This chapter offers useful facts for visitors, including information about local customs and etiquette, access to health care, visas and local languages. Readers can also find a hotel listing and contact information for foreign missions, legal services, banks, airlines and other institutions.
This chapter examines different aspects of the legal system in Morocco, in conjunction with Lefèvre Pelletier & associés, focusing on recent banking reforms and the impact of new rules relating to health care and the real estate sector. It also cointains a viewpoint by Romain Berthon and Lina Fassi-Fihri, Partners, Lefèvre Pelletier & associés.
This chapter takes a closer look at the rules governing taxation in Morocco, examining in particular the changes made to pension insurance contracts and to the payment of value-added tax. It also contains a viewpoint by Kamal Mokdad, Managing Partner, Mazars Morocco.
Although total expenditure on health per capita has stayed fairly constant in Morocco, advances have been made to improve the provision and delivery of health care. A 2011 constitutional amendment enshrined access to health care as a basic right, with increasing amounts of public financing going towards expanding health services, although work remains to extend coverage to uninsured segments...
Considerable advances have been made in increasing enrolment levels, with net primary school enrolment reaching 98% in 2013, up from 85% in 2003, although challenges remain in ensuring adequate access to education in rural areas. The government has worked to improve infrastructure through the rehabilitation of schools and the involvement of the private sector. An emphasis on vocational...
The Rawaj Vision 2020 development plan devised by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and New Technologies aims to grow the retail sector’s contribution to GDP from 11% to 15% and generate 450,000 new jobs. As consumer confidence returns to the economy, new mall developments have sprung up, alongside an influx of foreign brands and franchises into the country. Although it continues to be dominated...
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