After decades in the doldrums, Madagascar’s economy is booming at last. The main catalyst of growth has been an influx of foreign investors taking advantage of low wages and the country’s unrestricted access to the US market. But bottle-necks continue to dog progress. Francois Misser, recently in Madagascar, reports.

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