L'ECONOMISTE :
Decompensation holds the balance: "The slowdown in household consumption and the softness of GDP growth (even if the correlation remains structurally weak) have affected the return on VAT. Incomess generated by internal value added tax fell by 3.3% to 19.5 billion dirhams in 2016. (Source: General Treasury of the Kingdom) ... "
Precarious: " Laborious poverty "or" active poverty "Question remains in Morocco one of the dead spots of work on the labor market or at least on its imperfections. It would be wrong to neglect it: it represents a facet of inequalities. It may seem at first sight to have displaced this black box because, after all, having a job, including precarious employment, is better than not having it at all ... "
Country risk: Global sectors boost growth: "In its new country risk assessments, presented in Paris yesterday, Coface maintains the rating of A4 for Morocco. This means that the risk of unpaid business remains "adequate". Growth is expected to accelerate significantly (from 1.4% in 2016 to 3% in 2017), based on the risk assessment note updated in January 2017. Since the beginning of the year, institutes and organizations forecasts are unanimous about the resumption of growth ... "
AL BAYANE :
Cold wave: Mohammed V Foundation is bedside of enclave populations: "Nearly 2,000 families from the mountainous and remote regions of the province of Al Haouz benefit from aids distributed by the Mohammed V Foundation for solidarity in order to help them face the cold wave that is raging in many regions of the Kingdom ... "
Communiqué issued by the Political Bureau: "The Political Bureau of the Party of Progress and Socialism held its regular meeting on Monday, 23rd January, 2017, which it devoted to the preparatory work for the meeting of the session of the Central Committee of the Party , Scheduled in Rabat and on Sunday 4th and 5th February... "
Reform of pension schemes: The Court of Auditors' statement to the Advisers: "The Court of Auditors regrets the delay in adopting the reform. The words of Driss Jettou are clear and direct. The President of the Court of Auditors regrets the absence of radical solutions to the structural dysfunctions of the civil pensions system. At a meeting in the House of Councilors, Jettou did not fail to emphasize the importance of the reform proposed by the outgoing government ... "
L'OPINION :
Public finances in 2016: The fiscal deficit remains high: "Public finances have evolved, during the year 2016, in the narrow and arduous path in which they confine the levels of tax revenues, limited by the state of the tax base and recoveries and encumbered by the refunds, regarding VAT, relatively high levels of certain expenditure, including investment ... "
The 2nd Regional Forum of the Union for the Mediterranean: Mr Youssef Amrani, in charge of mission to the Royal Cabinet: "It is necessary for Europe to set course for the South": "It is necessary for the European Union to head south, Underlined, on Monday, in Barcelona ... "
Debate between Moroccan and Gabonese economic operators: "Africa Development: what are the growth levers for Small Medium Companies? "The Club Afrique Développement (CAD) and Crédit du Congo have formalized this Friday, 20th January, 2017 in Pointe-Noire (Congo), the creation of the Club in Congo, dealing with the theme:" Africa Development: The Small Medium Companies? ", In the presence of Alexandre Honoré PAKA, Prefect of Pointe-Noire and Roland BOUITI VIAUDO, Mayor of the city of Pointe-Noire ..."
