Economics
Morocco Braces for Lowest Growth This Century on Virus, Drought
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Morocco’s economy faces the prospect of its worst growth rate in two decades as a drought takes its toll and the global coronavirus outbreak batters the vital tourism sector in the region’s only investment grade sovereign.
The warning by Ahmed Lahlimi, who heads the country’s planning agency, comes as the North African kingdom is struggling to revive its economy and boost employment to stave off the unrest that gripped neighboring Algeria and Tunisia.