On October 22, 2016, Morocco will welcome the 22nd Conference of the Parties (COP22), the supreme decision-making body of the 1992 UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The ultimate objective of the UNFCCC is to “achieve stabilisation of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous...
As part of the numerous reforms that have made Morocco an economic model in the region, the Finance Law for 2016 is the next step in the implementation of profound tax reforms initiated by the government following the work carried out during the national conference on taxation held in Skhirat in April 2013. As published in the Official...
Uncertainty has reigned over the pharmaceutical industry in the past couple of years after the government instituted a policy in 2013 reducing the cost of wide range of pharmaceutical goods. First initiated in December 2013, the move aims at boosting access to medicine as well as domestic consumption, which has traditionally been limited by...
Health care services in Morocco have evolved in line with the country’s epidemiological transition, facilitated by heightened surveillance of health-related conditions and the maturing role carried out by the private sector. Developments have evolved in line with the objectives outlined in the country’s long-term strategy, Vision 2020....
Agriculture in Morocco has undergone a significant transformation since the launch of the Green Morocco Plan (Plan Maroc Vert, PMV) in 2008, including a rise in value and volume of agricultural production. This is due to investment and research to diversify varieties and adapt to climate change.
Agriculture accounts for around 14% of GDP and 35-40% of jobs in Morocco. Driven in large part by the national agricultural policy, the Green Morocco Plan (Plan Maroc Vert, PMV), the sector’s GDP increased by 57% between 2008 and 2015 to reach Dh115bn (€10.5bn), according to local media. Launched in 2008, the PMV aims at promoting socio...
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