ABSTRACT
In the King’s sectoral approaches to economic development, public–private partnerships play an important role in securing the necessary investment and professional knowledge to develop a sector. State guaranteed tax holidays, land, and the development of a world class transit and logistics system assisted the country’s ability to convince producers to locate in Morocco. Morocco’s leadership in technological innovation for a country of its size has been noted internationally. The 2017 Global Innovation Index demonstrated that “Morocco leads North Africa and is among the top ten countries in its income bracket” for technological innovation. Morocco’s innovation technologies offer the promise of accomplishing goals while also achieving independence from other countries or markets. Morocco’s variety of capitalism also aimed for targeted sectors to adopt leapfrog technologies so that Moroccans could compete in a globalized market. King Mohammed VI has accelerated the development of several of Morocco’s sectors. Of special note are finance, telecommunications, tourism, sustainable energy, and transit and trade.
