In 2008, the number of strikes, both those avoided and those staged, increased by 17% and 27% respectively The financial crisis, which has been transmitted to the whole economy, has started to generate heavy social consequences both nationally and internationally, said the Centre Marocain de Conjoncture (CMC)* in its latest publication, “Letter”.Dedicated to the social repercussions of the crisis, the CMC's Letter underlined that many developed countries have shed jobs at an unprecedented pace, which is threatening the Millennium development Goals.Nationally, the monthly publication underlined that current financial crisis, which has spread to the economy's real sectors, has aggravated social conflicts in the country.“In 2008, the number of strikes, both those avoided and those staged, increased by 17% and 27% respectively,” it underlined, adding that “the number of work days lost as part of these strikes also climbed 53.3% to reach 99,158, against 65,000 in the previous year.“This social tension is certainly a result of the deteriorating economic situation following the outbreak of the international crisis, whose effects have started to be felt at the social level,” commented the French-language publication.In this respect, the Letter's editorial blamed the current government for not being able to reach a solution with the country's trade unions, despite meeting with them in two social dialogue rounds.“In fact, according to many well informed sources, the failure of the social dialogue is a result of the government's lack of vision,” it underlined.The CMC's publication also criticised the fact that Morocco does not have a policy for the evaluation of the results of the programmes launched to promote the kingdom's job market.It added that the existing data, “often incomplete and unequally reliable”, makes this evaluation, which is necessary for the analysis of the underlying policies, even more complex.As to the job market and the country's needs in terms of employment, the experts of the CMC maintained that, by the year 2014, Morocco will need a total of 4 million jobs, “that is an average of 370,000 new job opportunities a year, regardless of the current jobless population.”The Letter concluded however that “this objective can be achieved only if Morocco registers an annual growth rate of 6.2%, which seems to be difficult in the current economic context.* The CMC is a Moroccan think-tank specialised in economic and social issues.//en.yabiladi.com/topics/morocco-socially-affected-44-3121129-3121129.html#msg-3121129 Sat, 06 Jun 2026 05:15:36 +0200 Phorum 5.2.15