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Morocco’s migration, asylum policies hailed in Geneva

Morocco’s migration and asylum policies were welcomed by most speakers at the 36th Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families. On the occasion of the review of the second periodic report on the implementation of the international convention on the subject, the Committee’s rapporteurs interacted with […]

Moody’s confirms improvement of Morocco’s financial outlook to stable

Credit rating agency Moody’s affirmed Morocco’s outlook to stable from negative while it maintained its long-term issuer at BA1. Moody’s noted the recovery of Morocco’s real GDP to levels backed by solid crisis management capacities by the government during the pandemic, the agency said in a statement. “The improved governance track record underpins Moody’s expectation […]

Economic Prospects for North Africa:Managing Risks and Expanding Opportunities

Three years down the road from the wave of Arab Spring revolutions that affected the Middle East and North Africa region, MENA economies remain depressed. Egypt’s gross domestic product contracted by about 3 percent in the second quarter of 2013 while the growth rate amounted to only 2 percent last year, when compared to 2.3 […]