This Survey is published on the responsibility of the Economic and Development Review Committee of the OECD, which is charged with the examination of the economic situation of member countries.
The economic situation and policies of Italy were reviewed by the Committee on 11 January 2017. The draft was revised in the light of the discussions and given final approval as the agreed report of the whole Committee on 24 January 2017.
The Secretariat’s draft report was prepared for the Committee by Mauro Pisu and Paula Garda under the direct supervision of Patrick Lenain and Asa Johansson, and the general supervision of Alvaro Pereira and Robert Ford. Statistical research assistance was provided by Damien Azzopardi and Milenko Fadic and administrative support by Brigitte Beyeler and Raquel Paramo.
The Survey also benefitted from contributions by Dan Andrews, Silvia Appelt, David Bartolini, Piet Battiau, Fabio Berton, Bert Bryce, Joanne Caddy, Flippo Cavassini, Thomas Dannequin, Emma Duchini, Michael Hewetson, Nick Johnstone, Christine Lewis, Giorgia Maffini, Fabio Manca, Giuseppe Nicoletti, Marco Marchese, Dirk Pilat, Sebastian Schich, Kevin Shoom, Raffaele Trapasso, Mariagrazia Squicciarini, Litsa Vavakis, Gert Wehinger, Juan Yermo.
The previous Survey of Italy was issued in February 2015.