25/09/2007
Mauritania's government is preparing extensive legal, tax and administrative reforms in an attempt to improve the country's business climate and lure foreign investors, Mauritanian Economy and Finance Minister Abderahmane Ould Hamma Vezzaz said on Sunday (September 23rd). Vezzaz, who chaired a government workshop on the budget and fiscal strategy for 2008-2011, revealed the changes would primarily focus on measures to boost investments. "The next framework seeks to provide new investment opportunities and close loopholes which is the only way to ensure economic development through the creation of jobs," Pana Press quoted Vezzaz as saying.