Sunday, 10 August 2008

Casting the net beyond the lagoon

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Overfishing in the lagoons of Mauritius and Rodrigues has a destructive effect on the coral reef and the marine life it harbours. To increas...
Saturday, 9 August 2008

Mauritius: tackling social exclusion on Rodrigues Island

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In the 1980s Nobel laureate Amartya Sen challenged fellow economists by stating that poverty has important "non-economic" dimensio...

Rodrigues Island, Mauritius: Soaring food and fuel prices eat into poor people’s livelihoods

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The fish stock in the spectacular lagoon of the island of Rodrigues is becoming depleted. As a result, octopus fishers like Lima Casmir nee...
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Wednesday, 23 July 2008

Turning a commercial flight into a Disney roller coaster ride

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This morning at 6:30am I boarded a flight from Port St Louis to Rodrigues island after an 11 hour flight from Paris to Port Louis. Rodrigue...
Saturday, 19 July 2008

Active inertia

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On 14 July, The Economist published an article on Active interia . In this article Donald Sull, an associate professor at London Business Sc...
Sunday, 6 July 2008

Youssou N'Dour Africa's ambassador

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Youssou N'Dour is indeed one of the best African ambassadors. His crie de coeur for Africa in the form of music and chanson is so powerf...
Saturday, 24 May 2008

Consequences of under investing

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Who has not heard "there is no budget this year for this activity" or "you have to do more with less" or "resources...