When the Aid Dries Up: Aaron Ross and Rijasolo Reporting From Madagascar

After five years of crippling political and economic crisis, Madagascar is looking to finally pick itself up off the mat. Over the course of a month in December and January, Aaron Ross and Rijasolo traveled the country to survey the damage and gauge the prospects for a brighter future. The journey took them more than a thousand kilometers from raucous political rallies in the capital to beachside resort towns in the north to the rough-and-tumble sapphire mines of the south.