Madagascar’s Infrastructure Resilience Roadmap, developed by CDRI, UNDRR, and national stakeholders, outlines nearly 50 measures to reduce disaster-related infrastructure losses, estimated at $100 million annually. It addresses vulnerabilities across transport, energy, water, telecommunications, and education sectors.
Key focus areas include enhancing data systems, conducting stress tests, and establishing a centralized digital database. The plan emphasizes capacity building, resilient infrastructure investment, and improved governance through inter-ministerial coordination and regulatory reforms. It promotes public-private partnerships, nature-based solutions, and updated construction standards. Sector-specific risks, like cyclone damage to roads and ports, or drought impacts on hydropower, are analyzed using geospatial data.
The roadmap calls for integrating resilience into national policies, securing sustainable financing, and empowering communities. Implementation requires strong leadership, technical expertise, and collaboration with development partners to ensure infrastructure supports sustainable development and disaster preparedness.
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- Madagascar faces \$100 million annual losses from infrastructure-related disasters.
- Cyclones, floods, and droughts severely impact critical infrastructure and services.
- Roadmap proposes fifty measures across five strategic focus areas.
- Data systems, stress tests, and digital mapping will guide resilience.
- Public-private partnerships encouraged for resilient infrastructure investment and maintenance.
- Education, energy, water, transport, telecom sectors prioritized for resilience upgrades.
