Morocco: Selected Issues

March 1, 2017

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Morocco: Selected Issues, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2017) accessed June 17, 2025

Summary

This Selected Issues paper quantifies the effect of gender inequality in Morocco on growth, compared with groups of faster growing countries. The results highlight the effect of closing the overall gender gap, which would help narrow up to 1 percentage point the difference between Morocco’s GDP per capita and that of benchmark countries in other regions. Simulations also show that gradually closing gender gaps in the labor force participation rate could lead to significant income gains over the long term. Policy recommendations to promote gender equality include investing in secondary education for women and in infrastructure and reforming tax policies and laws that discriminate against women.

Subject: Credit, Exports, Foreign exchange, Gender, Gender budgeting, Gender inequality, Money, Real effective exchange rates, Women

Keywords: Center, CR, Credit, Credit demand and supply, Elasticity of export, Export basket composition, GDP, Gender budgeting, Gender inequality, Global, IMF staff calculation, ISCR, Labor compensation, Labor force participation, Maghreb, Middle East and Central Asia, Morocco, Morocco's effort, Real effective exchange rates, REER elasticity, Value chain, Women

Publication Details

Pages:

39
Volume:

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Series:

Country Report No. 2017/065
Stock No:

1MAREA2017002
ISBN:

9781475583519
ISSN:

1934-7685

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