Morocco: Selected Issues

May 8, 2013

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Morocco: Selected Issues, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2013) accessed November 21, 2024

Summary

Morocco has made substantial progress in increasing inclusive growth over the past decade, but additional efforts in terms of growth-enhancing structural reforms are needed. Preserving economic efficiency and fostering growth while strengthening inclusiveness remains a priority. This paper describes the fuel subsidy system in Morocco, introduces an organizing framework to illustrate the trade-offs involved in meeting various economic and social objectives when considering subsidy reform, and highlights some lessons from the international experience in implementing subsidy reforms that may be pertinent to the case of Morocco.

Subject: Energy subsidies, Expenditure, Fuel prices, Inflation, Oil prices, Price adjustments, Prices

Keywords: Central Africa, CR, East Africa, Energy subsidies, Fuel prices, Fuel subsidy, Global, Growth decomposition, Growth performance, Inflation, ISCR, Labor market, Middle East, Morocco, North Africa, Oil price, Oil prices, Price adjustments, Price volatility, Unemployment, Youth unemployment

Publication Details

Pages:

55
Volume:

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Series:

Country Report No. 2013/110
Stock No:

1MAREA2013002
ISBN:

9781484340769
ISSN:

1934-7685

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