Madagascar rich and intransparent

Madagascar Decentralization

Madagascar: a Megadiversity Country

In this short article on lemurs I give a concise introduction for non-specialists to these conspicuous and unique animals on the island of Madagascar. INTRODUCTION Madagascar has long been known for its exquisite wildlife. It has been identified as a Megadiversity country and “Hottest Hotspot” for biodiversity conservation (Meyers et al. 2000 Mittermeier et al. 2005) due to the combination of e...

Groundwater Quality: Madagascar

Madagascar is a large island, some 1600 km in length (north to south) and 587,000 square kilometres in area. The island lies around 300 km off Mozambique (south-east Africa) in the Indian Ocean. Topography consists of a central mountainous region with an average altitude of 2000 m, which covers around two thirds of the island. The highest point is Maromokotro (2876 m). The uplands are surrounde...

Cohort Profile: The Madagascar Health and Environmental Research (MAHERY) study in north-eastern Madagascar.

Cohort Profile: The Madagascar Health and Environmental Research (MAHERY) study in North-eastern Madagascar Christopher D Golden,* Evelin Jean Gasta Anjaranirina, Lia C H Fernald, Daniel L Hartl, Claire Kremen, Danny A Milner Jr, Dera H. Ralalason, Herlyne Ramihantaniarivo, Hervet Randriamady, Benjamin L Rice, Bapu Vaitla, Sarah K Volkman, Miadana Arisoa Vonona and Samuel S Myers Department of ...

Social change and premarital fertility in Madagascar

Premarital fertility, defined as birth before first marriage, is investigated in Madagascar, using two Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) conducted in 1992 and 1997. About 8 per cent of all births and 23 per cent of first births take place before marriage, despite a low underlying mean age at first marriage, estimated to be 18.6 years in the absence of a previous birth. A premarital first bir...