Advantages And Disadvantages Of Financial Globalization In Mauritius

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During the past decades financial market around the world has become increasingly interconnected and has given rise to financial globalization. Financial globalization is the integration of financial market all around the world with their various currencies. This integration allows the breaking down of the different barriers of convertibility in order to ensure uniformity. Financial globalization definitely represents news challenges and opportunities to developing countries and in particularly small developing island like Mauritius.
2.2. Advantages of Financial globalization for small developing countries like Mauritius.
 Inducement for better policies

Due to financial globalization small developing countries like Mauritius needs to be compliant with the financial conditions set by international financial institutions like IBRD International Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
These policies involve disciplined fiscal policy, transparency in management, employee management equilibrium and adequate customer service. In Mauritius the government has encourages the creation of several financial regulators like Financial Services Commissions, Independent …show more content…

Financial crisis can happen if pessimistic investors believe that the exchange rate will fluctuate they can speculate against the currency and discourage potential investors. Moreover, due to the high interdependent that exits in financial globalization when a problem happen in one part of the world this will automatically cascade down to the small developing country. In July 2008 there was a financial crisis in the US markets and this had a spilt over effect on the European bank and other major bank in Europe. As Mauritius has an open economy, it has been put under pressure as the tourism receipt has drastically decreased causing a decline in the capital inflow of the

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