The Impact of the K Economy on the Socio-Economic Development of Mauritius

Surjeet Dogra Dhanji is the Manager of Victorian Government Projects and a Director for the Cultural Diplomacy Program at the Australia India Institute, and an Honorary Post-doctorate Fellow at the Asia Institute, University of Melbourne. Her research focuses on the Indian diaspora, immigration, and international students’ higher education in Australia. Her recent publications include Aana Janaa: opportunities for Increasing Air Connectivity between Victoria and India (Report); The Underrepresentation of Indian Australians in the Three Tiers of Government (Working Paper) and ‘Diaspora to the rescue: The role of civil society groups in helping Indians stranded by the COVID-19 pandemic’ (book chapter) in Transnational Civil Society in Asia with Dr Pradeep Taneja. Email: surjeet.dhanji@unimelb.edu.au

Verena Tandrayen-Ragoobur is an Associate Professor in Economics at the University of Mauritius. Her research areas focus on development economics, social protection, labour market, trade, climate change, gender, and poverty.   She is currently heading the Pole of Applied Socio-Economic Research and Analysis and is also the co-chair of the WTO Chairs Programme at the University of Mauritius.  

Boopen Seetanah is a Professor at the University of Mauritius (UoM) with research interests in tourism and transport, international trade and finance and development economics. He is currently the Co-Chair of the WTO Chair (UoM) and the Director of Research at the International Centre for Sustainable Tourism and Hospitality (ICSTH) at the UoM. He is also the Dean of the Faculty of Law and Management. Boopen is an editorial board member and a reviewer for numerous high-rated journals. He has been consulting with the government and also numerous international organizations including the UNEP, UNDP, UNCTAD, World Bank,UNECA, ADB, ILO and RMCE amongst others.