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Editorial Ramadan effect Mohamed Ali MRABI

H ERE we go! For a few weeks, everything will be in slow motion. Come sive factor in any development dynamic. A weak productivity can ruin ambitious
back later, preferably in a month!
projects that were initially very promising.
The Ramadan effect is dreaded by investors and operators, who have Worldwide, estimates suggest that lost productivity (for a variety of reasons) costs
to search for authorization or documents in the administrative maze. The same companies 1,800 billion US dollars a year. While elsewhere, employees’ addic-
goes for company managers, anxious to maintain (and increase) the productivity tion to smartphones (mainly due to social networking) is one of the main causes
of their businesses. Stuck between suppliers postponing appointments and bad- of these losses, in Morocco, this is accentuated during this time of year, with the
paying customers, company managers are worried that their businesses too will « Ramadan effect «, and its share of « deprivation « of caffeine, nicotine, sleep...
slow down, as laziness and procrastination become commonplace during this The result is sluggish performance.
period. During the day, some are completely «groggy», while others have their This slackening in behavior contradicts the very spirit of religion, which places
nerves on edge. The Ramadan effect is often a good excuse to justify certain « as much importance on the value of work as it does on fasting or prayer. This fact
deviant « behavior. is worth being pointed out. Given the development gap that needs to be closed,
Meanwhile, work productivity, already low, takes another hit. Yet this is a deci- we can no longer afford this kind of complacency.o