Policy Briefs
Pension Reform: Securing Morocco’s Elderly
No.
2
Date
June, 2015
Topic
H5. National Government Expenditures and Related Policies
J3. Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs
In a nutshell
- Morocco has one of the lowest levels of pension benefits and health insurance in MENA. The elderly in Morocco, especially older women, represent a very vulnerable group.
- While Morocco has experimented with reforms of its pension system, these reforms were not effective, in part because of the demographic pressure arising from high life expectancy and/or declining birth rates.
- Today, Morocco needs to implement an integrated and long-term strategy for pension reform, characterized by a single pension scheme, which would reduce administrative costs, homogenize the calculation of pension rights for all workers and take into account all employee wages.
Research Fellows
Najat El Mekkaoui
Professor of Economics, University Paris-Dauphine