining the status requires keeping up to the pace of reforms set by its competitors. Mauritius' ambitions are far greater as it envisions moving up the ladder and joining the ranks of upper middle-income countries (MIC). While among the most competitive and successful economies in Africa, Mauritius lag far behind its many MIC competitors on the global scale. Competitiveness agenda thus remains centre piece to achieving Government's program of reforms. In addition the competitiveness of the Mauritian economy is at risk amid fears of another global downturn fueled by the crisis in Europe. Accelerating reforms is the best response to emerging global uncertainties. These reforms will facilitate the nation's economic recovery in case the expected global downturn unfolds. Some troubling signals are already emerging that show a continuous downward trend in investment since 2008. The Development Policy Loan (DPL) series is consistent with the objectives of the Country Partnership Strategy 2006, and the CPS progress report of May 2011, that underlines improving competitiveness and investment climate as its central theme of reforms, along with promoting inclusion and fiscal consolidation. The DPL operation is well aligned to the new Africa strategy that focuses on competitiveness and employment, and vulnerability and resilience as its two pillars, with governance and public sector capacity as its foundation.

The project Mauritius First Public Sector Performance Development Policy Loan has changed to Closed

2012-05-31T04:00:00.000Z

The project Mauritius First Public Sector Performance Development Policy Loan has changed to Closed. To see more information, see the project information in the World Bank project database

The development objective of the First Public Sector Performance Development Policy Loan (DPL) Program for Mauritius to support improvements in the performance of the public sector in Mauritius. Recent economic reforms in Mauritius have built on a long tradition of economic growth and transformation. Since independence in 1968, Mauritius has achieved substantial economic growth of around 5 percent per annum, which has underpinned its economic transition from a predominantly agricultural economy based on sugar production to a diversified economy structured around textile exports and tourism. However, by the mid- 2000s, with the erosion of Mauritius' preferential trade status and rising commodity prices, it was evident that more reforms were needed to further the country's transition from a labor intensive economy to a high-value-added knowledge and services economy. As a result, in 2006 the government implemented a bold reform program structured around four pillars: (i) strengthening fiscal consolidation and public sector efficiency; (ii) enhancing trade competitiveness; (iii) improving the investment climate; and (iv)widening opportunities. The reform was broadly successful in restoring competitiveness, achieving economic growth, and creating employment in higher-value-added sectors. Moreover, the reform helped to consolidate government expenditure and reversed the upward trend in public debt. The proposed DPL is being prepared in coordination with the Bank's Private Sector Competitiveness (PSC) DPL. The two DPL series are designed to be mutually reinforcing and to address complementary aspects of the government's reform program while ensuring that the Bank's support remains sufficiently flexible. The PSC DPL series will focus primarily on strengthening the policy and institutional environment for private sector competitiveness, while this proposed DPL will focus primarily on the performance of the public sector.

The project Mauritius - Priv Sec Competitiveness Development Policy Loan (PSC - DPL) has changed to Active

2012-03-29T04:00:00.000Z

The project Mauritius - Priv Sec Competitiveness Development Policy Loan (PSC - DPL) has changed to Active. To see more information, see the project information in the World Bank project database

The project Mauritius First Public Sector Performance Development Policy Loan has changed to Active

2012-03-29T04:00:00.000Z

The project Mauritius First Public Sector Performance Development Policy Loan has changed to Active. To see more information, see the project information in the World Bank project database

The project MU-Manufacturing and Servs Dev and Compet has changed to Closed

2012-01-26T05:00:00.000Z

The project MU-Manufacturing and Servs Dev and Compet has changed to Closed. To see more information, see the project information in the World Bank project database

The objective of the Manufacturing and Services Development and Competitiveness Project for Mauritius is to support enterprise growth, competitiveness and employment creation in manufacturing and services sectors. There are four components to the project, the first component being improving access to quality Business Development Services (BDS). This component supports enterprise productivity and competitiveness, specifically in areas of skills and training, technology upgrading, standards and marketing constraints facing small and medium enterprises (SMEs). The second component is the strengthening institutional and policy support for existing public-sector SME related institutions. This component focuses on: (a) rationalization and consolidation of existing public sector SME institutions and programs; and (b) establishment of a Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) unit to evaluate SME programs to strengthen performance and accountability. The third component is the increasing access to finance to credit constrained SMEs. This component will provide technical assistance in the following areas: (i) to assist in the design of partial risk guarantees and other financial products aimed at catalyzing market finance; and (ii) to provide technical assistance and strengthen implementation of the new Mechanism for Transitional Support for the Private Sector (MTSP) and SME program. Finally, the fourth component is the project coordination and management.

The project Mauritius - Priv Sec Competitiveness Development Policy Loan (PSC - DPL) is now in the pipeline.

2011-12-16T05:00:00.000Z

The project Mauritius - Priv Sec Competitiveness Development Policy Loan (PSC - DPL) is now in the pipeline. To see more information, see the project information in the World Bank project database

The project Mauritius First Public Sector Performance Development Policy Loan is now in the pipeline.

