Leveraging Urbanization to Promote a New Growth Model While Reducing Territorial Disparities in Morocco : Urban and Regional Development Policy Note

Today 60 percent of Moroccans reside in urban areas, as opposed to 35 percent in 1970. By 2050, nearly three-quarters of the country’s population will be living in cities. Along with the concentration of people, urbanization will lead to the increasing concentration of economic activities in cities,...

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Main Authors:	Lall, Somik, Mahgoub, Ayah, Maria, Augustin, Touati, Anastasia, Acero, Jose Luis
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2019
Subjects:	URBANIZATION SPATIAL INEQUALITIES POVERTY DEVELOPMENT INCLUSIVE DEVELOPMENT AGGLOMERATION ECONOMIES YOUTH INTERVENTIONS LAND LAND MANAGEMENT SHARED PROSPERITY
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/743061560524115336/Leveraging-Urbanization-to-Promote-a-New-Growth-Model-While-Reducing-Territorial-Disparities-in-Morocco-Urban-and-Regional-Development-Policy-Note http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31877

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spelling	okr-10986-318772021-04-23T14:05:11Z Leveraging Urbanization to Promote a New Growth Model While Reducing Territorial Disparities in Morocco : Urban and Regional Development Policy Note Lall, Somik Mahgoub, Ayah Maria, Augustin Touati, Anastasia Acero, Jose Luis URBANIZATION SPATIAL INEQUALITIES POVERTY DEVELOPMENT INCLUSIVE DEVELOPMENT AGGLOMERATION ECONOMIES YOUTH INTERVENTIONS LAND LAND MANAGEMENT SHARED PROSPERITY Today 60 percent of Moroccans reside in urban areas, as opposed to 35 percent in 1970. By 2050, nearly three-quarters of the country’s population will be living in cities. Along with the concentration of people, urbanization will lead to the increasing concentration of economic activities in cities, which today are estimated to account for about 75 percent of the country’s GDP and 70 percent of investments at the national level. To accompany these transformations, the Moroccan government has adopted, in recent years, ambitious programs to improve living standards in urban and rural areas. Significant improvements in living standards have been achieved through national master plans. Cities are the engines of today’s demographic and economic growth in Morocco, but they also face persistent challenges. Despite substantial public investments and strong potential for cities to absorb rural poverty, important pockets of urban poverty remain. Spatial disparities are a major cause for concern both for citizens as well as for national and local governments. In addition, Moroccan cities are not delivering on their full potential. Urbanization has not generated the same growth benefits in Morocco as it has in many other countries with similar contexts. These patterns suggest that Morocco needs specific policies to improve returns from its urbanization process. The main message of this note is that urbanization and spatial equity are not competing objectives when urbanization is supported and managed well. Well-managed urbanization allows for economies of scale in the provision of services and the development of more efficient labor. This note identifies priority actions to be taken at national, regional, and local levels to allow public authorities to act within a coherent framework and to help urban development to boost economic growth and promote shared prosperity for all. 2019-06-14T14:29:20Z 2019-06-14T14:29:20Z 2019-06-14 Book http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/743061560524115336/Leveraging-Urbanization-to-Promote-a-New-Growth-Model-While-Reducing-Territorial-Disparities-in-Morocco-Urban-and-Regional-Development-Policy-Note 978-1-4648-1433-4 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31877 English International Development in Focus; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Publication Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: Policy Note Middle East and North Africa Morocco
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spellingShingle	URBANIZATION SPATIAL INEQUALITIES POVERTY DEVELOPMENT INCLUSIVE DEVELOPMENT AGGLOMERATION ECONOMIES YOUTH INTERVENTIONS LAND LAND MANAGEMENT SHARED PROSPERITY Lall, Somik Mahgoub, Ayah Maria, Augustin Touati, Anastasia Acero, Jose Luis Leveraging Urbanization to Promote a New Growth Model While Reducing Territorial Disparities in Morocco : Urban and Regional Development Policy Note
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description	Today 60 percent of Moroccans reside in urban areas, as opposed to 35 percent in 1970. By 2050, nearly three-quarters of the country’s population will be living in cities. Along with the concentration of people, urbanization will lead to the increasing concentration of economic activities in cities, which today are estimated to account for about 75 percent of the country’s GDP and 70 percent of investments at the national level. To accompany these transformations, the Moroccan government has adopted, in recent years, ambitious programs to improve living standards in urban and rural areas. Significant improvements in living standards have been achieved through national master plans. Cities are the engines of today’s demographic and economic growth in Morocco, but they also face persistent challenges. Despite substantial public investments and strong potential for cities to absorb rural poverty, important pockets of urban poverty remain. Spatial disparities are a major cause for concern both for citizens as well as for national and local governments. In addition, Moroccan cities are not delivering on their full potential. Urbanization has not generated the same growth benefits in Morocco as it has in many other countries with similar contexts. These patterns suggest that Morocco needs specific policies to improve returns from its urbanization process. The main message of this note is that urbanization and spatial equity are not competing objectives when urbanization is supported and managed well. Well-managed urbanization allows for economies of scale in the provision of services and the development of more efficient labor. This note identifies priority actions to be taken at national, regional, and local levels to allow public authorities to act within a coherent framework and to help urban development to boost economic growth and promote shared prosperity for all.
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author	Lall, Somik Mahgoub, Ayah Maria, Augustin Touati, Anastasia Acero, Jose Luis
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title	Leveraging Urbanization to Promote a New Growth Model While Reducing Territorial Disparities in Morocco : Urban and Regional Development Policy Note
title_short	Leveraging Urbanization to Promote a New Growth Model While Reducing Territorial Disparities in Morocco : Urban and Regional Development Policy Note
title_full	Leveraging Urbanization to Promote a New Growth Model While Reducing Territorial Disparities in Morocco : Urban and Regional Development Policy Note
title_fullStr	Leveraging Urbanization to Promote a New Growth Model While Reducing Territorial Disparities in Morocco : Urban and Regional Development Policy Note
title_full_unstemmed	Leveraging Urbanization to Promote a New Growth Model While Reducing Territorial Disparities in Morocco : Urban and Regional Development Policy Note
title_sort	leveraging urbanization to promote a new growth model while reducing territorial disparities in morocco : urban and regional development policy note
publisher	Washington, DC: World Bank
publishDate	2019
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/743061560524115336/Leveraging-Urbanization-to-Promote-a-New-Growth-Model-While-Reducing-Territorial-Disparities-in-Morocco-Urban-and-Regional-Development-Policy-Note http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31877
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