February 2014 archive

Italian household disposable income: ISTAT report

ISTAT (Italian National Institute of Statistics) has released the 2012 Survey on regional household disposable income today. Despite low timeliness, the report offers the last official data highlighting the descending curve of households economic conditions in Italy. A big gap among Italian regions stands above the average disposable income (€17.563 according to ISTAT, or slightly …

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The lens of the EU Anti-Corruption report 2014 on Italy

The EU Anti-Corruption report 2014 has been released today. Many are the bad news for Italy, confirming the reasons of the long and dramatic crisis in this Country are strictly tied to the conditions of its political, social and economic environment. The EC confirms that “despite considerable efforts, corruption remains a serious challenge in Italy” …

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