Madagascar, an island country located in the Indian ocean off the coast from southern Africa, is the fifth largest island in the world, with a land mass of 587,000 km2 and 25.6 million inhabitants. Despite having considerable natural resources, Madagascar has among the highest poverty rates in the world.
The country is one of the African countries most severely affected by climate change impacts and experiences an average of three cyclones per year (World Bank, 2020).
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