Intro -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS -- SUMMARY -- INTRODUCTION -- Figure 1 GDP per capita growth in Mauritius, the DAEs and non-LDC Africa,1 1980-97 -- Table 1 Social and economic indicators by country, 1980- 96 -- Notes -- PART I TRENDS IN GLOBALIZATION AND SOCIAL PROGRESS -- A. TRADE -- Trade and development strategies -- The EPZ -- Table 2 Provisions for overtime, overtime pay, severance allowances and termination settlements in EPZ and non-EPZ enterprises -- Preferential trade agreements -- The problems of small, vulnerable economies: A recent submission to the WTO -- Export duty -- Import tariffs and non-tariff regulations -- Table 3 Average rates of effective protection in the manufacturing sector for 1980 and 1990, and the average nominal tariff rate for 1994 -- Trade flows and openness of economy -- Figure 2 Trade openness in Mauritius, the DAEs and non-LDC Africa,1980-96 -- Table 4 Top Mauritian export products, 1995 (as a percentage) -- Figure 3 Exports of sugar, other merchandise and services, 1980-95 -- Table 5 Main destination of Mauritian exports and main origin of imports, 1996 -- External debt, trade balance and FDI -- Figure 4 External debt, and external debt service, 1980-96 -- Table 6 External debt and current account balance, 1980-95 -- Table 7 Foreign direct investment (FDI), 1985-97 -- B. LABOUR MARKETS -- Labour force and labour force growth -- Employment by size of establishment -- Table 8 Labour force and employment in large and other-than-large establishments, 1982-96 -- Figure 5 Employment by size of establishment, 1982-97 -- Sectoral distribution of employment -- Figure 6 Distribution of employment by four major industrial sectors, 1982-97 -- Foreign labour -- Unemployment -- Table 9 Unemployment statistics, 1983-97 -- Figure 7 Unemployment rates by source, 1982-97.