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Benvenuti in Italia
Presented by Team 6Dinesh Advant (31301)Shirish Agrawal (31302)Subhajit Bhaumik (31305)Rahul Deshpande (31313)Kapil Saproo (31337)
Overview
Italy country in southern Europe. Its mainland area projects as a
peninsula into the Mediterranean Sea,
Languages: Italian , German, French
Currency: €uro Capital: Rome Population: 58 Million (2008
estimate) Area: 301K sq km (116 K sq mi)
(Shoe Shaped) Official name: Italian Republic Independence : 17 March 1861
Coliseum - Rome
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Population
58 Million (July 2008) Literacy rate: 99% (2003 est.) 0-14 years: 13.6% 15-64 years: 66.3% 65 years and over: 20% Population growth rate:-0.019% (2008 est.) Infant mortality rate: 5.61 /1,000 live births Life expectancy at birth: 80.07 years
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Some famous personalities
Galileo Galilei Painters: Giotto, Fra Angelico, Michelangelo, Leonardo da
Vinci, Raphael, Titian, and Amedeo Modigliani Composers: Antonio Vivaldi, Gaetano Donizetti, Giacomo
Puccini, Gioacchino Rossini, and Giuseppe Verdi Writers: Alberto Moravia, Italo Calvino, Natalia Ginzburg,
Primo Levi, and Umberto Eco, Dante, Petrarch, and Boccaccio
Opera: Enrico Caruso, Renate Tebaldi, and Luciano Pavarotti Fashion: Gucci, Emporio Armani, Georgio Armani, Domenico
Dolce and Stefano Gabbana (D&G) , Emilio Pucci, Versace and Prada
Actors : Danny Aiello, Steve Carell, Lou Costello, Richard Crenna, Robert De Niro, Danny DeVito, Leonardo DiCaprio, Jimmy Durante ,Henry Fonda, Vittorio Gassman, Franco NeroAl Pacino, Sylvester Stallone, John Travolta
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Ancient Italy
Ancient Italy: Little is known of Italian history before the 5th cent. B.C.,
except for S Italy and Sicily where the Greeks had established colonies
The history of Italy from the 5th cent. B.C. to the 5th cent. A.D. is largely that of the growth of Rome and of the Roman Empire, of which Italy was the core
Augustus divided Italy into 11 administrative regions The Barbarian Invasions:
Italy in the early 5th cent. A.D. began to be invaded by successive waves of barbarian tribes
Medieval Italy From 888 to 962 Italy was nominally ruled by a series of
weak kings and emperors including Guy of Spoleto The Magyars plundered N Italy, and in the south the Arabs
seized (917) Sicily and raided the mainland heeding an appeal by the pope for protection against
Berengar II, the German king Otto I invaded Italy This union of Italy and Germany marked the beginning of
the Holy Roman Empire
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Disintegration & Reintegration The Rise of Cities
In the late Middle Ages northern Italian cities such as Florence, Venice, and Milan became prosperous commercial centers The rise was partly political in origin and partly economic
By the end of the 15th cent. Italy had fallen in small parts Political Disintegration and Rebirth
The invasion (1494) of Italy by Charles VIII of France marked the beginning of the Italian Wars, which ended in 1559 with most of Italy subjected to Spanish rule
Machiavelli, came to the belief that only unity could save Italy Pope Julius II consolidated the Papal States
Napoleonic Triumph and the Rebirth of Italy General Bonaparte (later Napoleon I), defeated Sardinian and Austrian armies in 1796–97 Relations between the Italian government and the papacy remained a major problem until
1929, when the Lateran Treaty made the pope sovereign within Vatican City
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Independence & War
Independence 17th March 1861 Italy was declared independent. From 1861 Italy was governed under the liberal constitution In World War I, Italy at first remained neutral 1915 entered the war on the Allied side on promise of territory
The promise was not fulfilled Fascism & World War II
Italy’s industrial development began at the end of the 19th century The Fascist leader Mussolini on Oct. 27, 1922 marched on Rome and was made
premier by the king. Granted dictatorial powers Italy conquered Ethiopia in 1935–36 June, 1940, it declared war on collapsing France and on Great Britain July, 1943, Mussolini was dismissed by king In Sept., 1943, Italy surrendered unconditionally to the Allies
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Post War and Modern Italy
Post War Italy became republic on 1st Jan
1948 joining the North Atlantic Treaty
Organization in 1949 and the European Economic Community (now the European Union) in 1958
admitted to the United Nations in 1955
Starting Late ‘60’s there was industrial unrest
There were many coalition govt between 55 & late 70’s
1992’s corruption probe landed many businessman & politician in jail
Berlusconi is the current premier after general elections in April 2008
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Politically influencing Groups
Manufacturers And Merchants Associations – Confcommercio & Confindustria;
Organized Farm Groups – Confcoltivatori & Confagricoltura;
Roman Catholic Church Three major trade union confederations –
Confederazione Generale Italiana del Lavoro or CGIL - Leftist
Confederazione Italiana dei Sindacati Lavoratori or CISL - Roman Catholic
Unione Italiana del Lavoro or UIL
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Socio-Cultural
Religion Roman Catholic 90% (approximately;
about one-third practicing), other 10% includes mature Protestant
