Morocco, World Bank probe cooperation
Morocco, Economics, 11/29/2002

Moroccan minister of territory planning, water and environment, Mohammed El Yazghi, probed in Rabat Wednesday with the director in charge of the Middle East and North Africa at the World Bank, means to enhance cooperation in hydraulic resources management in Morocco.

During the meeting, El Yazghi voiced the Moroccan government will to activate a water policy based on demand management and the rationalization of its use.

The minister stressed the importance of regrouping the sectors of territory planning, water and environment into one department, which will be in charge of applying a global policy of water management, climate and environment preservation.

The World Bank official exposed the water and environment-related cooperation agreements between the World Bank and Morocco, and reiterated the Bank's readiness to sponsor other programs aimed at enhancing the country's technical capacities and management methods.

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