Mauritius’ reliance on trade-led development has helped the country achieve respectable levels of export performance. Mauritius is often referred to as a successful model in the African region. Mauritius therefore offers you, young ladies and young gentlemen, more opportunities now than our forefathers had at the time, and a standard of living that they could only dream of.
I cannot foretell what the future has in store for you but what I can tell you is that the Mauritius you are going to step into after your graduation today is a transformed Mauritius. No doubt that you and your generation have also had to face and are facing challenges in your daily  BIS central bankers’ speeches  1  life.