Antananarivo Market Place

Madagascar May 2-7, 2006

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May 7th 2006
I had not been back in Antananarivo, Madagascar since 1985. I came back to meet with local partners to prepare a proposal for the International Finance Corporation (World Bank). It was great meeting again engineers from JIRAMA, the national utility, with whom I had worked 20 years ago on a feasibility study for a hydropower project. Since then, they have moved up to various responsibilities within ... read more

Africa » Madagascar

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Formerly an independent kingdom, Madagascar became a French colony in 1896, but regained its independence in 1960. During 1992-93, free presidential and National Assembly elections were held, ending 17 years of single-party rule. In 1997, in the seco... ... read more