Morocco: country brief

Abstract

The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) was established in 1958 by the Economic and Social Council as one of the five regional commissions of the United Nations. The work of ECA in North Africa is facilitated by its Subregional Office for North Africa, which is based in Rabat and which works closely with Morocco and the six other countries in the subregion (Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Mauritania, Sudan and Tunisia) on analysis, programmes and policies concerning employment and skills for sustainable development. At the national level, the key areas of focus of ECA in Morocco have been employment, in particular the contribution of women and family-owned small and medium-sized enterprises to job creation and resilient growth, and the ways in which Governments can create favorable conditions for such businesses to survive and thrive.