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Italy Madagascar

Relationship assessment

Development cooperation, including an Italian debt-conversion arrangement, is a concrete feature of Italy–Madagascar relations.

Italy toward Madagascar

+20

Italy established a debt-conversion arrangement that redirected Malagasy debt payments toward development projects in Madagascar, supporting bilateral development cooperation.

Madagascar toward Italy

+15

Madagascar's government participated in the bilateral debt-conversion arrangement with Italy, enabling debt payments to be redirected toward development projects in Madagascar.

Overall relationship

+20

The bilateral relationship includes a concrete development-cooperation framework through debt conversion. Its scale and implementation are unclear, limiting the basis for a broader assessment of the relationship.

How to read these scores

Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.

−100
Extreme sustained hostility
−50
Substantially adversarial
0
Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
+50
Substantially cooperative
+100
Exceptionally close sustained partnership

“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.

Relationship context

Knowledge coverageLimited

Overview

Italy and Madagascar have pursued bilateral development cooperation, including an Italian debt-conversion arrangement that directed resources toward development projects in Madagascar. This provides a concrete basis for cooperative ties, though the breadth and subsequent implementation of bilateral cooperation are not clear.

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