and Jewish communities and a growing Muslim immigrant community
Language Italian (official), German (parts of Trentino-Alto Adige
region are predominantly German speaking),
French (small French-speaking minority in Valle d'Aosta region),
Slovene (Slovene-speaking minority in the Trieste-Gorizia area)
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Socio Cultural
Eating & Drinking: Italians are very proud of their cuisine, their food is renowned throughout
the world. Italians trace their gastronomic heritage to Romans, Greeks, Etruscans and other Mediterranean peoples
Italy offers a great range of wines famous all over the world People enjoy a glass of wine with their meal although there is a tendency to
drink wine only on special Art & Literature
Italy has significant contribution to literature through poetry of Petrarch, Tasso, and Ariosto and the prose of Boccaccio, Machiavelli and others
The Artists (Painters, sculptures, architects) of Italy include Leanardo da Vinci, Raphael, Botticelli, Fra Angelico, and Michelangelo
Italy has a significant contribution to music through composers Monteverdi, Palestrina, and Vivaldi, and performers like Paviarotti
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Socio Cultural
Sports: From Racing to Soccer to Basketball and Back don't live exclusively for soccer, there is a
good number of sports that still represent a traditional importance for all Italians
The 'Rossa' is the symbol of Italy (Ferrari) Cycling means history Valentino Rossi is invincible
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Economic History
The rate of economic growth slowed in the 1970s and 1980s
1990s the government introduced reforms: began transferring government interest in many enterprises to private ownership.
The government remains a major employer in Italy Privatization of public industries began so that Italy could
reduce its large public debt The euro was introduced on January 1, 1999, for electronic
transfers and accounting purposes only, On January 1, 2002, euro-denominated coins and bills
went into circulation, and the lira ceased to be legal tender.
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Economy Parameters
Economic summary: GDP/PPP : $1.801 trillion (2008 est.); $31,000 (2008 est.) .
Real growth rate: 1.5% (2007) Inflation: 0% (2008 est.) Unemployment: 6%. Labor force: 24.86 million; services 63%, industry 32%, agriculture 5% Exports: $566.1 billion f.o.b. (2008 est.) Imports: $566.8 billion f.o.b. (2008 est.)
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Natural Resources Arable land: 26%. Agriculture: fruits, vegetables,
grapes, potatoes, sugar beets, soybeans, grain, olives; beef, dairy products; fish
Underground: coal, mercury, zinc, potash, marble, barite, asbestos, pumice, fluorospar, feldspar, pyrite (sulfur), natural gas and crude oil reserves,
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Energy Requirements
Electricity – production: 292.1 billion kWh Electricity - consumption: 316.3 billion kWh Electricity - exports: 1.916 billion kWh Electricity - imports: 34.56 billion kWh Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel: 78.6% hydro: 18.4% nuclear: 0% other: 3% (2001)
Oil – production:166,600 bbl/day Oil - consumption: 1.702 million bbl/day Oil - exports: 616,700 bbl/day Oil - imports: 2.223 million bbl/day Oil - proved reserves: 406.5 million bbl
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Transportation & Communication Railways: total: 19,460 km Highways: total: 484,688 km;
(including 6,621 km of expressways)
Waterways: 2,400 km : used for commercial traffic
Ports and harbors: Augusta, Genoa, Livorno, Melilli Oil Terminal, Ravenna, Taranto, Trieste, Venice
Airports: 132
Telephones: main lines in use: 25 million mobile cellular: 71.5 million
Radio broadcast stations: AM about 100, FM about 4,600, shortwave 9
Television broadcast stations: 358 Internet hosts:4 million Internet users:28.8 million
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Exports & Imports
Exports: textiles and clothing, production machinery, motor vehicles, transport equipment, chemicals; food, beverages and tobacco; minerals, and nonferrous metals.
Imports: chemicals, transport equipment, energy products, minerals and nonferrous metals, textiles and clothing; food, beverages, and tobacco
Major trading partners: Germany, France, U.S., Spain, UK, Switzerland, Netherlands, Belgium, China (2006).
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Industries
Italy's important industries are state-owned, the trend in recent years has been toward privatization
Important Industries Tourism – Major Forex earner Machinery Iron and steel Chemicals Food processing - Pasta Textiles Motor vehicles Clothing (fashion) - Armani Footwear – Gucci, Ceramics Automotive
Automotive Ferrari (road and race cars) Fiat (road cars) Fornasari (sports cars) Lamborghini (automobiles) Maserati (road and race
cars) Ducatti (Bikes)
Food Barilla (food, pasta) Berlucchi (spumante wine) Buitoni (food, pasta) Campari (drinks)
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Doing Business in Italy
Italy is ranked sixth among OECD countries and fourth among European countries
The Italian market offers countless opportunities to businesses in expansion, with almost 60 million consumers
Italy makes it easy to reach the 396 million consumers of the other Union member countries and the 240 million of North Africa and the Middle East.
