Madagascar: Development news, research, data

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Madagascar Urbanization Review: Leveraging Cities as Drivers of Growth and Structural Transformation
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Madagascar Poverty Assessment: Navigating Two Decades of High Poverty and Charting a Course for Change
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Restoring Dignity and Livelihoods in Madagascar’s Grand Sud

Madagascar At-A-Glance

Madagascar, an island country located in the Indian ocean off the coast of southern Africa, is the fifth largest island in the world, with a land mass of 587,000 km² and 25.6 million inhabitants. Despite having considerable natural resources, Madagascar has among the highest poverty rates in the world.

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Madagascar Emergency Support to Education for All Project

Thanks to the project, 266 classrooms have been built and more than 98,000 children aged 6 to 10 years can go to school as a result of monthly cash transfers granted to their parents.

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Idah Z. Pswarayi-Riddihough

Country Director, Mozambique, Madagascar, Mauritius, Comoros and Seychelles, Eastern and Southern Africa

Atou Seck

Country Manager

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Apr 05, 2024

Africa’s Pulse

Short term economic prospects for the continent, its current development challenges.
Jul 17, 2024

CPIA Africa

The 2024 Africa Country Policy and Institutional Assessment (CPIA) report covers the period January to December 2023. In 2023, the average CPIA score for IDA-eligible countries in Sub-Saharan Africa remained broadly like ...
Apr 05, 2024

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With IDA’s help, hundreds of millions of people have escaped poverty—through the creation of jobs, access to clean water, schools, roads, nutrition, electricity, and more.
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