Inflation Becomes Enemy Number One

July 2008 | Ratings Update

In an effort to insulate itself from the global rise in food prices, the government of Mauritius has launched a food security fund worth MUR1.0bn (US$37.9mn) to improve the island's domestic food production. The authorities hope to find land currently under use for sugar production and reposition it for growing food, preferably potatoes. Farmers taking advantage of the program would have access to the land as well as technical advice on industrial agriculture. Mauritius' social stability score, which is negatively impacted by high food prices via the inflation rate, is presently 70.0 out of 100.0, the lowest scoring component of

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