01777cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF013915 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781484386255 1934-7685 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. European Dept. Italy : Selected Issues. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2013. 1 online resource (91 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 Selected Issues paper presents Italy's economic growth through innovation and reforms. It highlights that Italy's future competitiveness depends on the institutional and macroeconomic conditions that allow productive firms to innovate, expand, and attract inward foreign direct investment (FDI) that in turn will require the successful implementation of the authorities' full structural- and institutional-reform agenda. The IMF report focuses on the enforcement of civil and commercial claims in Italy as a key way to improve the environment for sustaining economic growth. There has been considerable interest in the possibility of introducing a comprehensive wealth tax in Italy, reflecting the public resistance to spending-only austerity. Mode of access: Internet IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 2013/299 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/002/2013/299/002.2013.issue-299-en.xml IMF e-Library