The factors of socio-economic development and territorial of Morocco: the contribution of the remittances from migrants

Abstract

In this work we approach the socioeconomic, human and territorial development of Morocco from the 1980s, but mainly from the mid 90s, because the migratory flow intensifies and leads to a spectacular increase of income due to the remittances of the Moroccan residents abroad. This flow of capitals acts on several levels, both on micro and macroeconomics, which are interrelated and have a bearing on the economic takeoff, both human and territorial, although the imbalances between urban and rural spheres are enormous. We must add to this the economic policy of the government with the implementation of the Plan of Emergency of 2005, which seeks the specialization and the economies of scale in the industry, and the so called Azur Plan, for the development of tourism, that grows at a fast rate, and which has the objective of making tourism the locomotive of services and of the economy in general.