Morocco, a lower-middle-income country of about 35 million people, has been on a steady economic development path in the past decades while still facing development challenges. Thanks in part to large public investments, political, institutional and sector reforms, and measures to ensure macroeconomic stability, Morocco has made significant socio-economic progress over the past 15 years. The accelerated economic growth in this period has led to dramatic improvements towards eradicating extreme poverty, increasing life expectancy, improving access to basic public services, and developing public infrastructure. Yet, despite these achievements, Morocco continues to face development challenges, and a large part of the aspirations of its citizens for a better life remain unmet. Unemployment remains high, particularly among youth and women, service delivery is mostly inadequate, social and territorial disparities persist, and transparency, adequate governance and public accountability is a work in progress