He ridicules the private sector's opposition to legislation, saying, "The industry is willing to spend millions for studies, but nothing for privacy".
Finance Ministry officials insisted that "selective default" was simply a rating-agency term for any plan that includes the private sector; the opposition immediately accused the government of trying to bankrupt the country.
There is no clear cut indication that in-coming MNEs from more developed countries tend to have more CSR disclosures than local MNEs in the Mauritian tourism sector in opposition to the literature where it is generally found that the extent of CSR disclosures in annual reports is lower than in the developed countries.
Those policies demonstrate an agenda that is more than fiscal, aimed at perceived sectors of opposition, including drastic austerity measures against the working and middle classes with massive layoffs from the public sector, as well as crippling budget cuts to government agencies charged with social services, arts and culture.
"We urge those who have access to the media from all sectors, including opposition politicians, to stop talking our country and economy down," Mr. Zuma said.
There is nothing to be gained from setting charity against business: the future lies in collaboration between the sectors, not opposition.
Still, Mr. Chávez said he was "dedicating more time to listening to criticism and ideas" and working harder to consider the policy views of the "economic powers, political sectors, the opposition".
Despite some public-sector protests, opposition to spending cuts is less noisy than in Greece.In this section What is this thing called war? Choose your département A Mediterranean quagmire The importance of not being Greece The Trial, part two If the CAP doesn't fit ReprintsSo why are markets fretting over Lisbon's debt burden (yields on two-year bonds have risen to 4.8%)?
The Confederation of Production and Commerce, representing the Chilean private sector, made its opposition clear in a statement (pdf) last month.
