Toward Efficient, Sustainable and Safe Urban Transport in Madagascar : Antananarivo and Other Major Cities - Synthesis Report
Madagascar remains to exploit agglomeration economies and urbanization economies to sustain more rigorous economic growth. After several political and economic crises, Madagascar restored its modest but steady growth path with an average growth rat...
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| Format: | Report |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, DC: World Bank
2022
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099501504142221115/IDU0a975cced077a1045e208b6a028cf0839ec7d http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37407 |
| Summary: | Madagascar remains to exploit
agglomeration economies and urbanization economies to
sustain more rigorous economic growth. After several
political and economic crises, Madagascar restored its
modest but steady growth path with an average growth rate of
3.5 percent in the last 5 years (before the COVID-19
pandemic). Yet, the country’s performance remains less
favorably compared with other countries in the region.
Poverty is persistently high in Madagascar, with a large
spatial disparity in poverty incidence across areas. Most
rural residents, about 80 percent, remain poor. Urban
poverty is relatively modest but is also an important
challenge for Madagascar. The urban poor is particularly
vulnerable to external shocks, such as COVID19. The pandemic
is likely to reverse more than a decade of gains in poverty
reduction in Madagascar. This report aims to: (i) review the
trends of urban transport developments in major cities in
Madagascar, (ii) analyze the present and future demand for
urban mobility with focus on Greater Antananarivo, (iii)
review the current public infrastructure governance in the
urban transport sector, comparing the government’s urban
transport programs and other complementary interventions, to
maximize the synergy among the programs, and (iv) provide
high priority policy recommendations. |
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