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| Registering Property |
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The ease with which businesses can secure rights to property is shown below. Included are the number of steps, time, and cost involved in registering property. |
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OECD |
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| Procedures (number) |
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6 |
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7.0 |
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4.9 |
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| Duration (days) |
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210 |
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104.6 |
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28.0 |
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| Cost (% of property value) |
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10.8 |
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11.1 |
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4.6 |
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| Getting Credit |
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Measures on credit information sharing and the legal rights of borrowers and lenders are shown below. The Legal Rights Index ranges from 0-10, with higher scores indicating that those laws are better designed to expand access to credit. The Credit Information Index measures the scope, access and quality of credit information available through public registries or private bureaus. It ranges from 0-6, with higher values indicating that more credit information is available from a public registry or private bureau. |
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OECD |
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| Legal Rights Index |
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5 |
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4.0 |
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6.4 |
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| Credit Information Index |
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1 |
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1.3 |
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4.8 |
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| Public registry coverage (% adults) |
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38.6 |
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2.1 |
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8.6 |
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| Private bureau coverage (% adults) |
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0.0 |
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4.5 |
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59.3 |
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| Protecting Investors |
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The indicators below describe three dimensions of investor protection: transparency of transactions (Extent of Disclosure Index), liability for self-dealing (Extent of Director Liability Index), shareholders ability to sue officers and directors for misconduct (Ease of Shareholder Suits Index) and Strength of Investor Protection Index. The indexes vary between 0 and 10, with higher values indicating greater disclosure, greater liability of directors, greater powers of shareholders to challenge the transaction, and better investor protection. |
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Mauritius |
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OECD |
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| Disclosure Index |
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6 |
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4.7 |
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6.4 |
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| Director Liability Index |
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8 |
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3.1 |
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5.1 |
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| Shareholder Suits Index |
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9 |
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5.0 |
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6.5 |
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| Investor Protection Index |
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7.7 |
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4.3 |
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6.0 |
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| Paying Taxes |
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The data below shows the tax that a medium-size company must pay or withhold in a given year, as well as measures of the administrative burden in paying taxes. These measures include the number of payments an entrepreneur must make; the number of hours spent preparing, filing, and paying; and the percentage of their profits they must pay in taxes. |
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| Payments (number) |
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7 |
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38.7 |
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15.1 |
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| Time (hours) |
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161 |
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321.2 |
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183.3 |
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| Profit tax (%) |
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10.8 |
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21.4 |
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20.0 |
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| Labor tax and contributions (%) |
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3.6 |
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13.3 |
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22.8 |
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| Other taxes (%) |
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7.3 |
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33.3 |
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3.4 |
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| Total tax rate (% profit) |
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21.7 |
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68.0 |
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46.2 |
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| Trading Across Borders |
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The costs and procedures involved in importing and exporting a standardized shipment of goods are detailed under this topic. Every official procedure involved is recorded - starting from the final contractual agreement between the two parties, and ending with the delivery of the goods. |
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OECD |
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| Documents for export (number) |
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5 |
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8.1 |
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4.5 |
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| Time for export (days) |
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17 |
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35.6 |
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9.8 |
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| Cost to export (US$ per container) |
