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Madagascar
Politicalaspects
Independence from France in 1960.
Source : http://www.indexmundi.com/madagascar/independence.html
Sourcehttp://www.madagascar-presidency.gov.mg/president/http://www.indexmundi.com/madagascar/executive_branch.htmlhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andry_Rajoelina
The president of Madagascar, Mr. Andry Nirina Rajoelina(born in 1974), is the youngest president in Africa.
Mr. Rajoelina became President in 2009.
The government of Madagascar has more than 30 ministers .
Source : http://www.madagascar-presidency.gov.mg/gouvernement/
Economicissues
Source : http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/13/11/40578194.pdf
Relatively stable real GDP growth of about 7%
Sourcehttps://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2004rank.html?countryName=Madagascar&countryCode=ma®ionCode=af&rank=211#ma
GDP per capita world ranking:
# 211
� Coffee.� Vanilla.� Shellfish.� Sugar.� Cotton cloth.� Chromite.� Petroleum products.
Export products
Sourceshttps://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ma.htmlhttp://www.ycsg.yale.edu/focus/papers/MDGMadagascar.pdf
Source : http://www.weforum.org/pdf/gcr/africa/investment/madagascar.pdf
Infrastructure
In 2005 an estimated 3.5 million school days were lost in Madagascar due to diarrhoea and other illnesses linked to poor sanitation .
This absenteeism contributes to the high Malagasy school dropout rate, with six out of ten children never finishing primary school.
Sourcehttp://www.wsscc.org/fileadmin/files/pdf/publication/WASH_Case_Studies_Series_-_Madagascar.pdf
Throughout Madagascar only 38% of the population has access to safe water and only 52% of houses are equipped with latrines .
Sourcehttp://www.wsscc.org/fileadmin/files/pdf/publication/WASH_Case_Studies_Series_-_Madagascar.pdf
Agriculture
Agricultureproducts
Beans
Sugarcane
Peanuts
Vanilla
Cocoa
Coffee
Rice
Livestock products
Cassava (tapioca) Bananas
Cloves
Source : https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ma.html
Energy
Only 4% of the country’s communities are now served with electricity.
Source : http://www.businessweek.com/adsections/2009/pdf/01.22.09_mad.pdf
We would like that in 2020, 70% of the energy in Madagascar should be renewable and 10% of transportation will use renewable energy.
The capacity for solar energy is very good in Madagascar, as well as wind energy in the north and south and biomass. We are starting in those directions to [develop] renewable energy.
Source : http://www.businessweek.com/adsections/2009/pdf/01.22.09_mad.pdf
Madagascar is home to the Bemolanga oil sands , one of the world’s largest undeveloped bitumen reserves at 16 billion barrels of oil. Total of France and Madagascar Oil of the U.S. are developing the site.
Source : http://www.businessweek.com/adsections/2009/pdf/01.22.09_mad.pdf
Madagascar also has coal , estimated at 135 million tons
Source : http://www.businessweek.com/adsections/2009/pdf/01.22.09_mad.pdf
Madagascar has the potential for 7,800 megawatts from hydropower , but uses only 150 megawatts .
Source : http://www.businessweek.com/adsections/2009/pdf/01.22.09_mad.pdf
A cooperation deal between battery company Saft and energy management specialist Schneider Electric is to deliver a off-grid solar photovoltaic installationproviding the village of Marovato on Madagascar’s east coast with energy for around six hours per day – mainly in the evenings – as an alternative to the kerosene and hand-gathered wood traditionally used by the 120 villagers.
Sourcehttp://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/09/off-grid-solar-for-madagascar
Source : http://www.ingenieurtram.ch/index.php/filmbeitraege/filmarchiv
Minerals
MineralsSappire
Chromium
Iron ore
Grapphite
Copper
CobaltGold
Titanium
CementZirconium
Nickel
Source : http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/country/2004/mamyb04.pdf
Diamonds
Petroleum
Ruby
Emerald
Madagascar holds half the world’s sapphires as well as semiprecious gems such as amethyst and beryl. It has iron, nickel, graphite, bauxite and uranium. It has lesser-known minerals essential to industry, such as vanadium, a metal used in high-strength steels and titanium alloys, and ilmenite, used in pigments and whiteners from toothpaste to paint.
Source : http://www.businessweek.com/adsections/2009/pdf/01.22.09_mad.pdf
Source : http://www.businessweek.com/adsections/2009/pdf/01.22.09_mad.pdf
Mining companies in Madagascar
http://www.riotintomadagascar.com/
Culturalissues
English (official)French (official)
Malagasy (official)
Languages
63 yearsLife expectancy
Indigenous beliefs 52%Christian 41%
Muslim 7%
Religion
20.6 million peoplePopulation
Source : https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ma.html
Source : http://earthtrends.wri.org/pdf_library/country_profiles/pop_cou_450.pdf
Source : http://earthtrends.wri.org/pdf_library/country_profiles/pop_cou_450.pdf
Source : http://earthtrends.wri.org/pdf_library/country_profiles/pop_cou_450.pdf
Source : http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.58.4437&rep=rep1&type=pdf
Unlike much of the African mainland, Malagasy people share a common language which is spoken throughout the island, hence facilitating communication and trade. French is widely used in the administration and in high school instruction.
The various Malagasy dialects are all closely related, having diversified only in the last 2,000 years when Madagascar was settled by an Indonesian people .
The languages contain some words of Bantu, Swahili, Arab, English, and French origin. Since 1820 the Merinadialect, written in the Roman alphabet, has been the official language of the island.
Sourceshttp://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/359466/Malagasy-languageshttp://www.wildmadagascar.org/media/PDFs/handout.pdf
Although most Malagasy are from mixed Asian and African ancestry , people from coastal areas harbora historical resentment against people from the central highlands who traditionally ruled the country.
Source : http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.58.4437&rep=rep1&type=pdf
Geographicalaspects
Source : https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/maps/ma_largelocator_template.html
Madagascar� 587,041 km2.� 14 times larger
than Switzerland.� World’s 4th largest
island.
Source : https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/maps/maptemplate_ma.html
The island of Madagascar split away from the east coast of Africa more than 120 million years agoand evolved its own unique flora and fauna in quiet isolation from the rest of the world.
Sourcehttp://worldmusic.nationalgeographic.com/view/page.basic/genre/content.genre/malagasy_pop_747/en_US
Source : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madagascar
Isalo National Park
Source : http://www.wildmadagascar.org/media/PDFs/handout.pdf
Source :http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Indri_Andasibe.JPGhttp://www.foe.co.uk/resource/press_releases/rio_tintos_madagascar_mini_22102007.html
1 of 99 recognized species and subspecies of lemur found only in Madagascar