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90% of Madagascar Lives On Less Than Two Dollars a Day. Why?

Less than two months from the country’s planned election date, there are several questions being asked about the future of Madagascar. In the first installment of our examination of the Malagasy crisis, we discussed the ...

by Lova Rakotomalala

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Madagascar: Why I’m Not Giving Up On Politicians (Yet)

On October 25, 2013, my home country of Madagascar will finally be electing a new president. In recent years the citizens of Madagascar have witnessed their economy plunge into the abyss, its natural resources pillaged. Accor...

by Lova Rakotomalala

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Why Can’t Madagascar Settle on an Election Date?

Four years since a military takeover plunged the country into political crisis in 2009, Madagascar cannot seem to find a way out. One of the critical steps in the consensus road map [fr], an agreement signed by the head ...

by Lova Rakotomalala

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Applying Sense to Regional Integration

Regional and market integration has the capacity to unleash untapped potential in Africa especially from an economic point of view. The creation of a unified policy on trade can help remove trade barriers between neighbouring s...

by Mark Mngomezulu

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90% of Madagascar Lives On Less Than Two Dollars a Day. Why?

Madagascar: Why I’m Not Giving Up On Politicians (Yet)

Why Can’t Madagascar Settle on an Election Date?

Applying Sense to Regional Integration

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