Tag Morocco

Africa, Energy & Environment

Water Security & The Maghreb

Hafed Al-Ghwell
October 18, 2023

North African states and communities are no strangers to careful water management and its relevance to effective governance in challenging times. Old underground water channels, ingenious methods of water storage and collection, to today’s dams and hydropower projects, are time-spanning…

Africa, Economics, Europe, International Development, Policy & Politics, Regional, Security & Conflict, Topical

Why the Global Skills Partnership between Morocco and Belgium is a Positive-Sum Game

Limon B. Rodriguez
November 28, 2022

Limon B. Rodriguez is a doctoral candidate in international affairs with a specialization in development economics at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). Tensions emerge between, on the one hand, labor shortages in higher-income countries in a…

Africa, International Development

Moroccan Decentralization: Towards Community Development and National Solidarity

Dr. Yossef Ben-Meir
September 16, 2021

Dr. Yossef Ben-Meir first introduced us to development and decentralization in Morocco in 2018. In this new piece, he re-examines and updates Morocco’s progress towards sustainable development. Background on Moroccan Decentralization Decentralization in the Kingdom of Morocco—aiming to make unprecedented…

Africa, Civil Society, International Development

A Model to Implement Sustainable Development in Morocco

Yossef Ben-Meir, Ph.D.
October 12, 2018

In terms of human development potential, Morocco is a nation of immense promise, where gifted fortunes of nature such as wide-ranging organic agricultural products come together with dynamic social development frameworks. Moroccan development opportunities could launch the country into a haven for community-managed projects and change in Africa and the Near East.