Table of Contents

Foreword
Abbreviations

Part 1. Introduction

Part 2. Political Economy and Development Policy
2.1 Overview
2.2 Political economy and development policy during the colonial era and the First Republic
2.2.1 Colonial history to 1945
2.2.2 Land, colonial development policy and the rise of party politics, 1950s–1960s
2.2.3 Tourism development, the road to independence and the First Republic: Seychelles in the 1970s
2.3 Political economy and development policy during the Second Republic, 1977–1993
2.3.1 The one-party state, centralisation of power and the early years of the Second Republic
2.3.2 Security and economic crises and development policy responses in the early 1980s
2.3.3 Cold war patronage and the economic dominance of the state
2.4 Political economy and development policy during the Third Republic, 1993–2007
2.4.1 Political-economic developments: the multi-party system, end of the cold war and economic diversification
2.4.2 Development policy under economic crisis, 1998–2007

Part 3. The Social Situation
3.1 Education
3.2 Health
3.3 Labour and employment
3.4 Poverty

Part 4. Social Policy
4.1 Policy interventions in production activities
4.1.1 Education policies
4.1.2 Health policies
4.2 Social protection
4.3 Redistributive policies
4.4 Social reproduction

Part 5. Conclusion and Policy Implications
5.1 Dilemmas of development and policy implications
5.2 Labour and employment
5.3 Poverty reduction
5.4 Social protection
5.5 Education and health
5.6 Redistributive fiscal policies

Postscript – A New Seychelles?
6.1 Macroeconomic developments after 2008
6.2 Social development after 2008
6.3 Summary

Bibliography

About the Author

Liam Campling is a Lecturer in Work and Organisation at the School of Business and Management, Queen Mary, University of London.
Hansel Confiance is an Economist in the Department of International Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of Seychelles.
Marie-Therese Purvis, PhD is Director of the National Institute of Education, Seychelles.