2000 Ariary Madagascar Action Plan

Madagascar's dual-currency system — where both Ariary and the old Malagasy Franc remained legal tender simultaneously after 2004 — created genuine public confusion during the transitional years, and notes like this one carried a heavier informational burden than usual. The 2000 Ariary denomination equated to 10,000 Malagasy Francs, a conversion ratio that required active public education campaigns.

The "Action Plan" designation refers to the Madagascar Action Plan, the government's 2007–2012 development framework under President Marc Ravalomanana, which the Banky Foiben'i Madagasikara incorporated into its note series — an unusual instance of a central bank explicitly tying its currency design program to a sitting government's policy agenda.