http://blogs.forbes.com/danielfisher/2011/07/05/the-worlds-worst-economies/
A history of military coups, economic mismanagement and steady population growth has left Madagascar in the dust as other emerging-market countries like South Africa, India and Brazil surge ahead. Yet another coup in 2009 forced the U.S. to yank Madagascar from a preferential tariff program, costing the beleaguered island nation thousands of jobs in its textile sector. Immunizations and primary-school completions are dropping, and 77% of the population now lives in poverty.
