Ukraine to top agenda of EBRD meeting in Marrakech

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is holding its first in-person annual meetings since 2019 in Marrakech with the war in Ukraine expected to dominate discussions. The event will bring together representatives from the Bank’s 73 country and institutional shareholders on May 10-12. King Mohammed VI has given his high patronage to the EBRD’s […]

Basque economic delegation “impressed” by quality of infrastructure in Laayoune

Members of a visiting Basque economic delegation said they were “surprised” and “impressed” by the quality of infrastructure in the city of Laayoune, expressing their keenness to examine investment prospects in the Moroccan Sahara, particularly in the sectors of fisheries and renewable energies.   “We were surprised and impressed by the infrastructures that exist in […]

Morocco’s 2020 budget to bolster purchasing power of poor social categories

Morocco’s 2020 draft budget provides for a series of measures to improve the purchasing power of the poor, increases funding for social services and augments spending to back the reforms of the health and education sectors. The document, shared widely on Moroccan media ahead of its submission to Parliament’s deliberations, allocates 26 billion dirhams for […]