30/01/2008
The Moroccan government has earmarked $382m to implement a large-scale anti-poverty plan through the National Initiative for Human Development (INDH), the Interior Ministry announced on Monday (January 28th). The 2008 action plan includes 5,172 projects, almost entirely in urban areas. Funded largely by the Moroccan state, the INDH works to eradicate poverty, vulnerability, marginalization and social exclusion by providing adequate housing, drinking water, health care and education. The current government has allocated considerable funds to abolish shanty towns which many view as a source of Islamic extremism.