Madagascar Economic Update, December 2016

Madagascar Economic Update, December 2016

Even though a large majority of poor households are engaged in agriculture, per capita productivity and real levels of sectoral growth remain low in Madagascar. Approximately 80 percent of the population are engaged in agriculture, which provides t...

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Main Author: World Bank Group
Format: Report
Language:English
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Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2016
Subjects:
economic growth
public finance
monetary policy
economic outlook
trade
agriculture
rural development
fertilizers
land rights
commodity prices
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/857891480598522366/Madagascar-economic-update
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spelling okr-10986-257452021-05-25T08:56:16Z Madagascar Economic Update, December 2016 World Bank Group economic growth public finance monetary policy economic outlook trade agriculture rural development fertilizers land rights commodity prices Even though a large majority of poor households are engaged in agriculture, per capita productivity and real levels of sectoral growth remain low in Madagascar. Approximately 80 percent of the population are engaged in agriculture, which provides the main source of income for households, albeit at subsistence levels. Cultivation practices are based on extensification strategies with implications for Madagascar’s fragile natural resource base, rather than improving the productivity of existing farms and land use. To ensure Madagascar’s growth prospects more inclusively benefit the entire population it will be crucial to improve the productivity of the agriculture sector. The first part of the this economic update has the World Bank’s assessment of recent economic developments and the outlook over the short to medium term in Madagascar. The second part of this update focuses on Agriculture and Rural Development. 2016-12-14T22:53:35Z 2016-12-14T22:53:35Z 2016-12 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/857891480598522366/Madagascar-economic-update http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25745 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Economic Updates and Modeling Economic & Sector Work Africa Madagascar
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public finance
monetary policy
economic outlook
trade
agriculture
rural development
fertilizers
land rights
commodity prices
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public finance
monetary policy
economic outlook
trade
agriculture
rural development
fertilizers
land rights
commodity prices
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Madagascar Economic Update, December 2016
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description Even though a large majority of poor households are engaged in agriculture, per capita productivity and real levels of sectoral growth remain low in Madagascar. Approximately 80 percent of the population are engaged in agriculture, which provides the main source of income for households, albeit at subsistence levels. Cultivation practices are based on extensification strategies with implications for Madagascar’s fragile natural resource base, rather than improving the productivity of existing farms and land use. To ensure Madagascar’s growth prospects more inclusively benefit the entire population it will be crucial to improve the productivity of the agriculture sector. The first part of the this economic update has the World Bank’s assessment of recent economic developments and the outlook over the short to medium term in Madagascar. The second part of this update focuses on Agriculture and Rural Development.
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