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  • Essay / Policies and politics in Madagascar - 1190

    Madagascar is today one of the countries considered to be the least developed in the world (United Nations, 2001). The implementation of a trade agreement based on the agricultural sector has led to slowness in the various market dynamics of available cereals. Furthermore, the quantity of grain was decreasing and hence the income generated was decreasing at an alarming rate. The country was therefore forced to opt for the importation of food products. This measure was taken following the reduction in the amount of aid granted to the government and the subsequent subsidizing of exports. Since Madagascar could not afford to offer export subsidies, the country's exports were greatly affected by established policies such as non-tariff measures. The free market has further led to the sharing of information about Madagascar with the rest of the world. One of the main results of this situation was the introduction of weapons into the country and the emergence of social evils such as prostitution. In addition to this, there was a cultural diffusion for members of the Malagasy community and business partners. Madagascar had a well-established basis of political instability, defined by constant and always contradictory political agendas. As a result, any type of reform to be implemented in the country faced many drawbacks. But with the change in reforms, there was room for privatization of various state-owned enterprises, increase in export processing zones and massive fuel liberalization. In addition to this, forestry rules allowed the purchase of land. However, there were government-defined lands that were used solely for wildlife conservation and forest growth (Kull, Ibrahim, & Meredith, 2006). According to Duffy (2005), the mining of...... middle of paper ....ty-News&Itemid=78Hellstrom, J. (2009). China's emerging role in Africa. Extracted from: Http://Www.Foi.Se/Upload/Kinaiafrika.PdfKing, K. (2010). China's cooperation with Africa, and in particular South Africa, in the field of education and training. A special relationship and a different approach to help. Retrieved from: http://Home.Hiroshima-U.Ac.Jp/Cice/E-Publications/13-2-05.PdfKull, C, Ibrahim, C and Meredith, T. (2006). Can privatization preserve global biodiversity: tropical reforestation? Thanks to globalization. Retrieved from: Http://Www.Ibcperu.Org/Doc/Isis/8458.PdfUnited Nations. (2001). Report of the expert meeting on the impact of the agricultural reform process on LDCs and net food-importing developing countries and ways to address their concerns in multilateral trade negotiations. Retrieved from: Http://Www.Unctad.Org/En/Docs/C1em11d3.En.Pdf