OECD Territorial Reviews [electronic resource] : Italy 2001
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2001.
 Italy's economic development has been characterised by marked regional disparities, most notably between the Centre-North and the South. Today, Italy demonstrates one of the widest geographical dualisms among OECD Member countries. In the Southern regions, the unemployment rate is still four times higher than in the Centre-North despite recent signs of dynamism. The infrastructure endowment of the South remains far below the national average and organised crime still constitutes a heavy deterrent both for investment and endogenous development. The country has recently started relevant and pro
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""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 â€œquasi-manufacturingâ€? 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 â€œquasi-manufacturingâ€? 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""
 Italy's economic development has been characterised by marked regional disparities, most notably between the Centre-North and the South. Today, Italy demonstrates one of the widest geographical dualisms among OECD Member countries. In the Southern regions, the unemployment rate is still four times higher than in the Centre-North despite recent signs of dynamism. The infrastructure endowment of the South remains far below the national average and organised crime still constitutes a heavy deterrent both for investment and endogenous development. The country has recently started relevant and pro
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