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728 |
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1,660.1 |
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905.0 |
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| Documents for import (number) |
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6 |
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9.0 |
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5.0 |
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| Time for import (days) |
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16 |
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43.7 |
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10.4 |
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| Cost to import (US$ per container) |
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673 |
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1,985.9 |
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986.1 |
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Enforcing Contracts |
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The ease or difficulty of enforcing commercial contracts in is measured below. This is determined by following the evolution of a payment dispute and tracking the time, cost, and number of procedures involved from the moment a plaintiff files the lawsuit until actual payment. |
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| Procedures (number) |
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37 |
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39.4 |
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31.3 |
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| Duration (days) |
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643.0 |
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443.3 |
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| Cost (% of claim) |
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17.4 |
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48.7 |
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17.7 |
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| Closing a Business |
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The time and cost required to resolve bankruptcies is shown below. The data identifies weaknesses in existing bankruptcy law and the main procedural and administrative bottlenecks in the bankruptcy process. The recovery rate, expressed in terms of how many cents on the dollar claimants recover from the insolvent firm, is also shown. |
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| Time (years) |
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1.7 |
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3.4 |
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1.3 |
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| Cost (% of income per capita) |
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15 |
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20.0 |
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| Recovery rate (cents on the dollar) |
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34.3 |
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17.1 |
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74.1 |
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Until recently the telecommunications provider was a monopoly held by Mauritius Telecom Ltd. Telecom Plus, a subsidiary of Mauritius Telecom, is the sole ISP in Mauritius, offering acess to the web, email and other Internet services facilities via its server Servihoo. However, in early 2001 Information Technology and Telecommunications Minister Pradeep Jeeha announced the liberalisation of Internet provider services in Mauritius. |
The Information and Communication Technologies Authority (ICTA) was set up by Act of Parliament in late 2001. The ICTA is the successor institution to the Mauritius Telecommunication Authority (MTA) which was created in 2000 to regulate telecommunications in Mauritius. |
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Democratise access to information through the use of Information
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Create a level playing field for all operators in the defence of consumers |
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Licence and regulate information and communication services |
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Free E-mail. |
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Encourage optimum use of ICT in education, business and services
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Promote the competitive edge of Mauritius as an international player |
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Facilitate Research and Development (R&D) in ICT and advise on new
technologies. |
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In 2001 UTStarcom, a provider of telecommunications access equipment, announced the completion of a deal to provide Mauritius Telecom with access network equipment for a next generation xDSL leased line nationwide data network. The network includes central office and customer premises ISDL and HSSL equipment that delivers corporate leased line and broadband access services for Mauritius Telecom's ATM, X.25, Frame Relay and Fast Internet customers. The new services will be marketed as MauriCell, MauriData, MauriFrame and InterFrame and the network will cover over 33 regional locations with capacity for thousands of DSL subscribers. |
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In 2001 Mauritius Telecom also started the installation of underwater fibre-optic cables in Bay Jacotet, in the South of the country, 40 km from Port Louis to house the SAFE fibre-optic network (South Africa-Far East) which will go from Cape Town. SAFE will in turn be linked in Cape Town to SAT-3/WASC (South Atlantic Telephone-West African Submarine Cable), which is 15,000-km long and links Europe to South Africa and Western Africa. SAFE will continue this connection over 13,800 km from Cape Town to Malaysia, linking Mauritius, Reunion and India on the way. The SAT-3/WASC-SAFE network goes from Sesimbra, Portugal, to Penang, Malaysia, connecting along the way India, Mauritius, Reunion, South Africa, Nigeria, Ghana, Cote d'Ivoire, Senegal and the Canaries. The network became operational in October 2001. |
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In January 2006, ICTA approved a considerable decrease in the tariffs of International Private Leased Circuits (IPLC), fixed line services, international calls and local calls in line with a government policy to make Mauritius more competitive internationally in the field of information and communication technology. |
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As a result of the changes, there will be a reduction in International Private Leased Circuits (IPLC) rates applicable, with immediate effect, by Mauritius Telecom Ltd on the SAFE undersea cable ranging from 17% to 31%, with an overall average of around 22% on the existing rates. |
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Mauritius Telecom will, with immediate effect, cut current tariffs in respect of International Direct Dialling (IDD) services by an average of 19.8%, while Emtel, Mahanagar Telephone (Mauritius) Ltd, City Call Ltd and Data Communications Ltd will cut their IDD services by margins of between 5% and 15%.
Meanwhile, City Call Ltd and Data Communications Ltd will cut charges for Internet Telephony services by between 5% and 50%, also with immediate effect.
The ICT Authority has also approved tariffs for new services, namely 3G for Emtel, and wireless Internet Services for Network Plus (Africa Digital Bridges Network Ltd.).
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