Morocco and the World Bank started Monday in Rabat discussions on a set of issues, on top of which preschool education and the consolidated social register that will identify families deserving to benefit from social assistance programs. The discussions are held during the visit World Bank Vice President for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, Tunisian Ferid Belhaj, is paying to Morocco this week. Youth unemployment and employment will be one of the other issues of cooperation between Morocco and the World Bank. The social programs overhaul is undertaken as the Government is planning to suppress as of 20189 subsidies on a number of basic products, mainly flour, butane gas and sugar. From 2012 to 2017, he led, from Beirut, the activities of the World Bank in Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Iraq and Iran.

Source: The North Africa Journal August 27, 2018 15:22 UTC