CENTRE FOR INTERNATIONAL AND DEFENSE POLICY COUNTRY PROFILE

2 Information concerning the police force is outdated. [...] • There have been no major instances of civil unrest in 2014, however it continues to be a possibility given the frustration surrounding power outages, possibility of                                                                                                                           5 “Piracy Prone Areas and Warnings,” Available from: comm. [...] It is important to note that although illiteracy and poverty are often intertwined, illiteracy rates have fallen as more Malagasy have                                                                                                                           7 “Madagascar 2013 Human Rights Report,” 17-19. [...] Human Trafficking14                                                                                                                           9 “Global Alert and Response (GAR): Plague – Madagascar,” World Health Organization (November 21, 2014). [...] Access in urban areas is slightly better than rural areas, yet poor infrastructure maintenance and                                                                                                                           15 “Political divisions to frustrate legislative changes to Madagascar’s mining and energy sectors, triggering small- scale unrest in 2015,” HIS Jane’s Intelligence Weekly (Decemb.