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Africa > Morocco > Government

MOROCCAN GOVERNMENT STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Capital city Rabat
Corruption 3.2 [80th of 160]
Parliamentary seats > Female 1% [136th of 143]
Procedures to register property > number 4 ... [131st of 167]
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliament > % 10.8 % ... [115th of 174]
Start-up procedures to register a business > number 6 ... [142nd of 171]
Status
democracy
Suffrage
18 years of age; universal (as of January 2003)
Time required to build a warehouse > days 217 days ... [61st of 168]
Time required to enforce a contract > days 615 days ... [51st of 171]
Time required to register property > days 46 days ... [92nd of 167]
Time required to start a business > days 12 days ... [153rd of 171]
Time to prepare and pay taxes > hours 468 hours ... [30th of 169]
Time to resolve insolvency > years 1.8 years ... [119th of 151]
Total businesses registered > number 192,966 ... [35th of 71]
Trademarks, nonresidents 1,256 ... [46th of 99]
Trademarks, residents 2,553 ... [41st of 98]
Transnational Issues > Disputes > International
claims and administers Western Sahara whose sovereignty remains unresolved - UN-administered cease-fire has remained in effect since September 1991, but attempts to hold a referendum have failed and parties thus far have rejected all brokered proposals; Morocco protests Spain's control over the coastal enclaves of Ceuta, Melilla, and Penon de Velez de la Gomera, the islands of Penon de Alhucemas and Islas Chafarinas, and surrounding waters; discussions have not progressed on a comprehensive maritime delimitation, setting limits on resource exploration and refugee interdiction, since Morocco's 2002 rejection of Spain's unilateral designation of a median line from the Canary Islands; Morocco serves as one of the primary launching areas of illegal migration into Spain from North Africa
UN membership date 12 Nov. 1956
United Nations mission
http://www.un.int/morocco/english/index.html

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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; Transparency International; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook; World Development Indicators database; electionworld.org; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007 ; Wisconsin High School Model United Nations

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Morocco, Kingdom of Morocco, Al Mamlakah al Maghribiyah, Al Maghrib

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