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  "title": "The Electricity Sector and Jirama: Republic of Madagascar",
  "publication": "Selected Issues Papers, April 1, 2025",
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  "summary": "Madagascar faces significant challenges in electricity access, with only 36 percent of the population connected. The state-owned utility, JIRAMA, struggles with inefficient production, high transmission and distribution losses, and tariffs below recovery costs.",
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      "heading": "Key findings",
      "content": "- Only 36 percent of the population is connected to electricity.\n- The state-owned utility, JIRAMA, struggles with:\n  - inefficient production,\n  - high transmission and distribution losses,\n  - tariffs below recovery costs.\n- These issues create a substantial fiscal burden on the government, hindering social investment and economic growth.\n- The situation negatively impacts business productivity."
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    {
      "heading": "Analysis of causes and effects",
      "content": "- Operational inefficiencies and high losses reduce service reliability and increase cost pressures on JIRAMA.\n- Tariffs set below recovery costs transfer the financial burden to the budget, limiting fiscal space for other priorities.\n- Low electricity access and unreliable supply constrain private sector performance and broader economic development."
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      "heading": "Policy recommendations and recovery priorities",
      "content": "- Urgent implementation of JIRAMA's recovery plan is essential.\n- The recovery plan should aim to:\n  - enhance efficiency,\n  - reduce transmission and distribution losses,\n  - shift towards renewable energy.\n- Robust government support is required to ensure:\n  - sustainable development,\n  - improved living conditions for the population,\n  - successful execution of reforms and investments."
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      "heading": "Thematic tags (from source)",
      "content": "- Commodities, Electricity, Environment, Renewable energy, Tariffs, Taxes\n- Africa, business productivity, Debt, Economic Development, Electricity, electricity access, electricity sector, Energy, Fiscal, Global, Governance, HDI trends in Madagascar, JIRAMA's reform, Renewable Energy, Sub-Saharan Africa, Tariffs, Utility Management\n\nSource: The Electricity Sector and Jirama: Republic of Madagascar (Selected Issues Papers, April 1, 2025).\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- The Electricity Sector and Jirama: Republic of Madagascar; IMF Selected Issues Paper No. 2025/026\n  - The Electricity Sector and Jirama: Republic of Madagascar; IMF Selected Issues Paper No. 2025/026 (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - The Electricity Sector and Jirama: Republic of Madagascar; IMF Selected Issues Paper No. 2025/026 (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}\n\n---\n\nSource: https://www.imf.org/en/publications/selected-issues-papers/issues/2025/03/31/the-electricity-sector-and-jirama-republic-of-madagascar-565708"
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    "Authors: Constance de Soyres, Joanne Tan, Claude P Wendling",
    "Published: April 1, 2025",
    "Series: Selected Issues Papers",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9798229004688.018",
    "Only 36 percent of the population is connected to electricity.",
    "The state-owned utility, JIRAMA, struggles with:",
    "These issues create a substantial fiscal burden on the government, hindering social investment and economic growth.",
    "The situation negatively impacts business productivity.",
    "Operational inefficiencies and high losses reduce service reliability and increase cost pressures on JIRAMA.",
    "Tariffs set below recovery costs transfer the financial burden to the budget, limiting fiscal space for other priorities.",
    "Low electricity access and unreliable supply constrain private sector performance and broader economic development.",
    "Urgent implementation of JIRAMA's recovery plan is essential.",
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    "Robust government support is required to ensure:",
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