Morocco - Foreign Direct Investment and International Trade

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**Capital:** Rabat
**Population:** 36,910,558 (WB, 2020)
**Main Religion:** Islam

Key Figures of FDI and International Trade

GDP per capita, PPP: $7,296.2 (2020)
Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$): $1,720.83 (Millions) (2019)
Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$): $493.41 (Millions) (2020)
Exports of goods and services (BoP, current US$): $37,518.40 (Millions) (2020)
Imports of goods and services (BoP, current US$): $46,258.83 (Millions) (2020)
Source: World Bank

Information and Data on FDI and International Trade

Foreign direct investment (FDI) in Morocco - Investing - International Trade Portal International Trade Portal (lloydsbanktrade.com)
FactSheetMorocco_2021_new (unctad.org)
Foreign trade figures of Morocco - Economic and Political Overview - International Trade Portal International Trade Portal (lloydsbanktrade.com)
Morocco - United States Department of State

Macro Data

Morocco | Data (worldbank.org)
Morocco and the IMF

General Information and Political Information

Morocco - The World Factbook (cia.gov)
Morocco country profile - BBC News

Research Papers and Research Books

EconPapers: Towards energy efficiency: case of Morocco (repec.org)
Bureaucratizing Islam: Morocco and the War on Terror - Ann Marie Wainscott - Google Books
A technical and economical assessment of hydrogen production potential from solar energy in Morocco - ScienceDirect
Parabolic trough solar thermal power plant Noor I in Morocco - ScienceDirect
Large scale PV sites selection by combining GIS and Analytical Hierarchy Process. Case study: Eastern Morocco - ScienceDirect
EconPapers: Impact of the Exchange Rate and Price Volatility on FDI Inflows: Case of Morocco and Turkey (repec.org)
Effect of tourism FDI and international tourism to the economic growth in Morocco: Evidence from ARDL bound testing approach: Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events: Vol 13, No 2 (tandfonline.com)
The effect of FDI on domestic investment and economic growth case of three Maghreb countries: Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco | Emerald Insight
EconPapers: A Comparative Study of FDI Attractiveness in 3 Arab Spring Countries: Tunisia, Morocco and Egypt (repec.org)
Trade liberalization, FDI inflows, environmental quality and economic growth: A comparative analysis between Tunisia and Morocco - ScienceDirect
What Mitigates Economic Growth Volatility in Morocco?: Remittances or FDI on JSTOR
Politics of trade protection in an autocracy: Evidence from an EU tariff liberalization in Morocco - ScienceDirect
Online trade of Barbary macaques Macaca sylvanus in Algeria and Morocco | SpringerLink
Water content in trade: a regional analysis for Morocco: Economic Systems Research: Vol 32, No 4 (tandfonline.com)
Full article: Agriculture, trade, and climate change adaptation: a global CGE analysis for Morocco and Turkey (tandfonline.com)
The international fossil trade from the Paleozoic of the Anti-Atlas, Morocco | Geological Society, London, Special Publications (lyellcollection.org)
EconPapers: The Effect of Exchange Rates on Trade Balance: An Empirical Study of Morocco (repec.org)
Export Diversification and Economic Growth in Morocco: An Econometric Analysis (repec.org)
Working conditions in the export industry of northern Morocco: Legal framework and situation on the ground - TRINIDAD REQUENA - 2018 - International Labour Review - Wiley Online Library
The Transmission of Global Commodity Prices to Consumer Prices in a Commodity Import-Dependent Country: Evidence from Morocco
What does the PJD learn from the outside? International factors and Islamist politics in Morocco: Contemporary Politics: Vol 27, No 2 (tandfonline.com)
Towards a large-scale integration of renewable energies in Morocco - ScienceDirect
On the relevance or irrelevance of political parties in Morocco: The Journal of North African Studies: Vol 25, No 6 (tandfonline.com)

Public Policy and Politics via Documentaries and in-Depth TV News Programs

Keep in mind that Documentaries and in-Depth TV News programs usually reflect a certain viewpoint. ZRB

The mule women of Melilla on the border of Spain and Morocco | DW Documentary - YouTube
Morocco's Village Superwomen | Al Jazeera World - YouTube
Cooking their way back into Moroccan society | DW Documentary - YouTube
🇲🇦 Marriage and Divorce in Morocco | Al Jazeera World - YouTube
Women in the Wind: Morocco's rural teachers | Al Jazeera World - YouTube

Important History Events

Why History? History shapes the present and future and even may repeat itself. ZRB

A History of Modern Morocco - Susan Gilson Miller - Google Books
Filling a historical parenthesis: an introduction to ‘Morocco from World War II to Independence’: The Journal of North African Studies: Vol 19, No 4 (tandfonline.com)
Morocco in transition: overcoming the democratic and human rights legacy of King Hassan II - Document - Gale Academic OneFile
The Kingdom of Morocco BBC Documentary - YouTube

Other Issues

Issues that may have indirect effects or long-run effects either on opportunities or risks of FDI and International Trade. ZRB

Islam and Judaism in Morocco | Mohamed Chtatou | The Blogs (timesofisrael.com)
Impact of irrigation with wastewater on accumulation of heavy metals in soil and crops in the region of Marrakech in Morocco - ScienceDirect
Feasibility of agriculture biomass power generation in Morocco: Techno-economic analysis. - ScienceDirect
Climate change effect on groundwater characteristics within semi-arid zones from western Morocco - ScienceDirect
Migration Diplomacy and Policy Liberalization in Morocco and Turkey - Kelsey P. Norman, 2020 (sagepub.com)

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