Italy 2008Eppur si muove?

Making sense of Italy next general political election

London, 1st April 2008

2

Percentage of students below level two in PISA assessment;

2006

53.3

52.7

32.8

32.3

30.7

28.1

24.7

23.0

22.3

21.2

20.9

20.7

19.9

19.8

19.8

19.2

17.7

13.0

Bulgaria

Romania

Italy

Greece

Portugal

United States

Spain

Lithuania

France

Hungary

Slovak Republic

Latvia

Germany

Poland

United Kingdom

Czech Republic

Slovenia

Japan

Source: Vision on OECD data

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50

100

1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020

ITALYEU 8

GREECE

SPAIN

UK

Germany

France

Romania

ITALY

Purchasing Power Parity; EU 27 = 100; 1995 - 2020

Source: Vision on Eurostat data

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Percentage of university professors who are less than 45

29%

60%

44% 47%

33%

ITALIA 2004 ITALIA 1990 FRANCIA 2005 UK 2000 USA 1999 Source: Vision on PNR Italia, MED, NCES e HESA

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Age distribution of Italian opinion makers, 2005

46-5012%

51-6017%

61-7023%

70+48%

Average age (weighted for number of articles): 67,7

Source: Vision analysis on major italian newspapers

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R&D expenditures as % of GDP, 2006

1.40

1.74

0.54 0.54

1.20

1.85

1.51

0.37

0.33

0.20 0.15

0.18

0.33

0.28

0.43

0.42

0.370.30

0.39

0.37

0.39

0.03

0.02

0.06

0.11

0.06

France Grmany Italy Spain UK USA OECD

2,23

2,49

1,13

0,99

1,83

2,66

2,23

business

government

universities

non-profit

Source: Vision on Eurostat, OECD data

7Source: Vision on oecd data

157,578

14,127

93,704

180,356198,469

56,46633,376

274,365

525,962

-4,251

Australia Spain Canada France Germany Italy Japan Belgium Uk Usa

Net student imports, Main Oecd countries, 2004

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Ranking of EU countries per number of brands in the EU TOP

50; 2007 12 12

5 5

4

3

2 2 2

1 1 1

Germany U.K. Italy France Sweden Switzerland Denmark Spain Netherlands Belgium Finland Austria

Source: Vision on Eurobrand 2007