Seychelles: Information on small contractors including nationalization requirements and security checks
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 January 1991 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | SYC7686 |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Seychelles: Information on small contractors including nationalization requirements and security checks, 1 January 1991, SYC7686, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ac1488.html [accessed 4 June 2023] |
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Information on the above-mentioned subjects is currently unavailable to the IRBDC. However, the following information on the government role in the economy and in economic policies in 1989 is available.
According to the Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 1989, the government of Seychelles exercised significant control over all the sectors of the economy (e.g., the importation, licensing and distribution of virtually all goods and services) in 1989 through a number of state organizations and banking regulations (1990, 307).
A report published in the Countries of the World and Their Leaders Yearbook 1989 suggests that the Seychellois government managed direct importation of basic commodities and controlled private imports of all other goods in 1989 (1989, 1096). Without providing details, the report claims that "parastatals" (presumably agricultural co-operatives) and other government enterprises constituted a significant sector of the economy "absorbing 80% of planned government investment during the 1985-89 period" (Ibid.). A Seychellois radio broadcast monitored by the Foreign Broadcasts Information Service maintains that the government of Seychelles introduced a series of "trades tax concessions" for businesses in industry, tourism and other sectors in January 1989 (FBIS, 23 March 1989, 27).
Another monitored Seychellois radio broadcast holds that the Seychellois government resorted to a number of measures to promote "domestic and foreign private investment, with the private sector being invited to become [a] more active participant in the nation's future development" (FBIS-AFR-89-148, 3 August 1989, 35).
Further information on the subject is currently unavailable to the IRBDC.
Bibliography
Countries of the World and Their Leaders Yearbook 1989. Vol. 2. Detroit: Gale Research Inc.
FBIS-AFR-89-055. 23 March 1989. "Tax Cuts Offered to Encourage Investors" in Seychelles Nation [Victoria, in English], 24 January 1989.
FBIS-AFR-89-055. 3 August 1989. "Consultant Details National Economic Constraints" in Seychelles Nation [in English], 5 July 1989.
U.S. Department of State. 1990. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 1989. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office.
Attachments
Countries of the World and Their Leaders Yearbook 1989. Vol. 2. Detroit: Gale Research Inc; 1096.
FBIS-AFR-89-055. 23 March 1989. "Tax Cuts Offered to Encourage Investors" in Seychelles Nation [Victoria, in English], 24 January 1989; 27.
FBIS-AFR-89-055. 3 August 1989. "Consultant Details National Economic Constraints" in Seychelles Nation [in English], 5 July 1989; 34, 35.
