Sheereen Fauzel

• PhD, MSc, PgDip, BSc
• Professor (Associate) at University of Mauritius

Small islands are affected disproportionately by the impacts of climate change, despite contributing minimally to global greenhouse gas emissions. With its unique vulnerabilities in terms of rising sea levels, extreme weather events and coastal erosion, which threaten the very existence of its population, small islands have diverse vulnerable group...

Small islands are affected disproportionately by the impacts of climate change, despite contributing minimally to global greenhouse gas emissions. With its unique vulnerabilities in terms of rising sea levels, extreme weather events and coastal erosion, which threaten the very existence of its population, small islands have diverse vulnerable group...

This paper investigated the impact of the RCEP on trade between RCEP-15 and EU-27. The static framework has been used. The empirical evidence is based on the Random Effect estimation and the models shows that while economic growth in RCEP-15 may reduce trade with EU-27, the RCEP negotiations does not have the same effect. The results show that the...

It is crucial to assess the impact of digital transformations on the financial sector given the rapid emergence of digitalisation. As such, the study aims at identifying the extent to which digitalization has impacted on financial sector development in a sample of small island developing states, over the period 2000 to 2020. Additionally, given the...

p>The tourism industry has been severely affected by the COVID-19 outbreak in Mauritius, where this industry is the backbone of the economy. Just like tourism revenue, tourism returns are also expected to be affected. Hence, this paper examines the impact of COVID-19 on tourism returns in Mauritius by using a quantile regression model and daily dat...

This article investigates learners’ perception of their ability to adapt to online learning and the challenges they encountered as well as the opportunities they found in this new e-learning environment, in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic. A comprehensive survey was undertaken using an online questionnaire circulated among male and female studen...

Using panel data from selected Small Island Developing States (SIDS) for 1995–2019, the present study explored the moderating role of sustainable factors mainly economic, social and environment on tourism development. Through the use of a dynamic econometric model, namely the Panel Vector Error Correction Model (PVECM), the results show that high g...

An overwhelming amount of studies has investigated tourism as a driver of growth and there is a wide consensus on a positive relationship (tourism-led growth hypothesis). However, recent studies have also pointed out that the tourism-growth nexus may be conditional on certain elements like development level and infrastructure, education and human c...

Many African states are relying on or have identified tourism to accelerate their growth and the continent has become the world’s second fastest growing tourist industry. However, African states have also not been spared by increasing terrorism attacks during the past decades, probably hindering the growth of this sector to certain extent. This stu...

Purpose The present study investigates the extent to which technological progress influences trade in the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) region over the period 1990–2017. Design/methodology/approach Methodologically, this study uses a rigorous dynamic analysis namely a dynamic vector error correction model (PVECM) to carry...

This is the first volume to examine and shed significant light on the issues, challenges and prospects presented by foreign direct investment (FDI) in tourism – a topic of increasing relevance in light of the COVID-19 pandemic and economic consequences. This book addresses the need to examine the TFDI phenomenon considering resilient tourism devel...

Purpose This study aims at evaluating the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the export trade system for Mauritius during the first half of 2020 (January 2020–June 2020). Design/methodology/approach An initial analysis of the monthly export time series data proves that on the whole, the series have diverged from their actual trends after the outbr...

The outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic has brought a halt to the tourism industry. Mauritius, which is a dependent tourism economy, has been highly impacted. International travel restrictions have had significant effects on segments as diverse as air transport, cruises, accommodation houses, hotels, restaurants, travel agencies and other small and mediu...

The chapter analyses the short-run and long-run effects of international trade on the environment. For this purpose, the bounds testing method to cointegration is applied to a small island country setting of Mauritius and over the period 1980–2018. The result shows that that trade has adversely impacted on the environment. In addition to that, high...

The paper investigates the climate change, governance and development nexus for 19 small island developing states (SIDS) from 1995 to 2018. The study uses the Vector Error Correction Model and the results point out that climate change and environmental degradation deter economic growth. Governance has a positive and significant impact on economic g...

This empirical paper aims at investigating the dynamic impact of sustainable development on tourism growth for the case of the small island developing state of Mauritius. The study is done for the period 1980–2018. The vector error correction model is being used and the results point out that sustainable development variables, notably economic, soc...

This paper examines the interactions between financial development and tourism growth for the case of Mauritius, a heavily tourism-dependent small island economy and one of the Africa’s best economic performers. Using dynamic regressions analysis over the period 1980–2018, namely, a Vector Error Correction Model which also accounts for endogeneity...

Many African states are relying on or have identified tourism to accelerate their growth and the continent has become the world’s second fastest growing tourist industry. However, African states have also not been spared by increasing terrorism attacks during the past decades, probably hindering the growth of this sector to certain extent. This stu...

