Il Rapporto come di consueto pone sotto osservazione critica le politiche adottate dagli ultimi governi con riferimento ai più rilevanti ambiti d’intervento pubblico, vale a dire conti pubblici, fisco, previdenza e assistenza, sanità, federalismo, public utilities. Due temi in particolare si sono affacciati nel panorama italiano nel corso dell’anno, ricevendo una grande attenzione da parte dei media e occupando il centro del dibattito politico: la spending review e il ruolo della Cassa depositi e prestiti.

Public finances in Italy: 2014 Report

“Public finances in Italy” is an annual report launched in 1994 with the aim of giving a review of the key developments occurred year by year in the area of public finances in Italy. The 2014 Report evaluates the main policy measures implemented by the Italian government during 2013 and the first quarter of 2014 and provides an outlook over the short-term future. The ten chapters included in the report cover the most important areas of public finances and public intervention: budgetary policies, taxation, health care, pensions, social policies, fiscal decentralization, privatization and liberalization policies, public Infrastructure. Two special chapters focus respectively on the spending review program currently underway in Italy and on the new role of Cassa Depositi e Prestiti, a long-term investor company under public control, in supporting the Italian economy.

Keywords: Italy, Public finances, Fiscal policy.

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