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USAID/Madagascar Links
USAID/Madagascar
Mission
www.usmission.mg/usaid
Mission Director:
Local Address:
- 6è Etage
Tour Zital
Zone immobilière Taloumis
Rue Ravoninahitriniarivo
Ankorondrano
B.P. 5233
Antananarivo 101
Madagascar
Tel: 261-20-22-53920
Fax: 261-20-22-53886/53887
From the US:
- DOS/USAID
2040 Antananarivo Place
Washington, D.C.
20521-2040
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USAID's Strategy in Madagascar Madagascar is emerging from a prolonged political dispute
over the outcome of a December 2001 presidential election.
This political crisis devastated the economy, further strained
one of the world's top three "biodiversity hotspots,"
and disrupted an already weak health care system. Even before
the crisis, 70 percent of Madagascar's population lived below
the poverty line. A recent USAID survey indicated that the
political crisis further worsened people's well being. In
addition, during the eight-month crisis, illegal exporting
of endangered species occurred. Such actions threaten long-term
prospects for sustainable development in Madagascar, given
the uniqueness of Madagascar's flora and fauna.
With the political crisis resolved, Madagascar's prospects
are now brighter than they have been for some time. Madagascar's
new president favors reform, free-markets, and an open society
and is committed to better governance and reducing the pervasive
corruption that has plagued Madagascar since its independence.
While the economy has suffered in the short-term, it continues
to have considerable, untapped potential. The top three U.S. foreign policy objectives with respect
to Madagascar are broad-based economic development, environmental
protection and promotion of democracy.
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