Oecd Territorial Reviews Italy

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Assessment and recommendations
Chapter 1. Disparities
	1. Introduction
	2. From convergence to divergence: 1952-1992
		Box 1. Concentration and dispersion of provincial output (1952-1992)
			Figure 1. Normalised standard deviation of per capita GDP of Italian provinces
			Figure 2. Dynamics of the per capita GDP density distribution in Italian provinces, 1952-1992
		Box 2. Italian Territorial Development: what happened during the 1990s?
		Figure 3. Per capita GDP of the Mezzogiorno as a ratio of Italian average
		Figure 4. Employment in the Mezzogiorno
		Box 3. LLMAs and the functional regions
		Figure 5. Local labour market areas by employment rate, 1971
		Figure 6. Local labour market areas by employment rate, 1996
		Box 4. Industrial districts
		Figure 7. High employment local labour market areas, 1996
		Figure 8. Medium-low employment local labour market areas, 1996
		Figure 9. Low employment local labour market areas, 1996
		Figure 10. Manufacturing and “quasi-manufacturing” LLMAs, 1971 and 1996
		Figure 11. Main characteristics of local labour market areas, 1996
	3. Different patterns of development: 1971 and 1996
		Figure 12. High-employment rate LLMAs: dynamic and non-dynamic areas, 1971-1996
		Figure 13. Middle-low employment rate LLMAs: dynamic and non-dynamic areas, 1971-1996
		Figure 14. Low-employment rate LLMAs: dynamic and non-dynamic areas, 1971-1996
		Figure 15. Low-employment LLMAs: rising manufacturing and “quasi-manufacturing” areas, 1971-1996
	4.Conclusion
		Notes
Chapter 2. Policies
	Introduction
	1. Evolution of economic development policies
		Box 5. Policies implemented by the northern regions to shape environment conducive to growth
		Box 6. Are industrial districts able to innovate?
		Box 7. The role of Trade associations: The case of CNA in the Province of Bologna
		Box 8. Supply of Services to SMEs: The ERVET Network in Emilia-Romagna
		Box 9. Incentives for fixed investments in assisted areas (Law 488/92)
		Box 10. The fund for technological innovation (Law 46/82)
		Box 11. European Regional Policy for years 2000-2006
		Table 1. Public investment and expenditure for development
		Table 2. The Mezzogiorno Development Plan: Financial resources distribution
		Box 12. MDP-CSF 2000-2006 priorities
	2. Spatial and social policies
		Table 3. Italian territorial planning system
		Table 4. Urban regulatory plans diffusion
		Table 5. Financial resources of PRUSST by macro-areas
		Box 13. Urban renewal and spatial sustainable development programs
		Box 14. The Italian housing system
		Table 6. Municipalities of 20 000 inhabitants or more supplying welfare services, 1997
		Box 15. Co-operation on Spatial Planning in the Framework of INTERREG
		Table 7. Environmental regional planning
	3. The territorial effects of non-territorial policies
		Table 8. Pensions, 1997
		Box 16. Income support for the elderly
		Table 9. Unemployment beneficiaries, 1998
		Figure 16. Mezzogiorno: Productivity and labour costs in manufacturing
		Table 10. Regional distribution of public employment, 1997
		Table 11. Irregular labour units, 1999
		Box 17. Encouraging internal mobility and stemming the brain-drain
		Table 12. Municipalities in bankruptcy
		Box 18. Market regulation and liberalisation: electric power
		Table 13. Length of electricity long blackouts without previous notice, 1999
		Table 14. 2000-2003 Regulation for continuity of electricity supply
		Figure 17. Territorial development in the information society: a causal map
		Table 15. Information society and local development: best practices
		Figure 18. Italy and the information society: some basic figures
		Box 19. Best practices in Italy
		Notes
Chapter 3. Governance
	Introduction
	1. Levels of government and the structures of governance
		Box 20. Public administration reform
		Box 21. Relations between State, Regions and local authorities
	2. The distribution of resources among different levels of government
		Table 16. The impact of 1997-2000 Tax reforms on the local tax system
		Table 17. Tax receipts and contributions
	3. New instruments for governance, institutional partnerships and administrative experimentation
		Box 22. Experimenting with new premium-like devices in allocating public funds
		Box 23. The 2000-2006 Mezzogiorno performance reserve: Enhancing the quality of public spending
		Notes
Annex 1. Tables
Annex 2. Description of the indicators adopted
Annex 3. The 2000-2006 performance reserve
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