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The port situation of Madagascar is characterised by a large number of poorly equipped lighterage installations and three ports with deep-water facilities, only one of which is modern and adequately equipped. The dispersion of ports along both coasts both reflects and contributes to the poorly integrated transport and economic structure of the island, which is, in turn, a major explanation for the relative stagnation of the Malagasy economy over at least the past three decades.
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For further information on Madagascar, see William A. Hance, ‘Transportation in Madagascar’, Geographical Review, vol. 48, (1958) 45–68, and African Economic Development, 2nd (rev.) ed. (New York, 1967)
Hildebert Isnard, Madagascar (Paris, 1964)
Raymond Kent, From Madagascar to the Malagasy Republic (New York, 1962) and ‘Madagascar Emerges from Isolation’, Africa Report (Oct 1962) 3–8f.
Paul Ottino, Les Économies Paysannes Malgaches du Bas Mangoky (Paris, 1963)
République Malgache, Commissariat Général au Plan, Économie Malgache: Évolution 1950–1960 (Tananarive, June 1962) and Plan Quinquennal 1964–1968 (Tananarive, 1965); Ministère des Finances et du Commerce, Institut National de la Statistique et de la Recherche Économique, Inventaire Socio-Economique de Madagascar 1960–1965 (Tananarive, 1966)
Virginia Thompson and Richard Adloff, The Malagasy Republic: Madagascar Today (Stanford, 1965). See also the journal Industries et Travaux d’Outre-Mer, and the Madagascar Bulletin Mensuel de Statistique.
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Hance, W.A. (1970). Ports and Economic Integration in Madagascar. In: Hoyle, B.S., Hilling, D. (eds) Seaports and Development in Tropical Africa. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-15362-6_14
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