Abstract
This article traces Morocco's experience of administrative reform from independence to the late 1980s, conceived less as a single rupture than as a series of continuous adaptations of the inherited administrative apparatus. After discussing competing definitions of administrative reform, the author examines how the theme has been articulated in political discourse - royal and prime-ministerial speeches - in successive national development plans (from 1973-1977 to 1988-1992), and in administrative texts emanating chiefly from the Ministry of Administrative Affairs. The second part assesses reform in practice across three domains: the reform of ministerial structures undertaken from 1973, the reform of public-service cadres rooted in the 1958 civil-service statute, and the reform of local administration, notably the 1976 communal charter and the move towards decentralisation and regionalisation. The study concludes that reform remains unfinished, requiring further simplification of procedures, administrative openness towards citizens, and deeper decentralisation to make the administration an effective instrument of development.
Recommended Citation
Ouazzani Chahdi, Hassan
(1990)
"The Experience of Administrative Reform in Morocco,"
Revue Marocaine de Droit, d'Economie et de Gestion (Moroccan Journal of Law, Economics and Management): Vol. 9:
Iss.
2, Article 17.
https://doi.org/10.66499/2665-7112.1645
Available at:
https://scholarhub.univh2c.ma/remadeg/vol9/iss2/17
DOI
10.66499/2665-7112.1645