Morocco

The fertiliser sector in Morocco is largely export-oriented, as the high price for the product constrains the potential for increases in domestic demand. Global demand for fertiliser is expected to grow in the coming years due to international population and income growth, which will require an increase in agricultural inputs to ensure...

Strategic choices and sector-specific initiatives have allowed Morocco to enter an era of sustained growth, perhaps most notably as a result of the National Pact for Industrial Emergence. Some 110,000 jobs were created between 2008 and 2011, while exports rose by 22% and infrastructure was upgraded. Foreign direct investment (FDI) in Morocco has...

Mining is a key sector of the Moroccan economy, but for a long time it was synonymous with phosphates. The country possesses the largest phosphate reserves in the world and is one of the three largest global producers. Recently, however, there has been a push to improve performance in the sector, in part by encouraging upstream and downstream...

A number of projects to be jointly carried out with four Gulf countries were unveiled in early May 2014 by the Moroccan minister of tourism, Lahcen Haddad, at two major tourism events in Dubai, the Arabian Hotel Investment Conference and the Arabian Travel Market. Under its Vision 2020, Morocco aspires to become one of the top 20 tourist...

One of the focal points of Morocco’s ambitious Vision 2020 programme is sustainable tourism. The country has no shortage of natural features to leverage as tourism attractions, and it also boasts 10 national parks and 160 sites of biological and ecological importance. The ecotourism segment, however, remains at a nascent stage and represents...