Press release
The World Bank approved a US$250 million program to support Morocco’s agriculture sector’s Green Generation Strategy.
The World Bank approved a US$250 million program to support Morocco’s agriculture sector’s Green Generation Strategy.
The program works to strengthen the country’s capacity to offer quality service in public transport.
Rapid urbanization has been changing the face of Morocco’s urban centers and, with it, their pattern of governance.
A new US$48-million loan to support Morocco’s health sector Covid-19 response by strengthening prevention, detection, surveillance, and case management.
GDP growth is projected to be 0.6% in the region in 2019, a fraction of what is needed to create enough jobs for the fast-growing working-age population in the Middle East and North Africa region.
The World Bank’s biennial Poverty and Shared Prosperity report finds that the rate of extreme poverty in the MENA region rose from 3.8% in 2015 to 7.2% in 2018 — the latest year for which data is available.
This report identifies key factors weighing on Syrian refugees contemplating a return home and analyzes how changing conditions in Syria might affect their decisions.
The report outlines a new framework with a three-pronged approach. Unleashing education’s potential will require a ‘push’ for learning, a ‘pull’ for skills and a new ‘pact for education.
