01564cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF001210 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451819694 1934-7685 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. Italy : Background Economic Issues. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1996. 1 online resource (132 pages) IMF Staff Country Reports <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students This paper focuses on selected aspects of Italy's fiscal situation, its origins, and its pervasive economic consequences. The paper analyzes different aspects of regional duality and the unbalanced recovery. The paper highlights that regional duality is a salient feature of the Italian economy. In the south, average incomes and consumption are lower, unemployment rates higher, and the percentage of the population living in poverty larger than in the center and north. The paper also examines fiscal performance of Italy during 1986-95. Mode of access: Internet IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 1996/035 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/002/1996/035/002.1996.issue-035-en.xml IMF e-Library