Concept Project Information Document (PID) - Support for resilient livelihoods in the South of Madagascar - P171056

The South comprises the three regions of Atsimo Andrefana, Androy and Anosy regions, comprising 8 percent of the total population, with a poverty incidence of 91 percent (compared to 77 percent in the rest of the country) and sources of livelihoods limited primarily to subsistence farming and fishing. [...] Given the persistent poverty and fragility, the traditional practice has shifted to the monetary value of the cattle and became a culture of organized gangs, theft, and violence. [...] The state has launched multiple raids but has not been successful in controlling the ever- increasing syndication of dahalo and the strengthening link between the illicit and violent activity of rustling to the profitable and growing market for beef. [...] Support for resilient livelihoods in the South of Madagascar (P171056) strategies of recovery and resilience in the South and advocates for a. joint approach centered around big infrastructure essential to connectivity (roads and ports), and small infrastructure that support service delivery (energy and water) for improved productivity, while linking the diversification of livelihoods to these two [...] The SIDGS and other background papers in the south9 highlight the pertinence of the peculiarities of the socio-cultural history to support development efforts.