It has leading position on the European market (11%), with an annual turnover of approximately 65 billion euro.
Of all European countries Italy has the lowest start-up costs for the biotechnology sector, second place for product testing in research and development, chemicals and
electronics Italian production constituting more than 13% of the European Union’s
GDP 27.7% devoted to manufacturing and construction and almost 70% to
services
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Analysis of Italian Economy
According to the OECD, in 2004 Italy was the world's sixth-largest exporter of goods Economy is divided into developed industrial north & less-developed agricultural
south Index of Economic Freedom 2008 it ranked
64th of 162 countries, 29th of 41 European countries, the lowest rating in the EU-15 and behind many ex-communist European countries
Italy has often been called a sick man of Europe, with governments having problems in pursuing reform programs
According to World Bank data Italy has high levels of freedom to invest, do business, and trade. has inefficient bureaucracy, relatively low property rights and high levels of corruption heavy taxes, and heavy public consumption at around half of GDP
Italy has been in economic decline compared to most other EU-15 countries Most raw materials needed by Italian industries, and more than 75% of energy
requirements, are imported Over Past decade Italy has pursued a tight fiscal policy
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Italy’s issues
International Disputes: tens of thousands of illegal immigrants from southeastern Europe and northern Africa
Illicit drugs: Important gateway for Latin American cocaine and Southwest Asian heroin money laundering
Organized Crime: An uncontrolled expansion of organized crime, especially in the South, In 1982 the a decorated police chief was sent to Sicily to bring to an end a wave of mafia killings.
Six months later he and his wife were gunned down by mafia killers in downtown Palermo In response, the government did massive arrest and mass trials of hundreds suspected of links with
the Mafia Many of the convictions were overturned on appeal. In 1992 the Mafia carried out killing the two judges who were leading the anti-Mafia investigations. In Naples, the Camorra was the equivalent of the Mafia in Sicily, became extremely powerful in the
1980s. Mafia & Camorra owed its rise to political favors that gave access to lucrative public contracts
Natural Hazards Landslides , Mudflows, Avalanches, Earthquakes, Volcanic eruptions & Flooding
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Legal System
The Italian judicial system is based on Roman law modified by the Napoleonic code and later statutes
The Supreme Court of Cassation is the court of last resort for most disputes.
Based on civil law system; appeals treated as new trials
The criminal justice system includes district courts, tribunals, and courts of appeal
The Constitutional Court of Italy (Corte Costituzionale) rules on the conformity of laws with the Constitution
Roman Court
Constitutional Court
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Legal System
The judicial function (Administering Justice) is broken down into: ordinary civil and criminal, administrative, accounting, military, and
taxation Jurisdiction over administrative matters is exercised by
“Jurisdiction over accounting matters is exercised by "Corte dei conti" (Court of Accounts)
General Public Prosecutor's office based at the same court. Jurisdiction over taxation matters is exercised by the Provincial
Taxation Commissions and the District Taxation Commissions Jurisdiction in military affairs is exercised by:
Military Courts, Military Appeal Courts, Surveillance Military Courts, Military Prosecutors based at the military courts
Jurisdiction over ordinary civil and criminal matters is exercised by magistrates
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Technology
12.2 Patents per Million of population (India is 0.1 & Japan is 119)
R&D Expenditure 1.1 % of GDP Italy was a European pioneer in high-
speed rail and the original home of the 'Pendolino' family of tilting trains
Italy has a well-developed road system Italy Fashion is Technology
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Inventions in Italy
NUCLEAR REACTOR BAROMETER BATTERY CATAPULT EYEGLASSES PARACHUTE RADIO PIANO THERMOMETER TELESCOPE
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International Relations & Treaties Italy was a founding member of the European Community Italy was admitted to the United Nations in 1955 member and strong supporter of the
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade/World Trade Organization (GATT/WTO), the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), and the Council of Europe.
Italy deployed troops in support of UN peacekeeping missions in Somalia, Mozambique, and East Timor and provides support for NATO and UN operations in Bosnia, Kosovo and Albania.
Italy deployed over 2,000 troops to Afghanistan Italy has withdrawn its military contingent of some 3,200 troops as of November
2006 from Iraq Italy sent soldiers to Lebanon for the United Nations' peacekeeping mission Italy shares nuclear weapons with NATO, in the form of US nuclear weapons
leased to Italy
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Product for Italy
Power Plant Equipments Power Plant investments Textile
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Thank You
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