Fabrizio Barca

Mr. Barca is Head of the Department for Development Policies at the Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance. His primary responsibilities include development policies, both national and European, for lagging or underutilized territories (mostly the Italian Mezzogiorno), establishing funding priorities (for about 16 billions euro a year) and public investment guidelines, evaluating policies and monitoring results. Previously, he was division chief at the Research Department of the Bank of Italy. He graduated from Rome University, carried an M-Phil degree and conducted research at the Universities of Cambridge (1978-80), MIT (1989-90), and Stanford (1994). He had appointments at the Universities of Bocconi, Siena, Modena, and Rome, where he taught corporate finance and Italian economic history. His works include papers and books on the theory of the firm, evidence on SMEs, corporate governance, the history of Italian capitalism, and territorial development policies.