LIBERATION :
Casablanca sick of its taxis: Has the hour of healing sounded? : "Will the determination by Khaled Safir, wali of Grand Casablanca be displayed, succeed in overcoming the diktat of the lobby of small taxi drivers? Obviously, a prefectoral order to bring order to this sector has just been promulgated. Now, the driver of the small taxi has no longer the right to refuse to take a citizen under penalty of withdrawal of the license of confidence for three months. Nor does it have the right to dictate to customers a specific itinerary, as is the case in front of the railway and bus stations. Offenders will be sanctioned with a license withdrawal of one to three months ... "
Pension reform Benkirane questioned by Jettou: "The reform of the Moroccan Pension Fund, approved last year despite strong opposition from unions, continues to generate debate and controversy. This time, it was the first President of the Court of Auditors, Driss Jettou, who relaunched the debate on the reform of the Pension Funds ... "
Jamel Debbouze wants to revive the cult series "H": "Jamel Debbouze keeps an emotional memory of his role as a switchboard operator in the sitcom of Canal +" H ", a series broadcast between 1998 and 2002 and which tells the daily newspaper of a team of a hospital in the suburbs of Paris. In 71 episodes, It had launched the career of the actor and made known the duo Eric Judor and Ramzy Bédia. Jamel does not therefore exclude to revive it. The French-Moroccan comedian was, in fact, recently told the program "Media +" in which he returned to the success of this cult series, while announcing his desire to want to revive it on television ... "
LE MATIN DU SAHARA :
Event: The 44th session of the Academy of the Kingdom questions the modernities: "Great thinkers, philosophers and academicians try for three days to identify the contradictions of modernity, to interrogate the present in the light of the past and to counteract the amalgams between Renewal and modernity in the framework of the work of the 44th session of the Academy of the Kingdom of Morocco, which opened in Rabat on Tuesday under the theme "From modernity to modernity ..."
Public finances: The deficit reduced to 41.6 billion Dirhams in 2016, optimistic forecasts for 2017: "The year 2017 should be marked by the continued detente on public finances, with a greater easing of the Treasury deficit . This would prolong the current situation of State finances, characterized by a control of this deficit, as shown by the "provisional" situation of the Treasury's expenses and resources for the year 2016 ... "
Nador West Med: Final preparations before the construction of the port: "In order to accompany the construction of the port Nador West Med planned this year, two calls for tenders have just been launched. They cover environmental monitoring and underwater monitoring throughout the duration of the project ... "
AUJOURD'HUI LE MAROC :
ONSSA was present at Green Week in Berlin: Quality control: First step to enter the export market: "From 2011 to this day, Morocco is constantly improving its image and reinforciing its presence at the Green Week Of Berlin. A qualitative leap has been observed over the six participations of the Kingdom at this event with an international reputation. The routing and marketing of the Moroccan product to the German market in particular and to the international market in general are governed by rigorous standards, in this quality control case... "
It is lagging behind: Retirement: Reform still plagued: "The first President of the Court of Auditors, Driss Jettou, expresses " the shortcomings "of pension reform. At a joint meeting of the three standing committees of the House of Councilors in Rabat on Monday, Mr Jettou pointed out that the reform did not provide solutions to the structural dysfunction of the system and the regime of civil pensions ... "
Oxford Business Group unveils the 2016 report for the Kingdom: The resilience of the Moroccan economy does not weaken: "Morocco is doing pretty well. This is what emerges from the latest report of Oxford Business Group 2016. Despite lower economic growth than expected, the implementation of incentives by Morocco will boost the country's economic development. The new investment charter brings new impetus to Foreign Direct Investment, FDI. In this sense, the report reveals that the country recorded an increase of 11% in FDI over the period 2010-2015, or 39 billion DH ... "
Les Inspirations Eco :
Does government's paralysis change the voting system? : "Should we change the voting system to create a clear majority and facilitate the formation of the government? The question arises in this sensitive political phase, marked by the blocking in the constitution of the new executive. The views of political actors are mixed. Morocco opted in 2002 for the proportional multi-member voting system ... "
Mobility of civil servants: The implementation of the decree of 2015 is still awaiting: "This is the 21st meeting of the network of directors of human resources in the ministries and the public administration that took place in Rabat yesterday, but it is special to More than one aspect because it intervenes in a context where the Moroccan administration needs a real shock treatment. The royal speech at the opening of Parliament on 14th October 2016 ... "
Morocco-Saudi Arabia: heading for the revival in 2017: "Cooperation between Morocco and Saudi Arabia is struggling to take off since the first Morocco-Saudi Arabia Investment Forum in 2014. At stake, institutional obstacles and Technical and administrative difficulties. The year 2017 should make it possible to revitalize the machine and to concretize the major projects ... "
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