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10 compelling reasons to invest in Mauritius

The Mauritius Advantage

Over the years, Mauritius has crafted the prerequisites to make the island a really advantageous, safe and business-friendly location of unparalleled quality for the investor community. The country has a long and positive track record in attracting investors from all parts of the world, many of whom have re-invested in multiple projects and are still active in Mauritius.

In recent years, the island state has emerged as one of the strongest economies in sub-Saharan Africa. Resting on a broad-based and resilient economy, the country is poised for further growth as it sets out to become a major business and financial hub in this region of the world.

Accolades

Mauritius economic success is earning the island wide scale international recognition.

> In World Bank’s Doing Business Survey 2008 Mauritius ranks 1st in the African region and 24th out of 181 countries.
> The Heritage Foundation and Wall Street Journal rank Mauritius 18th over a total of 157 countries in their World Index of Economic Freedom 2008.
> In Global Competitiveness Index 2008-2009 of the World Economic Forum, Mauritius is ranked 57th in a list of 134 nations.
> In the AT Kearney Global Services Location Index 2007, the Mauritius global business platform is listed amongst the world’s top 25.
> In the Global Corruption Perceptions Index 2008 Mauritius ranks 41st out of 180 countries.
> In the International Property Rights Index 2008 Mauritius ranks 39th out of 115 countries.
> In the Press Freedom Index 2007 Mauritius ranks 25th out of 157 countries.
> In the Democracy Index 2008 - Economist Intelligence Unit Mauritius ranks 26th out of 167 countries.

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