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Article: Madagascar: Chapter 3C. Industry and Services
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Chapter 3C. Industry and Services
Nonagricultural activities employed about 13 percent of the labor
force
in 1980 but produced about 64 percent of the estimated GDP. The growth
of most
industry and services has been poor-textiles and other light industries
performing the best. There have been promising developments in the
power and
energy sector, and the nation has considerable resources of minerals
for
future exploitation. Most of these, however, would be prohibitively
expensive
to exploit considering the nation's severe transportation problems.
Both
transportation and pricing problems have disrupted the operations
of service
enterprises.
Mining and Energy
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