TY - BOOK ID - 135317722 TI - Lessons from Two Public Sector Reforms in Italy AU - Belhocine, Nazim. AU - Jirasavetakul, La-Bhus Fah. PY - 2020 SN - 1513535455 PB - Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, DB - UniCat KW - Italy KW - Finance: General KW - Macroeconomics KW - Public Finance KW - Bureaucracy KW - Administrative Processes in Public Organizations KW - Corruption KW - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies: Infrastructures KW - Other Public Investment and Capital Stock KW - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies: Procurement KW - Public Enterprises KW - Public-Private Enterprises KW - General Financial Markets: General (includes Measurement and Data) KW - Labor Economics: General KW - Fiscal Policy KW - Public finance & taxation KW - Civil service & public sector KW - Finance KW - Labour KW - income economics KW - Public investment spending KW - Public sector KW - Competition KW - Labor KW - Fiscal governance KW - Expenditure KW - Economic sectors KW - Financial markets KW - Fiscal policy KW - Public investments KW - Finance, Public KW - Labor economics KW - Income economics UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:135317722 AB - The reform of the Italian public administration has been a priority for at least two decades, with several major initiatives undertaken toward modernization and simplification. Notwithstanding laudable intentions, however, progress remains limited. This analysis is a case study of two reforms since 2016—on the rationalization of state-owned enterprises and of public procurement. It finds that original reform provisions were weakened or overturned, regulatory complexity and uncertainties in the application of the reforms blunted their impact, and enforcement mechanisms were inadequate. Addressing these gaps will be essential for successfully modernizing Italy’s public administration. ER -