Peter Ibbotson
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Veiled Apostles of Communism (opens the original)
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In the eyes of some people, we, at the Mauritius Times, are supposed to be guilty of a serious charge, namely, that we often openly attack decisions of the Government to which our Labour colleagues have subscribed. We wish to answer that charge today and at the same time we shall try to draw a line of demarcation where, we think, it must be drawn. We have come to learn that it is not easy to be militant newspapermen and politicians at the same time. Our job becomes still more difficult when one
‘The Titmuss Report is well-nigh Mauritius’ last chance of attaining socio-economic salvation’ (opens the original)
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Last week I dealt mainly with the Meade Report, and this week I would like to deal with some of the major issues raised by the Titmuss Report. From the outset, let me say that it would be a tragedy for Mauritius if the Titmuss Report were to be Ignored and not acted upon like so many of the reports which have preceded it. The report carries a long list of official enquiries into social conditions and problems from 1910 to 1960. No fewer than 25 appear in the list, even counting all of Dr Balfour
The Challenge (opens the original)
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In the first part of this remarkable article, originally published in March 1961, Peter Ibbotson examined the publication of the landmark Meade and Titmuss Reports, two studies commissioned to assess Mauritius’ economic and social future at a critical moment in its history. He highlighted the reports’ warning that the country had long suffered not from a lack of expert advice, but from a persistent failure to implement necessary reforms. He also explored their candid assessment of communal divis
The Meade and Titmuss Reports (opens the original)
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At last, the long-awaited Meade and Titmuss reports have appeared. The serious daily papers in London — Times, Guardian and Daily Telegraph — all give prominence to the two reports, but their columns dealt with the Titmuss Report at much greater length than the Meade Report. All emphasised the family planning recommendations and spoke of the overwhelming need to restrict births to stave off economic disaster. That, too, is something which I shall be emphasising when I come to write about the rep
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