Informal work reaches 77.3 percent in Morocco, according to the World Bank

July 2 (EUROPA PRESS) –

Non-legalized work accounts for 77.3 percent of the total workforce in Morocco, which leads the rate of informal work in the region, according to the latest World Bank report on ‘Informal Sector and Inclusive Growth in the Region of Near East and North Africa’.

The text places Morocco above countries like Egypt (62.5 percent) or Tunisia (43.9 percent). “Most workers in developing countries have informal jobs, which do not include social security benefits,” highlights the report, collected by the Moroccan news portal Hespress.

Approximately two out of three workers in the region have informal jobs, a figure that is up from previous data. 63 percent in the case of men and 58.1 percent in that of women.

These types of informal jobs imply “limited access of families to social protection and social security”, “obstacles to productivity and growth” and “limited public finances”. It also means “slower growth and less equitable growth.”

The World Bank thus urges the countries of the Middle East and North Africa to “begin the transition to a system of social protection that allows all citizens to have access to basic health services and a minimum income in old age.”

It also calls for “coordinating reforms and optimizing policies through the implementation of specific social protection measures” and “reforms in the private sector” with laws that facilitate labor stability and facilitate and normalize the creation of companies.