Morocco - € 11 Billion in Transport Infrastructure Investments

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Saturday, 30 October 2010

Morocco - € 11 Billion in Transport Infrastructure Investments

Posted on 19:25 by google

Morocco (Marrakech) - Transport and Equipment Minister Karim Ghellab said that Morocco has earmarked 11 billion euros for transport infrastructure over the period 2008-2012.

Ghellab, who was speaking during a meeting on "The risks of under-investment in infrastructure," held in Marrakech as part of the World Economic Forum on the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region (26-28 October), recalled that "in ten years, Morocco has quadrupled its investments in transport infrastructure", stressing that an integrated development requires efficient infrastructure.

"Morocco is capitalizing on the infrastructure", he said, noting that improving infrastructure is likely to contribute to both economic and human development.

Regarding the policy of the government to attract more Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), the Minister noted that the Kingdom has adopted well-defined sectoral strategies, citing as an example the “Plan Emergence”, in addition to the launch of several infrastructure projects (Tangier-Med port complex, motorway network etc...).

Morocco, like the transition countries, has adopted several programs to curb the social deficits and fight poverty, Ghellab said, citing projects aiming at opening up rural areas and supplying drinking water.

The World Economic Forum on MENA, which brings together prominent economists and analysts from all over the world, is meant to tackle the most appropriate growth and development strategy for the region in a context marked by the economic downturn, oil volatile prices, water shortage and immigration.

Held under the high patronage of HM King Mohammed VI, the meeting will be also a platform to understand, collectively, the post-crisis reality.

The Forum will address the issue of the sovereign wealth funds and their growing orientation towards a regional commitment to crucial sectors such as renewable energy, health and social systems, infrastructure development and technological breakthroughs.

The event will touch on three themes namely "regional responses to global risks", "encouraging a sustainable growth" and "North Africa: New regions of commercial partnership”.

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