According to data included in Morocco's candidacy for the International Telecommunications Union Council's elections held in Guada la Jara (Mexico), the mobile phone network reached 25.3 million in 2009 while the number of users of land phones was estimates at 3.5 million with a coverage rate of 92.46%.
Weiterlesen: Morocco counted 28.8 million land phone, mobile users in 2009, official data
The bank said in a statement carried by its website the loan is part of a series of programmatic loans designed to support the implementation of the Government's public administration reform support program (PARAP), launched by the Kingdom in early 2002.
This Fourth Public Administration Reform Loan (PARL-IV) is designed to improve government efficiency in the management of budget resources, strengthen government efficiency in the management of human resources, consolidate and control public payroll, and improve public services and simplify procedures through e-government.
Weiterlesen: World Bank loans Morocco $100m to enhance public administration effectiveness
In the presence of King Mohammed VI, the government and banking institutions agreed on Saturday (October 10th) to allocate 5.2 billion dirhams for the "Maroc Numeric 2013" initiative.
"One aim of the strategy is to bring the government closer to the public and businesses," Trade and Industry Minister Ahmed Reda Chami said at the signing ceremony in Rabat.
Weiterlesen: Improving Public Administration Performance in Morocco
The strategy aims at generating, by 2013, an additional GDP of 27 billion dirhams and creating 26,000 new jobs.