Madagascar

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Madagascar
Population:	19.7mn.
GNI, $ :	6.3bn.
Debt:	4.6bn.
Overview:	The Bank of India plans to expand its financial presence on the island, while other projects like the Japan backed Ambatovy nickel mine have been lowed by the political crisis.

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Vol 4 No 7
May 2011

Making room for friends

London-listed Madagascar Oil’s battles with the Malagasy government are heating up. The two sides are now heading for international arbitration. The dispute arose when the Haute Autorité de la Transition (HAT) government began looking for oil and mining p...

Vol 4 No 4
February 2011

Election funds? Try Hong Kong

Antananarivo is looking for resource deals with Asian financiers to raise cash for an election campaign for interim leader Andry Rajoelina

Vol 4 No 4
February 2011

Andry's Asian alliances under fire

A rowdy colonel in detention is lambasting Andry Rajoelina’s Haute autorité de la transition (HAT) for its reliance on opaque deals with Asian companies. Colonel Charles Andrianasoavina claims the March 2009 events leading to the fall of Marc Ravalomanana...

Vol 4 No 1
November 2010

Chinese trains for TGV

The latest deals mark the government’s biggest turn towards the East since the political crisis and subsequent reduction in international support

Vol 3 No 10
August 2010

Beijing offers an iron bailout

A record US$100 million signature bonus for Andry Rajoelina's regime from Chinese investors will not be enough to compensate for the loss of aid funds as Western governments try to sanction the regime.

Vol 2 No 5
March 2009

A target of the revolution

After the Madagascar imbroglio, South Korean and Indian companies are trying new tactics

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