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  "title": "Morocco: Selected Issues",
  "publication": "IMF Staff Country Reports, March 1, 2017",
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  "summary": "This Selected Issues paper quantifies the effect of gender inequality in Morocco on growth, compared with groups of faster growing countries.",
  "publishDate": "2017-03-01",
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      "heading": "Key findings on gender inequality and growth",
      "content": "- Quantifies the effect of gender inequality in Morocco on growth, compared with groups of faster growing countries.\n- Closing the overall gender gap would help narrow up to 1 percentage point the difference between Morocco’s GDP per capita and that of benchmark countries in other regions.\n- Simulations show that gradually closing gender gaps in the labor force participation rate could lead to significant income gains over the long term."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Analysis and projections",
      "content": "- Comparative analysis against faster-growing country groups highlights the contribution of gender gaps to Morocco’s GDP per capita shortfall (up to 1 percentage point).\n- Long-term simulations indicate that increases in female labor force participation translate into significant cumulative income gains (described as “significant income gains over the long term” in the analysis)."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Policy recommendations",
      "content": "- Invest in secondary education for women.\n- Invest in infrastructure to support female labor market integration.\n- Reform tax policies and laws that discriminate against women.\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- Country Report\n  - Country Report (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - Country Report (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}\n\n---\n\nSource: https://www.imf.org/en/publications/cr/issues/2017/03/01/morocco-selected-issues-44713"
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    "Published: March 1, 2017",
    "Series: IMF Staff Country Reports",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781475583519.002",
    "Quantifies the effect of gender inequality in Morocco on growth, compared with groups of faster growing countries.",
    "Closing the overall gender gap 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 show that gradually closing gender gaps in the labor force participation rate could lead to significant income gains over the long term.",
    "Comparative analysis against faster-growing country groups highlights the contribution of gender gaps to Morocco’s GDP per capita shortfall (up to 1 percentage point).",
    "Long-term simulations indicate that increases in female labor force participation translate into significant cumulative income gains (described as “significant income gains over the long term” in the analysis).",
    "Invest in secondary education for women.",
    "Invest in infrastructure to support female labor market integration.",
    "Reform tax policies and laws that discriminate against women.",
    "**Country Report**"
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