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Economics, Policy & Regulation

Madagascar: A Country In Crisis

On September 11, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned that Madagascar was living beyond its means. Grappling with major shocks clouding the economy, the country’s spending was far beyond its tax collections.

Economic Data

Poorest Countries in the World 2025

The world’s poorest countries suffer from civil wars, ethnic and sectarian strife. Soaring inflation has made their situations worse.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Central Banker Report Cards 2024: Africa And The Middle East

Algeria Salah-Eddine Taleb: C+ Africa’s largest natural gas producer posted a 4.1% growth last year. The Bank of Algeria (BoA)...

Economics, Policy & Regulation

No Cause For Alarm: Q&A With Madagascar Central Bank Governor Aivo Andrianarivelo

Aivo Andrianarivelo, governor of the Central Bank of Madagascar (Banky Foiben’i Madagasikara, or BFM), speaks to Global Finance about a...

Madagascar

Browse additional economic indicators and data sets, selected by Global Finance editors, to learn more about Madagascar economic outlook, debt to GDP ratio, international trade performance and population trends. Rankings of Madagascar best banks and safest banks are also available.

News

New Wealth Out Of Africa

Technology is raising old metals to new highs. Africa has them all.

News

Madagascar’s Young President Faces Old Problems

Can Madascar's president improve one of Africa's poorest economies?

Awards

BEST BANKS 2014: AFRICA

The financial system in Africa varies from the highly developed banking institutions of South Africa and Nigeria to the barely organized banking sector of South Sudan, the world’s newest country.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

ANNUAL SURVEY: WORLD’S BEST BANKS 2014

In our 21st annual survey, Global Finance identifies the best banks in 150 countries and eight regions. The winners are not always the biggest banks, but rather, the best—those with the qualities that corporations should look for when choosing a bank.

Features

Madagascar Seeks Stability and Emerging Markets Status

Madagascar’s new prime minister, Kolo Christophe Laurent Roger, has vowed to revive the island’s economy, helping it become a true emerging market, and reinforces the promise of president Hery Rajaonarimampianina, when he was elected in December 2013, to lure foreign investors and tourists back to Madagascar.

Awards

World’s Best Emerging Markets Banks in Africa 2014

Global Finance Names The World’s Best Emerging Markets Banks In Africa 2014

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Africa’s Mobile Banking: Boom Or Bust?

ANNUAL SUPPLEMENT: AFRICA 2013 By Erik Heinrich Africa’s mobile-banking boom is a complicated tale of East versus West. But who’s approach will prove right in the end? Mobile banking is a force for social and economic change ...