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Country
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Kingdom of Morocco
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Capital City
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Al-Rabat
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Currency
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Dirham = 0.10 $ US Dollar
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Language
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Arabic
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Population
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28 Millions
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Main Cities
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Casablanca, Marrakech, Tangier, Agadir, Fez, Meknes
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Geography
Morocco is dominated by the mountains in the north,
and some fertile valleys and the green belt along the Atlantic half the
way to Agadir. The south is totally dominated by the desert.
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Economy
The three most important sectors in Moroccan economy
are, agriculture, tourism and Phosphate exports. Fishing is rich in the
south but little exploited.
Moroccan citizens have in general low spending power,
there is a substantial upper class, but the fastest growing group in the
society is the middle class. In general there is a low price level, except
from imported goods. Morocco has extremely cheap labour. All over there
is an excellent infrastructure, while there is medium efficiency in bureaucracy.
Morocco's economy is fast growing, due to several
factors. Foreign investments, as labour-intensive products here can be
made far cheaper than any other place close to Western Europe. Skilled
labour, and more and more people with high education. Moroccan shools and
universities are of good quality. Moroccans are highly skilled in languages,
and most young Moroccans know at least three languages.
Moroccan economy is still weak in figures like GNP/capita,
but the brutal differences between haves and have-nots make this figure
very misleading. Many are very, very poor. But Moroccan economy is dynamic,
and well conducted. Things are not getting worse for the poor, and the
future can give them too a piece of the growth
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Political System
The political situation in Morocco is stable, but
the price is heavy suppression of dissidents, as well as control over organizations.
There has been established semi-democracy, as a halfhearted attempt
of bringing the system of Morocco closer to the European Union, which Morocco
wants to join. Still, King Hassan II controls everything.
Under the excuse of the need to control Islamism,
which is and has always been weak in Morocco, but could be ignited easily,
Moroccan authorities have gotten the permission from the international
society to break several human rights. At the same time can people not
working for a political change live in total security of not be mistaken
for revolutionaries. There are few indicators on change in Morocco, as
the country is highly important in Africa, it's king respected abroad,
and the country has been stable with a couple of small exeptions in the
time after independence in 1956.
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See Also Morocco
The Beautiful
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