(English) 90 per cent of Malagasy people living in poverty

8th September 2025

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Miala tsiny fa tsy mbola misy amin’ny teny malagasy ity lahatsoratra ity. On Thursday 5th June 2025, the World Bank updated its – and the world’s – poverty metric. Up to that date, the international poverty baseline – the line below which anyone is defined as living in poverty – had been an income of US$2.15 (£1.59 at 8th…

(English) Money Over Birth Order: Equality and Opportunity

27th May 2025

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Miala tsiny fa tsy mbola misy amin’ny teny malagasy ity lahatsoratra ity. A study suggests that money and opportunity, rather than ‘hierarchy of birth’ – plays the greatest role in people’s life outcomes. A study carried out in Madagascar investigating the effects of ‘eldest daughter syndrome’ appears to show that wealth and opportunity, rather than ‘hierarchy of birth’, have…

(English) Malagasy women: sisters doing it for us all

7th March 2025

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Miala tsiny fa tsy mbola misy amin’ny teny malagasy ity lahatsoratra ity. On International Women’s Day, Saturday 8 March 2025, we note that gender equality benefits everyone, and stress that equality is not only worthwhile because it helps everyone economically, but because we are all equally worthy and deserving of fundamental rights, equal opportunities, and equal outcomes from our…

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