Contribution of Moroccan emigrants from Europe to the national economy via transfers in foreign exchange and non-structured trade: Case of Agadir and Tiznit

Abstract

This paper studies the impact of financial transfers and "unstructured trade flows" of Moroccan emigrants on their outgoing territories. The analysis is based on a statistical approach using a field survey. It was administered for Agadir and Tiznit, the two big cities of Souss. Our results measure the contribution of migratory financial flows to the national economy as a whole. They show, on the one hand, that the unstructured trade originates essentially from the importation of foreign objects of recovery or foreign second-hand goods. On the other hand, they highlight the capacity of the Moroccan emigrants from Europe, originating from the two cities mentioned, to make a double financial and commercial contribution to the indigenous economy, in view of a dynamic of development Both globally and locally.