Madagascar is planning to triple investment spending in order to boost the economy of the Indian Ocean island.

It follows a three-year US$ 310 million commitment by the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

Madagascar is one of the poorest countries in Africa; its economy is built on subsistence farming but also increasingly nickel and cobalt mining.

Bruce Edwards asked Marshall Mills, IMF Mission Chief there what led to the IMF funding agreement.

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