'Economic concentration will worsen depopulation'

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Concentrating all investments and economic opportunities in the Male’ area will only exacerbate the depopulation of islands in the atolls, warns former Maldivian president Mohamed Nasheed. Nasheed, the chairperson of the main opposition Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP), told reporters on Wednesday that what he finds most alarming about the USD 20 billion waterfront and marina project in Rasmale’ is that the