Since the beginning of October, Madagascar’s capital city of Antananarivo, has been on edge.
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Madagascar’s economy showed little progress during the decade from 2009 to 2019, growing at an average rate of just 2.9 percent per year, which is only marginally higher than the population growth rate of 2.7 percent (World Bank 2023).
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Taboos, agriculture and poverty
The food retail revolution in poor countries
The food retail revolution in poor countries
""Global retail chains are becoming increasingly dominant in the global food trade and their rise leads to dramatic impacts on agricultural supply chains and on small producers.
"This report focuses on demand-side constraints on agricultural growth and their implications for three broad alternative agricultural development strategies: promoting traditional exports, developing nontraditional exports, and increasing fo
This report focuses on demand-side constraints on agricultural growth and their implications for three broad alternative agricultural development strategies: promoting traditional exports, developing nontraditional exports, and increasing food sta
Transaction costs and agricultural productivity
This paper examines the mechanisms that transmit isolation into poverty in Madagascar using household survey data combined with a census of administrative communes.
Seasonal poverty in Madagascar: magnitude and solutions
A general equilibrium analysis of the effect of macroeconomic adjustment of poverty in Africa
Using CGE models for four countries (Cameroon, The Gambia, Madagascar, and Niger), this paper examines the consequences of macropolicy reform on real incomes of poor households in sub-Saharan Africa The simulations suggest that, compared to altern
Pathways of rural development in Madagascar
This paper is based on community-level data from 188 villages in rural Madagascar.
Growth, distribution and poverty in Madagascar
This paper is based on community-level data from 188 villages in rural Madagascar.