2011-06-15T04:00:00.000Z

The project Mauritius First Public Sector Performance Development Policy Loan is now in the pipeline. To see more information, see the project information in the World Bank project database

The project Mauritius Sugar Cogen (Carbon) has changed to Pipeline

2010-05-21T04:00:00.000Z

The project Mauritius Sugar Cogen (Carbon) has changed to Pipeline. To see more information, see the project information in the World Bank project database

The project MU-Manufacturing and Servs Dev and Compet has changed to Active

2010-01-22T05:00:00.000Z

The project MU-Manufacturing and Servs Dev and Compet has changed to Active. To see more information, see the project information in the World Bank project database

The project Mauritius Fourth Development Policy Loan has changed to Closed

2009-12-09T05:00:00.000Z

The project Mauritius Fourth Development Policy Loan has changed to Closed. To see more information, see the project information in the World Bank project database

The Fourth Trade and Competitiveness Development Policy Loan Program operation for Mauritius supports reforms which respond to two major challenges: (i) the 'triple trade shock' of trade preference erosion and high oil prices, and (ii) the transition from low wage, low skill sugar and apparel exporter to innovative, knowledge and skill based services economy. In the mid-1990s a new vision began taking shape in Mauritius of a higher value added, more diversified, skill and knowledge intensive economy. To realize this, planners recognized they will need to invest massively in human capital and infrastructure, make better use of advanced technologies and reform the regulatory environment to harness the creativity of the private sector. Yet, little was achieved in these areas during the decade which followed. Instead, trend growth slowed as new sectors failed to generate hoped for levels of output and employment while traditional ones lost ground to increasing competition in their export markets. The miracle years of the 1980s receded into history. Although Fourth Development Policy Loan (DPL4) is the last operation of the series, dialogue around substantive policy issues is maintained and the Government has requested a continuation of the DPL engagement, which is currently being prepared. There are a number of specific areas for deepening the existing policy dialogue through a new DPL series, Information and Communications Technology (ICT) reforms, trade regulatory environment, public debt management, investment climate reforms, rationalization of social protection, to name a few. In this process, strengthening coordination with the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will be essential to improve delivery of development assistance, particularly given the availability of resources from both institutions for future lending. It must be noted; however, that future World Bank (WB) lending in Mauritius as part of a new DPL programmatic series will be subject to the WB capacity to lend in the country.

The project Infrastructure Project has changed to Closed

2009-12-09T05:00:00.000Z

The project Infrastructure Project has changed to Closed. To see more information, see the project information in the World Bank project database

The objective of the Infrastructure Project for Mauritius is to assist the Borrower to improve the national infrastructure, with an emphasis on the transport, energy and water sectors. There are two components to the project. The first component of the project is road investments: priority is given to roads whose capacity have been or will soon be exceeded, which constitute main links to key economic areas of the island or which connect or pass through major villages and which constitute safety hazards. There are three sub-components to this component. The first sub-component is upgrading of Belle Rive - Quartier militaire road will be financed by the Borrower; Government funding will be used to acquire the land needed for the widening of the road right-of-way. The second sub-component is periodic maintenance for three highway sections, which have not been treated since their construction in the late 1970s and the pavement of which presents clear signs of fatigue: (i) Terre Rouge - Quay D on M2, (ii) Nouvelle France - La Vigie on M1, and (iii) parts of Pamplemousses-Grand Baie on A13. The third sub-component is performance-based routine maintenance contracts: the objective of this sub-component is to determine whether performance-based contracts, once adapted to the local context, are the right means to overcome a backlog of deferred maintenance on key sections of Mauritius primary network. The second component of the project is technical assistance (TA) and institutional development in the transport - water/wastewater - energy sub-sectors: the TA components aim at laying the groundwork for possible future Sector Investment Loan (SIL) in the three sectors in approximately two years after this project becomes effective, within the framework of a public sector investment plan to be developed through the proposed loan.

The project Mauritius Fourth Development Policy Loan is now in the pipeline.

2009-11-18T05:00:00.000Z

The project Mauritius Fourth Development Policy Loan is now in the pipeline. To see more information, see the project information in the World Bank project database

The project Mauritius Third Development Policy Loan is now in the pipeline.

2009-02-20T05:00:00.000Z

The project Mauritius Third Development Policy Loan is now in the pipeline. To see more information, see the project information in the World Bank project database

The Third Trade and Competitiveness Development Policy Loan with Deferred Option Program in Mauritius supports reforms which respond to two major challenges: (i) the "triple trade shock" of trade preference erosion and high oil prices; and (ii) the transition from low wage, low skill sugar and apparel exporter to innovative, knowledge and skill based services economy. The operation also provides added resources for the Government to weather the current global economic turbulence without jeopardizing successful reform implementation. Begin implementation of the respective parastatal reform action plans, by the Central Water Authority, Wastewater Management Authority, Central Electricity Board, and Sugar Planters Mechanical Pool Corporation, to improve operational efficiency and service delivery by: (a) introducing a performance management system, promoting staff proficiency in multiple areas of expertise, reducing overtime and eliminating unfilled posts; (b) increasing capacity utilization of capital equipment (i.e., vehicles, tractors), and reducing fuel and lubricating oil costs; (c) outsourcing transport and security services, cutting delivery time and cost, and reducing pilferage; and (d) improving inventory management by reducing the number and volumes of items carried.

The project MU-Manufacturing and Servs Dev and Compet is now in the pipeline.

2008-09-17T04:00:00.000Z

The project MU-Manufacturing and Servs Dev and Compet is now in the pipeline. To see more information, see the project information in the World Bank project database

The project Mauritius Sugar Cogen (Carbon) is now in the pipeline.

2008-09-09T04:00:00.000Z

The project Mauritius Sugar Cogen (Carbon) is now in the pipeline. To see more information, see the project information in the World Bank project database

The project Mauritius - Economic Transition (TA) Project is now in the pipeline.

2008-08-17T04:00:00.000Z

The project Mauritius - Economic Transition (TA) Project is now in the pipeline. To see more information, see the project information in the World Bank project database