Advanced Training in Economic Analysis and Management | Agricultural Economics & Environment - Microeconomic Analysis for Public Policy

OCP Policy Center, Rabat.

The course covers the microeconomic principles used to evaluate the benefits and costs of alternative public policies. In addition to supply, demand, and market processes, the course covers other topics that inform public sector decisions, such as welfare effects of market-oriented policies, trade policy instruments, market structure, public goods, and externalities.

Objectives :

• Develop a fundamental understanding of consumer and producer choice theory;
• Understand the conceptual foundations of welfare economics;
• Learn welfare analysis market-oriented and trade policies;
• Distinguish between different market structures and their welfare consequences;
• Identify the causes, consequences, and remedies of market failure;
• Apply welfare analysis tools to the Moroccan food and agriculture sector.