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Manufacturing Science and Technology(CEASE PUBLICATION) Vol. 1(1), pp. 6 - 11
DOI: 10.13189/mst.2013.010102
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Inspired From the Taiwanese Kao-Hsiung Model, Executed with Mauritian Flair: From Basket Case to Middle Income Country
Satyadev Rosunee1,*, Jacquelene Robeck2, Jessica Pattison3
1 Faculty of Engineering, University of Mauritius, Reduit, Mauritius
2 Fashion Design and Merchandising, School of Architecture and Design, University of Louisiana, Lafayette, 70504, USA,
3 Textiles, Apparel & Merchandising Department, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, 70803, USA
ABSTRACT
The Mauritius Export Processing Zone (MEPZ) is originally modeled on the Kao-Hsiung EPZ, Taiwan. The literature credits Sir Edouard Lim Fat, a visionary Mauritian of Chinese descent, as the pioneer of the MEPZ. During a presentation at the International Sugar Congress (Mauritius, November 1969), he made a strong plea for government to emulate the Taiwanese Model to tackle socio-economic problems. One significant difference from other countries’ “enclave-type” EPZs was that the entire island of Mauritius was ‘declared’ as EPZ. The MEPZ was underpinned by a wide array of tax incentives & imaginative policy decisions making it one of the best performing economies in Africa-from USD 200 to over USD 10, 000 GDP per capita (middle income country). This paper will also describe the sustainable backward & forward linkages that the EPZ has enabled, unleashing an entrepreneurship momentum that continues to grow.
KEYWORDS
Mauritius, Export Processing Zone, Small and Medium Enterprises, Business Linkages
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(a). IEEE Format:
[1] Satyadev Rosunee , Jacquelene Robeck , Jessica Pattison , "Inspired From the Taiwanese Kao-Hsiung Model, Executed with Mauritian Flair: From Basket Case to Middle Income Country," Manufacturing Science and Technology(CEASE PUBLICATION), Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 6 - 11, 2013. DOI: 10.13189/mst.2013.010102.
(b). APA Format:
Satyadev Rosunee , Jacquelene Robeck , Jessica Pattison (2013). Inspired From the Taiwanese Kao-Hsiung Model, Executed with Mauritian Flair: From Basket Case to Middle Income Country. Manufacturing Science and Technology(CEASE PUBLICATION), 1(1), 6 - 11. DOI: 10.13189/mst.2013.010102.