Abstract
Purpose of the study: This study has three objectives: a) to draw up a typology of the 10 regions of Morocco according to their level of human development; b) to develop a synthetic regional indicator, and c) to measure the extent of regional disparities in terms of human development.
 Methodology: The analysis uses statistical indicators from the household panel survey conducted in 2017 by the National Human Development Observatory in Morocco. The Principal Component Analysis (conducted using the SPSS statistics V23 software) is used to draw a typology of regions according to their level of human development. It is also used to develop a regional composite indicator. As regards the measurement of the degree of regional inequalities, the Gini index is adopted.
 Main Findings: The typological cartography and the composite index developed showed the coexistence of three strata of regions with three levels of human development: low, medium, and high. The calculation of a fairly strong Gini index raises the gravity of these inequalities. The main sources of inequality are an inequitable distribution of living standards and unbalanced access to basic social amenities.
 Research implications: Today, in Morocco, an ad hoc committee responsible for the new development model is collecting, arranging, and structuring the recommendations of the various actors and drawing up their conclusions. The present study is a contribution that aims to place the human being at the heart of this model. The eradication of regional disparities in terms of human development, particularly in terms of standard of living and access to basic equipment is a priority.
 Novelty/Originality: This paper examines regional disparities through the prism of human development. The works which have dealt with this subject at the level of Morocco have focused on income as a standard for measuring inequalities. This study does not abandon income, but it aims to be multidimensional as soon as it integrates other no less decisive dimensions on people’s lives.
Highlights
On December 12, 2019, a special commission on a new development model was set up in Morocco
- Standard of living: This dimension is represented by the "Average annual expenditure per person in current DH," the "Absolute poverty rate," the "Vulnerability rate," the "Relative poverty rate," the "Rate of households classified as poor or relatively poor," the "Percentage (%) of the population having an annual expenditure below the national average."
- Access to basic equipment: This dimension is assessed by the "Proportion of households connected to the drinking water network," the "Proportion of households connected to the sewer network," the "Proportion of households discharging wastewater into septic tanks, wells or latrines," the "Proportion of rural households with access to dispensaries or communal health centers."
Summary
On December 12, 2019, a special commission on a new development model was set up in Morocco. According to Amadeus (2019), this new model has a legitimate ambition for growth based on economic prosperity, the fulfillment, and development of the capacities of individuals, inclusiveness, equal opportunities, solidarity, and sustainability. The success of this new development dynamic, placing the individual at the center of the new model is dependent on the quality of its implementation at the regional level. More than ever, the territorialization of public policies is considered a strategic choice to optimize the efforts of the State in its various territories (CESE, 2016) It is in this sense that Morocco has registered its strategic decision of advanced regionalization in its new constitution of 2011 and implemented it within the framework of the organic law of 2015. State-region program contracts would improve the targeting and convergence of public policies since national strategies would be perfectly consistent with the needs of each region (Amadeus, 2019)
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