IT Labor Market

 

Overview:

Morocco has very limited information specified on IT labor market.  However, the social indicators, education, and labor relations are important pointer to the IT labor market trends.

Social Indicators

Life Expectancy: 67

Infant Mortality: 49 per thousands
Doctors per mn: 34

Female Youth Illiteracy: 45%

Male Youth Illiteracy: 25%

Primary Education: 6yrs

Pupil per Teacher: 28 

Compare to United States: 

            Life Expectancy:  76.5

            Infant Mortality:   7.2

Other Morocco Statistics:

  • 72 percent of all poor live in rural areas. 

  • As earning opportunities disappear in rural areas, people move to cities where they are likely to join the ranks of the urban poor.

  • Among city dwellers, poverty is particularly prevalent among the self-employed, usually engaged in small trading. 

  • One of the most important characteristics of the poor is lack of education. 

  • The rate of illiteracy is 59.4%, exceeding that of all Arab countries. – 41 % of total male population is illiterate and 67% of female population is illiterate.

  • Morocco’s wealth is unevenly distributed, the concentration of wealth is in the hands of names such as El Kettani (Wafaband and SOPAR group), Benjelloun (BMCE Bank), El Amarani.

  • 70 % of the population benefit from health services.

  • Labor force: 7.4 million.

  • By occupation: agriculture 50%, services 26%, industry 15%, other 9 % (1995).

Developing countries - Science and Technology - 1

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Developing countries

Morocco

High-technology exports (current US$) (1998/1997)

142.0 billion

9.2 million

Research and development expenditure (% of GNP) (1994/)

0.8

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Scientists and engineers in R&D (per million people)

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Technicians in R&D (per million people)

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Source: World Development Indicators Database

 Labor Relations

  • Minimum monthly wage is $176.76.
  • The total workforce is about 10 million.
  • To be competitive in the labor market, vocation training programs have established based on the companies needs.
  • In June 1996, government, trade unions, and employees reached an agreement to: 1) improve wages for the entire workforce.  2) 10 % raise of minimum wages, 3) Plan to construct 100,000 housing units.
  • Permanent employees are represented by national unions

Currently, Morocco's laws make it extremely difficult for a corporation to change the size of its labor force to meet short-term requirements or a sudden upsurge in work. Morocco's labor laws present numerous hurdles that make it extremely difficult to terminate an individual's employment.

This is a key inhibitor of greater use of technology by private sector is labor law. For firms to get the full benefit of technology, they need to restructure labor within the organization. Corporation will hesitate before hiring new employees to meet what may only be a temporary change in the business climate. As a result of this, business opportunities will be lost both for the corporation and for the individuals who could have been employed.

 


Country Background

Telecommunications Infrastructure
Industrial Production

Internet Diffusion

Electronic Commerce

Hardware Manufacturing

Software Development

IT Labor Market

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Analysis: IT strength/Weakness

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