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Morocco Child Poverty Study MENA Workshop, June 2008. Progress, some findings and challenges Abdelkader TETO, HCP & Hicham Ait Mansour , UNICEF CO Morocco. Context. Morocco is a MIC and in transition (political, economic, demographic and social),
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Morocco Child Poverty Study MENA Workshop, June 2008 Progress, some findings and challenges Abdelkader TETO, HCP & Hicham Ait Mansour, UNICEF CO Morocco
Context • Morocco is a MIC and in transition (political, economic, demographic and social), • Political stability, investiments attractive BUT, • Insuficienteconomic growthto create wealth necessary to tackle poverty and unemployment, • Trends in reducing poverty,and persistent disparities
Progress • TOR completed, shared with RO/HQ, • National team recruited • Proposal presented to UNICEF • Methodology developed and presented to study steering committee • Statistical template started (using CEHS, 2001), DHS, MICS shortly • Policy Template, ongoing data collection from partners
Child Poverty-deprivation ( some indic only) • Have access to electricity: 38% • More than 5 per room: 11.9% • No access to toilet: 41% • Never been to school: 5%
Some challenges Statistical Template • Access to datasets (MICS) delayed the study implementation, • Potential access to datasets (LSHS), just finalised by NSO, • Introduce new and agreed indicators specific to Moroccan context Policy Template • National Initiative on Human development , INDH, being evaluated (will take a few months) • NPA for Children not yet evaluated