(FR) Fiscal policy in Morocco

June 12, 2026

Cet épisode revient sur les principaux défis de la politique budgétaire au Maroc, à partir du chapitre consacré au sujet dans le Oxford Handbook of the Moroccan Economy. Les intervenants soulignent le caractère largement structurel des déficits, la difficulté à sortir d’une politique budgétaire procyclique, ainsi que l’étroitesse de l’espace budgétaire face aux grandes réformes sociales et aux investissements à venir. Ils insistent enfin sur la nécessité d’élargir l’assiette fiscale, de mieux mobiliser le potentiel fiscal existant et de renforcer la gouvernance pour préserver la soutenabilité budgétaire à long terme.

Speakers
Idriss El Abbassi
Professor of economics, Mohammed V University
Idriss El Abbassi is a Professor of Economics at Mohammed V University in Rabat and coordinator of the Master’s programme in economics. He holds a PhD from Florida State University, and his research focuses on open-economy macroeconomics, growth, and structural transformation. He teaches at both the Master’s and PhD levels and is a founding member of the Laboratory of Applied Economics. A former director of the EMPRETEC/UNCTAD programme in Morocco, he has also been a visiting professor in London. He co-authored Human Capital and Economic and Social Development in Morocco and has recently published in The Economic and Labour Relations Review and Structural Change and Economic Dynamics. ...
Saïd Tounsi
Professor and Researcher, Mohammed V University
Saïd Tounsi is a Professor and Researcher at Mohammed V University in Rabat. A specialistin economic policies, particularly fiscal policy, he has authored several studies onpublic debt sustainability and exchange rate regimes in developing countries. He has alsoco-edited collective volumes on macroeconomic policies in Morocco. A former trainer atthe IGF and Bank Al-Maghrib, he combines academic expertise with institutional experiencein analysing national and international economic dynamics. ...

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