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This paper studies Morocco's growth and employment prospects in the context of a new growth model aimed at allowing the … automation of low-skilled jobs, to avoid falling into a middle-income trap. The first part reviews the growth model that Morocco … renewable energy), and implementing measures designed to promote women's participation in the labor force and reduce gender …
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The South Asia Economic Focus is a biannual economic update presenting recent economic developments and a near term economic outlook for South Asia. It includes a Focus section presenting more in depth analysis of an economic topic of relevance for stability, growth and prosperity in the region...
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Over the past decade, decentralization of fiscal and policy-making authority has become a cornerstone of development … organizations' recommendations for good governance. Yet the institutional design of multilayered government can create tensions as … councilors, and how these dynamics affect the provision of local public goods. The paper uses data on several measures of local …
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Part I of this report discusses the short- and medium-term growth prospects for countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). The region is expected to grow at a subdued rate of 0.6 percent in 2019, rising to 2.6 percent in 2020 and 2.9 percent in 2021. The growth forecast for 2019 is...
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Ethiopia regarding the characteristics of local constituents they serve and objective benchmark data. Public officials make …
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employment, education, or training is of global concern. This is no less true of Morocco: about 30 percent of the Moroccan … countries. First, it identifies the socioeconomic determinants of Morocco's young population not in employment, education, or …
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This paper uses data obtained from three Moroccan household surveys that took place between 2000 to 2013, to address issues related to the so-called "Arab puzzle." Welfare inequalities are low and declining in Arab countries and exist against the backdrop of a growing sense of dissatisfaction...
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African countries: Algeria, Ghana, Morocco, and Nigeria. First, the paper provides theoretical foundations of such a …
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Morocco charted its own distinctive path of power sector reform. It selectively introduced private sector participation … renewable energy investments were conceived as an integrated approach to contribute to economic development by relieving fiscal …. The results have been impressive. Since 1990, Morocco has more than tripled its power supply, while growing renewable …
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's demographic and economic growth in Morocco, but they also face persistent challenges. Despite substantial public investments and … major cause for concern both for citizens as well as for national and local governments. In addition, Moroccan cities are … not delivering on their full potential. Urbanization has not generated the same growth benefits in Morocco as it has in …
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