Madagascar has grown steadily poorer over the past 30 years, with the proportion of the Malagasy population living in absolute poverty having increased from under one-half in the early 1960s to 70 percent in the 1990s. Because poverty reduction is essential to ensuring social stability, political stability and sustained economic growth, a national war on poverty—the "lutte national contre la pauvreté"—is the centerpiece of economic policy objectives in Madagascar.
- Increasing the capacity of Malagasy institutions to undertake sound economic analysis that is linked to current issues and used in the policy process; and
- Improving public information and dialogue.
- increased capacity of Malagasy institutions to undertake sound economic analysis;
- improved capacity to disseminate and integrate economic analysis into public dialogue and the policy process;
- increased demand for economic analysis;
- increased availability and use of focused information on key policy issues;
- increased quantity and quality of civil society and press interventions in public dialogue; and
- improved dialogue between actors on key policy issues.
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Proposal (PDF)
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