Il Rapporto come di consueto pone sotto osservazione critica le politiche adottate dagli ultimi governi con riferimento ai più rilevanti ambiti d’intervento pubblico quali conti pubblici, fisco, previdenza e assistenza, sanità, istruzione, federalismo, public utilities, infrastrutture. Quest’anno in particolare approfondisce i temi delle riforme del sistema educativo, riconosciuto da tutti di particolare rilevanza per la ripresa economica del paese e della sostenibilità del nostro debito pubblico.

Public finances in Italy is an annual report initially launched in 1994 with the aim of providing a review of the key developments that occur year by year in the area of public finance in Italy. The 2017 Report evaluates the main policy measures implemented by the Italian government during 2016 and the first quarter of 2017, and provides an outlook for the short-term future. The papers included in the report cover the most important areas of public finance and public intervention: budgetary policy, taxation, health care, pensions, social policies, fiscal decentralization, public utilities and infrastructure investment. Two special chapters focus respectively on the issues raised by recent reforms of education and on the strategies for reducing the debt to GDP ratio.

Keywords: Italy, Public finances, Fiscal policy

JEL Classification: H00, H2, H5, H6, H75, H7