Madagascar

A NEW BROOM... AT THE TREASURY

Squeezed by fund donors demanding the truth, the whole truth and the rest on the dossier of misappropriation of funds [...]

THE WORLD BANK SCENARIO

The World Bank sent Madagascar's government a strategy document in June 1993 to allow it to work out its future [...]

JOSE YVON RASERIJAONA

Madagascar's finance minister and three of his colleagues (economics minister [...]

ACCORD WITH WORLD BANK

Although the new Malagasy government has barely taken office after being appointed in late August, the country's programme to liberalize [...]

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PARLIAMENTARY TIMETABLE

The drafting of new parliamentary regulations and the adoption of the 1994 Finance Bill head the agenda for the inauguration of Madagascar's national assembly, which is due to meet for its first working session on September 28.

GERARD ECORCHEVILLE

Rakotondrazafy Edmond, the counsellor to Madagascar's head of state, Albert [...]

JACQUES MAILLOT

The chairman of French tour operator Nouvelles Frontières is due to travel himself on September 20, to Antananarivo. He will [...]

ADEFM PROJECTS

The Chambre de Commerce Internationale de Paris (CCIP) is to make its premises available on September 16 for the annual [...]

SECURITY BOOM

The United States embassy in Madagascar has signed a contract with Securmad covering the security of embassy buildings, personnel and [...]

JACQUES SYLLA

President Albert Zafy gave his approval on August 27 to the new government submitted by prime minister Francisque Ravony and [...]

STRAIGHT FROM THE HORSE'S MOUTH

Prime minister Francisque Ravony told Madagascar on August 24 that he plans to introduce "a tough government policy which will [...]

In a speech to parliament on August 24 outlining the [...]

NEW MARKET FOR FRANCE TELECOM

Caisse Française de Développement (CFD) last month granted Madagascar FFr.177 million in the form of two subsidy payments and one [...]

POTENTIAL MINISTERS FOR THE RAVONY CABINET

Madagascar's prime minister, Francisque Ravony, who was elected by the national assembly at the beginning of August, recently saw his [...]

The shortage of foreign currency and the latest frolics of [...]

DIPLOMATIC MESS

The Malagasy Comité de Coordination Economique et Financière (CCEF) did not finally give its press conference due to be held [...]

TOVONANAHARY RABETSITONTA

The losing candidate from GRAD Iloafo in the first round of the presidential election (ION N°539), who was the only [...]

ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL MISSION

A delegation from the Malagasy Comité de Coordination Economique et Financière (CCEF), a nine-member body chaired by finance minister, Evariste [...]

VIRTUALLY FINAL ELECTION RESULTS

The quasi-final results of the June 16 election in Madagascar give the political group led by president Albert Zafy 76 [...]