Brussels, 30/07/2004 (Agence Europe) - The Commission has approved a grant of more than 100 million euros to Madagascar to encourage growth in the South of the country through two poverty-reduction programmes. The first programme, of 60 million euros, aims to improve infrastructures, broaden access to health and education services and drinking water, and improve agricultural productivity in the periods 2004-2008 and 2006 to 2010 (the second stage will be subject to a positive assessment in...