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The study seeks to identify and understand the intersectoral linkages and key sources of structural change in the output growth, within an input-output (IO) framework, of Mauritius’ economy over the time period 1997–2007. The study uses three comparable national IO tables of 1997, 2002, and 2007 within a multisectoral framework. The objectives of the study are threefold. First, the study examines the patterns of structural transformation in the value-added output and employment of the Mauritian economy, which are analytically useful. Second, the study estimates the linkage impacts of each sector to determine the relative strength of Mauritius’ productive flows and employment. Third, this research study accounts for the sources of sectoral change in growth by decomposing sectoral growth into several components with the attention on domestic demand, export expansion, import substitution, and technological change. Overall, the results of this study show that sectoral interlinkages are relatively higher in the services and manufacturing subsectors and that there is multicomponent output growth. After 2002, the results showed that the Mauritian economy is highly dependent on domestic demand as well as export expansion arising from manufacturing and services as sources of output growth. Additionally, this study shows that technological change is gradually becoming an important component of growth for this small African island’s economy.
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Tang, V.T., Tregenna, F. (2019). An Input-Output Analysis of Mauritius’ Economy. In: Tang, V., Shaw, T., Holden, M. (eds) Development and Sustainable Growth of Mauritius. Contemporary African Political Economy. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96166-8_8
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