A call for Inclusive Growth: Highlights from His Majesty the king’s Throne Day Speech – Julyโ 29, 2025
“There is no room, neither today, nor โtomorrow for a two-speed Morocco.” – Extract from His Majesty theโ King‘s Throne Day speech
In his 2025 โฃThrone Day โคaddress, His Majesty the King, may God assist him, affirmed Morocco’s continued progress and resilience inโ the โface of global challenges and a tough climate. The Kingdom has maintained a positive trajectory, achieving significant milestones in human advancement -โ notably surpassing the high โคhuman development threshold and substantially reducingโ multidimensional poverty.
However, โคHis Majesty emphasized thatโ this progress is incomplete without equitable benefits for all โcitizens. The โคspeech highlighted the persistent challenges of poverty, especially inโค rural areas, stemming from inadequate infrastructure andโ limited access to essential services. A key concern raised was the structural issue of territorial inequalities and regional disparitiesโข within the country.
To address these imbalances, His Majesty calledโค for a renewedโ and โinvigorated approach to combating social and territorial โdisparities. Heโ advocated for a shift from customary, sector-specificโ development strategies to a holistic,โฃ integrated territorial development model. This approach aims to ensure thatโ the benefits of economicโค growth are shared โฃby allโฃ Moroccans, without discrimination or exclusion.
The King’s call for innovation in public policy, building upon the New Development Model โ(NMD), necessitatesโฃ moving beyond fragmented approaches.He urged the adoption of transversal, systemic, and experimental strategies to effectively tackle the complex roots of socialโ and territorial inequalities.
Thisโ analysis will examine Morocco’s development journey from 2000 to 2023,assessing progress in areas such as purchasing power,poverty reductionโค (both monetary and multidimensional),and the โevolution of the Human development Index. It will also addressโ ongoing vulnerabilities, social inequalities, and territorial disparities, ultimately justifying the need for this new,โค integrated approach to โฃterritorial development.
