In a report entitled «Morocco's Jobs Landscape», the World Bank assesses the challenges linked to employment in Morocco and recommends reducing the size of the informal economy and «creating more jobs in high productivity sectors».
A World Bank climate risk profile on Morocco warns against global warming, rainfall and the impact on several sectors including agriculture, fishing and health.
According to the World Bank, the Covid-19 crisis has interrupted more than two decades of Morocco’s progress. Its economy, despite showing signs of recovery, remains fragile.
The World Bank recommended that Morocco «preserve education spending to limit the transmission of poverty from one generation to the other». To do this, it suggests «drawing lessons from the coronavirus crisis to accelerate reforms».
In its report released on Monday, the World Bank reviewed its outlook for Morocco. Due to the pandemic and drought, the institution expects the country’s real GDP to contract by 6.3% in 2020 and extreme poverty to increase slightly.