Madagascar becomes an important trading hub connecting ports of the Indian Ocean. 11th Century - Bantu-speaking migrants from southeast Africa arrive, along with south Indian Tamil merchants.

Madagascar already faces serious challenges: More than 85 percent of its 19.1 million people live on less than US$2 a day, according to the 2006 United Nations Human Development report, and food ...

The country is divided into 22 regions, which approximates well to the demographic realities of the country. However, budgetary allocations are entirely at the president's whim.

The Madagascar Poverty Assessment report launched in February 2024 provides an account of the evolution of poverty and living conditions in Madagascar in the last decade (2012-2022). These are the ...