The poverty rate is dramatically worrying according to recent data from the World Bank : 81% of the population has a daily income of less than 8.600 ariary a day ($2,15), the poverty line that the WB has applied since August

The Barea Mahamasina Stadium, which was supposed to host the third and fourth days of the African qualifiers for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, has not been approved by the Confederation of African Football and FIFA

Ambatovy, major industrial operation mining and refining nickel and cobalt, has been allowed by the government to sell more than 10% of its ammonium sulfate production on local market for national economic interest, despite Law on Major Mining Investments

The elementary rural economy of thousands of families still depends on small-scale trade made possible by the canal, created by the French at the time of colonization to trade spices sheltered from typhoons and ocean currents, which breaks their isolation

A new customs support project, funded by USAID, has been launched to improve airport procedures, with a focus on passenger handling and cargo processing