Only few days after the diplomatic victory scored by Rabat with the adoption by the European Parliament with a large majority of the Morocco-EU Farm Agreement that covers the Sahara, the U.S. Congress dropped a House text included in the 2019 draft Appropriation Bill, which excluded the Sahara from the U.S. financial aid to Morocco. […]
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Southern Provinces Take Lion’s Share of Public Investments
The region of Laayoune-Sakia El Hamra in Morocco’s Sahara will receive 17.8 billion dirhams in public investments in 2018, out of a total 57.65 billion dirhams allocated at the national level. The Sahara region ranks first among the other 11 Moroccan regions with 30% of overall investment budget in 2018. After Laayoune, comes the […]
Social Services Feature Prominently in Morocco’s 2019 Appropriation Bill
The 2019 appropriation bill prepared by the Moroccan government and submitted for the approval of the parliament increases spending on social services, the reduction of social and spatial disparities as well as the promotion of enterprises. To that end, the government planned to spend an additional 7 billion dirhams as the budget dedicated to education […]
Morocco’s 2019 Appropriation Bill to Give Priority to Social Services
Morocco’s 2019 draft appropriation bill will give priority to social development notably in the fields of education, health and employment, said a statement read out by Spokesman for the Royal Palace, Abdelhak Lamrini. The appropriation bill was reviewed at the ministerial council chaired by King Mohammed VI Wednesday and will be submitted to the parliament. […]



