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The head of government, Aziz Akhannouch, had interviews on Monday with the Vice-President of the World Bank for the Middle East region and North Africa, Ousmane Dione, focused on the means to strengthen The strategic partnership between Morocco and the World Bank group, so as to allow this international financial institution to strengthen its support for development priorities arrested by the Kingdom.
These interviews were an opportunity to review the structural reforms initiated by the government, in accordance with the high royal directives, and to highlight the various programs which allowed it to preserve macro-economic balances and to consolidate the resilience of The national economy said a statement from the department of the head of government.
On this occasion, Mr. Akhannouch welcomed “the efforts undertaken by the World Bank in supporting development projects in our country, in harmony with the priorities arrested by the government program, in particular the opening of the International Institution On many ambitious national projects, implemented in accordance with the enlightened royal vision ”.
The two parties mentioned the various areas in which the World Bank expressed its disposal to support the Kingdom, like employment promotion, water safety, treatment of the impact of climate change, the transition Digital, energy efficiency, blue economy, as well as programs aimed at enhancing human capital.
The meeting was also an opportunity to discuss the prospects of the partnership with regard to support by the World Bank of projects scheduled within the framework of the Kingdom preparations to house major international events, in particular projects related to the strengthening of infrastructure and connectivity.
Morocco and the World Bank Group are linked by privileged partnership relations dating back to the year 1960, which have since made it possible to mobilize more than 27.12 billion dollars for the support of several projects in different development sectors In the kingdom, the press release concluded.
