Events

Karim El Aynaoui, Executive President, and Fathallah Oualalou, Senior Fellow at the Policy Center for the New South, will be speaking at “Policy Consultations on Morocco : Viable Strategies for the Post-pandemic Era” in the framework of the webinar titled “New Growth Strategies for the Mediterranean Post-Covid”, co-organized by the Growth Dialogue and the Centre for Mediterranean Integration.

Human capital seems to be a major constraint, especially for SMEs. Female Labor Force Participation Rates are roughly 22% and Learning-Adjusted Years of Schooling are reported to 6.2 compared to the 10 years of average attendance. What viable strategies for enhancing skills acquisition are needed to attract new economic activities? And what policy actions can promote job growth?

Government has spoken about consolidating SOEs and attracting more PPPs, but it also has views about national industrial policies. How does one reconcile these different strategies, and how can new FDI players be induced to come to Morocco in areas that involve more advanced technologies and greater value-added exports? What improvements does government need to undertake to be more attractive to FDI that incorporates better technologies and connects better to the private sector?

This event is taking place virtually on Thursday May 20, 2021, 15:00-16:30 (GMT+1)