Volume 34, Issue 3, November 2021, Pages 445–454
Fatima Zahra EL ARIF1 and Tarik Quamar2
1 Department of Economics and Management, Research laboratory in Management, Financial systems and Risk management Hassan II University, Ain Chock Faculty, Casablanca, Morocco
2 Department of economics and management, Research laboratory on finance, banks, and risks management, Faculty of Legal, Economic and Social Sciences, Ain Chock, Hassan II University, Casablanca, Morocco
Original language: English
Copyright © 2021 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Following the global health crisis caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, and to save lives, Morocco has chosen isolation, containment and general closure in order to slow the spread of the virus. These drastic decisions put the national economy on a partial halt. The economic cost is difficult to assess but the repercussions can unfortunately be felt for many years.In this article, we will specify the impact of the Covid-19 crisis on the Moroccan economy, we will also project the main measures currently taken by the government to deal with the adverse effects of the Covid-19 health crisis. Then, we will present macroeconomic proposals that could serve to bring Morocco out of this economic depression and revive the economy in a short time.
Author Keywords: National economy, Pandemic, Covid-19, economic recession, economic stimulus measures.
Fatima Zahra EL ARIF1 and Tarik Quamar2
1 Department of Economics and Management, Research laboratory in Management, Financial systems and Risk management Hassan II University, Ain Chock Faculty, Casablanca, Morocco
2 Department of economics and management, Research laboratory on finance, banks, and risks management, Faculty of Legal, Economic and Social Sciences, Ain Chock, Hassan II University, Casablanca, Morocco
Original language: English
Copyright © 2021 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
Following the global health crisis caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, and to save lives, Morocco has chosen isolation, containment and general closure in order to slow the spread of the virus. These drastic decisions put the national economy on a partial halt. The economic cost is difficult to assess but the repercussions can unfortunately be felt for many years.In this article, we will specify the impact of the Covid-19 crisis on the Moroccan economy, we will also project the main measures currently taken by the government to deal with the adverse effects of the Covid-19 health crisis. Then, we will present macroeconomic proposals that could serve to bring Morocco out of this economic depression and revive the economy in a short time.
Author Keywords: National economy, Pandemic, Covid-19, economic recession, economic stimulus measures.
How to Cite this Article
Fatima Zahra EL ARIF and Tarik Quamar, “The consequences of the Covid-19 health crisis on the Moroccan economy,” International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies, vol. 34, no. 3, pp. 445–454, November 2021.
