Saturday, 20 May 2017

The Impacts Of Madagascar Minerals

By Raymond Myers


The world is changing for the better and it is all because of minerals. Qatar is becoming a leading financial center due to the fact that the country has huge natural gas reserves. China is a world power because it is a leading producer of phosphate and other mineral products. Madagascar is greatly transforming. Some of the positive transformations that have been witnessed in this country are attributable to Madagascar minerals. There are more than a dozen companies in this country that are involved with mining activities. Some of those enterprises are based locally while others are foreign based.

The economic impacts of mining in the Madagascan islands have been well noted. Many economists have written and spoken about them. Mining activities make the country to earn a lot of income. Mining is the chief foreign exchange earner of this Indian Ocean Island. The income earned from mining is used to pay government employees and to run the different government projects.

The economic impact of mining is having a positive impact on the average Madagascan. There are people in this country that usually smile all the way to the bank because of what mining has done to them. Some have gone from being extremely poor to having relative wealth because of the various mining related activities. Actually, mining is good for the economy.

The most pronounced impact of mining has been the ever increasing Gross Domestic Product of Madagascar. Each year, the GDP figure goes to a completely new level and that is because members of the national government are serious about mining matters. There is even a ministry of mining that has brought a lot of sanity to this important economic sector.

Mining in Madagascan Island has also led to foreign direct investment. People all over the world are looking for where to invest their monies. Investing directly in a mining company guarantees a handsome return on investment. Some people indirectly invest in mining enterprises by buying stocks. Some of the companies in the Madagascan mineral sector are listed on stock exchanges.

Investors are not bringing their money to the Madagascan economy just because of the presence of minerals. Many other countries in Africa have far greater mineral wealth but investors are shunning them. That is because this nation is more politically and economically stable than such countries. In some African countries, money can be lost in a bank. Madagascar has secure banks with great deposit protections.

It is not the mineral industry alone that is growing. There has been a ripple effect to the entire Madagascan economy. This is because this industry does not exist on itself. It is dependent on other sectors. It is particular dependent on a number of service sectors such as transport, logistics, finance and hospitality. There is need to bank funds and to efficiently transport minerals.

The Madagascan society is undergoing a great transformation. The country is transitioning to middle income status and it is all because of the abundance of natural resources. Such resources when well managed will definitely result to positive societal impacts. Of course, they make the economy to grow and that results to higher living standards among other matters. There are also social impacts.




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