Rajaona Andriamananjara

Rajaona Andriamananjara (1 December 1943 – 30 September 2016) was a Malagasy professor of social and economic sciences. He was the founder and director-general of Malagasy Institute of Planning Techniques and also the President of Madagascar's National Academy of Arts, Letters and Sciences (AcNALS).

Education Andriamananjara was born on 1 December 1943 in Ambatomena, Madagascar. After his bachelor's degree from Princeton University in 1966, Andriamananjara obtained two master's degrees in International Affairs and Economics from George Washington University and University of Michigan in 1967 and 1969 respectively. He received his doctorate from the latter institution in 1971.

Career Andriamananjara worked as an economist with the International Monetary Fund. He also worked with Madagascar's government as the adviser in the Directorate of Planning, director general of planning in the Ministry of Finance and Planning, and founding director general of the Institute of Madagascar for Techniques of Planning.

Andriamananjara was awarded the Madagascar Knight of the Order of Merit, and AFGRAD Alumni Awards presented by America Institute of the USA. Andriamanerasoa, Nirina, and Rajaona Andriamananjara. "POUR UN DÉVELOPPEMENT AU SERVICE DES MASSES DES PAYS SOUS-DÉVELOPPÉS". Revue Tiers Monde, vol. 18, no. 71, 1977, pp. 481–92. JSTOR Rajaona Andriamananjara: Economic Development Cycles In Madagascar, 1950–1990.