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OECD and Italian Government Announce 2008 Fellowship in Memory of Alessandro Di Battista

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31-Jul-2007

The Italian Government has generously established a fellowship in memory of the young Italian economist Alessandro Di Battista. The closing date for applications is 28 September 2007.

Employment Outlook 2007 - L'Italia a confronto con gli altri paesi.

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19-Jun-2007

Employment Outlook 2007 - L'Italia a confronto con gli altri paesi.

Pensions at a Glance 2007: Highlights - Italy

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07-Jun-2007

This document presents the main highlights for Italy from Pensions at a Glance 2007: Italy spends more of its national income on public pensions than all other OECD countries. Also, spending grew at a ...

Economic survey of Italy 2007: Italy's key challenges

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04-Jun-2007

The Italian economy rebounded significantly in 2006. However, challenges lie ahead: lack of total factor productivity growth; low relative human capital accumulation, weak market competition, a large regional ...

Economic survey of Italy 2007: Making federalism work

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04-Jun-2007

Italy should re-launch itself in the federalist direction in order to improve the quality of government. To achieve this process, it must get a better match between spending responsibilities and taxing powers, and redesign redistributive mechanisms to improve fiscal effort.

Economic survey of Italy 2007: Achieving fiscal sustainability

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04-Jun-2007

Despite recent improvements, the state of public finances remains difficult. Tax rates and public debt are high compared with other countries, and risks to fiscal sustainability remain. The full implementation of measures to adjust pension benefits and a stronger fiscal consolidation are needed.

Economic survey of Italy 2007: Enhancing competition and productivity in services

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04-Jun-2007

To respond to a marked slowdown in productivity growth, two recent liberalisation packages have been passed. They should reduce entry barriers and rents in some services sectors. Yet there is still scope to strengthen market forces in some sectors.

Economic survey of Italy 2007: Italy's key challenges

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04-Jun-2007

The Italian economy rebounded significantly in 2006. However, challenges lie ahead: lack of total factor productivity growth, low relative human capital accumulation, weak market competition, a large regional gap, still low labour market participation and a fiscal policy in need of consolidation