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Country: Mauritius
Summary: International Consultancy for Conducting a study on the implications of Middle-income Country (MIC) to High-income Country (HIC) transition on the Textile and apparel Industry in Mauritius in a post C...
Deadline: 18 May 2020
Posting Date: 17 May 2020
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Notice Type: Tender
TOT Ref.No.: 42710833
Document Ref. No.: 65654
Competition: ICB
Financier: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
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Tender Value: Refer Document
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Projecteeded in transitioning from a Low-Income Country (LIC) to an Upper Middle-Income Country (MIC) thanks in part to strong and stable institutions, a conducive business environment, economic sectoral diversification and effective utilization of trade preferences. Trade and use of preferential trade agreements have always been major drivers of economic growth for aSmallIsland Developing State (SIDS) such as Mauritius, SIDS being usually dependent on foreign markets for generating foreign exchange and for supplementing a narrow domestic base. The same Country Strategy Paper noted the recent ambition of the Government of Mauritius "to transform Mauritius into a High-Income Country (HIC) on the basis of growth that is sustainablygenerated and equitably distributed by 2025" (AfDB, 2014). But achieving HIC status will require the country to address challenges linked to persistent youth unemployment - a result of a skills mismatch between what the educational system in Mauritius produces and what a future buoyant Mauritian economy needs in terms of skills to maintain a high-quality growth path- andchallenges linked to the maintenance of competitiveness in an increasingly competitive global economy. It is to be noted that the major objective of the AfDB Country Strategy Paper 2014-2018 was to "help Mauritius build its competitiveness and resilience to exogenous shocks so as to enhance the quality of growth and accelerate the country`s transition into a HIC". Thecurrent Covid-19 crisis has made it even more important for SIDS such as Mauritius to build resilience against shocks. The Mauritius National Vision is organized according to five pillars that set the country`s long-term development priorities. These aim to accelerate the pace of sustainable economic diversification so that Mauritius can join the league of high-income countries by 2023 with a per capita GNI of USD $13, 550 by 2023, progressing to USD $19, 000 by 2030. Efforts are focused on developing the ocean...
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