Investment Policy Monitor
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UNCTAD has been collecting information on changes in national foreign direct investment (FDI) policies on an annual basis since 1992. This collection has provided input to the analysis of global and regional investment policy trends in the World Investment Report, the quarterly Investment Policy Monitor (since 2009) and the UNCTAD-OECD Reports on G20 Measures.
In 2011, to further strengthen the quality of reporting, UNCTAD revised the methodology of monitoring investment policy measures. and revised the measures going back to 2000 accordingly.
The Investment Policy Monitor provides the international investment community with country-specific, up-to-date information about the latest developments in foreign investment policies.
Through its monitoring of investment policy changes, UNCTAD offers cutting-edge and innovative contributions to investment policy discourse, and contributes to preparing the ground for future policymaking in the interest of making foreign investment work for growth and development.
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Note: the policy measures are identified through a systematic review of government and business intelligence sources. Measures are verified, to the fullest extent possible, by referencing government sources. The compilation of measures is not exhaustive.
Disclaimer: the boundaries and names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations.
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Morocco
Defines a new investment support regime
26 Jan 2023On 26 January 2022, the Government Council issued a Decree which supplements the Investment Charter adopted in December 2022. The Decree details the key elements of the "investment support system", which includes three categories of support grants, namely: the common scheme; the territorial schemes, and the the sectoral schemes.
- Under the common scheme, a grant corresponding to a percentage of the invested amount is provided according to criteria relating to: the number of permanent jobs created (5 to 10% of the investment amount, depending on the number of jobs), gender (3%), type of occupations (3% for high technological content or technology-upgrading projects), sustainable development impact (3%) and local integration (3%).
- Under the territorial scheme, grants are provided for enhancing the attractiveness of investment in the provinces and prefectures, and for reducing territorial disparities. The provinces and prefectures will be classified into: Category A (10% of the investment), and Category B (15%). The lists will be defined at a later stage and may be revised.
- Under the sectoral scheme, up to 5% of the eligible investment amount is granted to all projects in priority sectors such as industry, tourism and leisure, cultural industries, digital, renewable energies, waste recycling, transportation and logistics.
The National Commission on Projects may also confer the "strategic" status to investment greater than or equal to two billion dirhams (approximately $544.5 million) and meeting one of the following criteria: contributes effectively to water, energy, food or health security in Morocco; creates a significant number of jobs; contributes to the economic influence and strategic positioning of Morocco at the regional, continental or international level; significantly impacts the development of sectoral ecosystems, and contributes significantly to the development of new technologies. For these projects, support measures are to be specifically discussed within the framework of an agreement with the State and the projects must be carried out within 5 years of the signing of the investment agreement, unless otherwise stated in this agreement.
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Type:
- Promotion and facilitation (Investment incentives)
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Industry:
- Not industry specific (SDG)
- Manufacturing
- Services (Water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation activities, Transportation and storage, Accommodation and food service activities, Telecommunications, Arts, entertainment and recreation)
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Sources:
- Morocco Zero, The main points of the decree implementing the investment charter, https://morocco.detailzero.com/business/144907/The-main-points-of-the-decree-implementing-the-investment-charter.html, 27 Jan 2023
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UNCTAD has been collecting information on changes in national foreign direct investment (FDI) policies on an annual basis since 1992. This collection has provided input to the analysis of global and regional investment policy trends in the World Investment Report, the quarterly Investment Policy Monitor (since 2009) and the UNCTAD-OECD Reports on G20 Measures.
In 2011, to further strengthen the quality of reporting, UNCTAD revised the methodology of monitoring investment policy measures. and revised the measures going back to 2000 accordingly.
The Investment Policy Monitor provides the international investment community with country-specific, up-to-date information about the latest developments in foreign investment policies.
Through its monitoring of investment policy changes, UNCTAD offers cutting-edge and innovative contributions to investment policy discourse, and contributes to preparing the ground for future policymaking in the interest of making foreign investment work for growth and development.
-
Note: the policy measures are identified through a systematic review of government and business intelligence sources. Measures are verified, to the fullest extent possible, by referencing government sources. The compilation of measures is not exhaustive.
Disclaimer: the boundaries and names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations.
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