This book focuses on tourism impacts, development, planning and policy making in South Asia. It contains eight case studies of the following countries: India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Afghanistan, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Pakistan and the Maldives. The cases demonstrate successful and unsuccessful stories in the South Asian context, along with the issues and c...

The contribution of international trade to economic development has long been debated. While comparative advantage theorists have claimed that trade will benefit a country at large and that this development will help the poor, the general concept is still being debated by social economists attributing development to human development. Discussions i...

Purpose Based on a panel vector error correction model (PVECM), this study aims to investigate the impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) on tourism development in a selected group of 17 small island economies during 1995-2018. In the long run, a positive and direct relationship was found between foreign investment and tourists’ arrival. Moreove...

The global financial crisis of 2007-2008 depicted that conventional banking has many weaknesses. Hence, there has been much debate on the strength of Islamic banking to confront such crises. There are various advantages of using Shari'ah-compliant financial products pointed out by researches. Moreover, people who abide by their religious belief are...

This article investigates the link between foreign direct investment (FDI) and tourism development for the case of the small island economy of Mauritius for the period 1980–2015. The research employs a dynamic time series econometrics framework, namely a vector error correction model (VECM), to account for potential dynamic and endogenous relations...

This paper examines the long-run and short-run impact of changes in temperature and precipitation on tourist arrivals in Mauritius. In this study, the bounds testing approach to cointegration is used. The autoregressive distributed lag model is applied on yearly time series data over the period 1980–2017. The main findings show that precipitation l...

Purpose Although it is a widely accepted fact that climate change can negatively impact on tourism demand and affect the economies at the socio-economic level, empirical studies on the climate change tourism development nexus has been quite scant, especially for the case of island economies that are heavily dependent on tourism. This study aims to...

The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of economic and financial development (FD) on environmental degradation (ED) for a sample of 12 selected small island developing states for the period 2000–2016 using a panel vector autoregressive model which accounts for the issue of dynamism and endogeneity. Results from the long-run cointegratio...

Analysing the literature, it is found that empirical evidences on the link between trade facilitation and economic growth for developing countries is very scarce. The present study investigated whether trade facilitation has contributed to the economic growth of a sample of 23 developing countries over the period 2007-2014. Results from the analysi...

Given that literature remains open to doubt concerning the impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) on growth, this paper attempts to place the discussion of the sectoral impact of FDI on the sectoral growth of Mauritius in the short, and long term. For this purpose, the autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) approach is applied on time series data...

This paper examines the long run and short run impact of FDI (disaggregated into manufacturing and non- manufacturing sector), on CO2 emission in Mauritius. In this study the bounds testing approach to cointegration is used. For instance, the Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) model is used on time series data over the period 1980 to 2012. The m...

The present study attempts to address the important question of whether foreign direct investment (FDI) flowing into the tourism sector has served to enhance economic growth in Mauritius for the period 1984–2014. Using a dynamic vector error correction model, and catering for dynamism, the results show that tourism FDI has indeed contributed to fos...

During the past decades, the efficient market hypothesis (EMH) has been at the heart of the debate in the financial literature. Ultimately, the consequence of the efficiency of a market is that prices always fully reflect all available information. The objective of this study is to test whether the stock exchange of Mauritius (SEM) and development...

The focus of this study is to investigate the extent to which FDI flowing in Mauritius reduces poverty or increases welfare by using time series data for the period 1980-2013. This study metho-dologically departs from the existing ones as it uses a dynamic vector autoregressive model that ensures the dynamic behaviour of the time series under consi...

This study has made an attempt to investigate and analyze empirically the impact of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) on the economic growth for a panel of 32 Sub-Saharan African countries during the period 2008-2014. Both static panel regression techniques and dynamic panel estimates were employed to assess the causal link of our regressors, namely,...

Governments of developing countries have been targeting poverty alleviation and deprivation as their main goal and thus have been working for pro poor growth. It is observed that African countries need considerable amount of investment in order to help their economies to prosper. African countries can benefit from growth through foreign investment...

Using a dynamic vector error correction model, catering for dynamic, endogeneity and causality issues, the present study addresses the important question of whether foreign direct investment in the manufacturing sector enhances the productivity of the sector in Mauritius using time series data for the period 1980-2010. The results show that FDI in...

Education has been identified as a tool for poverty alleviation. In this paper, the focus is on the educational reforms undertaken by the Mauritian government and its relationship with poverty alleviation. This study empirically investigates the causal links between education and poverty alleviation in Mauritius during the years 1990-2010. Error Co...

This paper focuses on the impact of investment in education on economic growth in Mauritius. It is an attempt to explore the extent to which education level of the Mauritian labour force affects its economic growth that is its output level. We have used the Cobb-Douglas production function with constant returns to scale where human capital is treat...