years in the pages of F&D looks at the important links between health and economic progress. Articles range over a variety … of topics, from the Millennium Development Goals and their health-related targets for 2015 to the economics of tobacco … property aspects of health care …

At the request of the Italian Presidency of the G7, the IMF has prepared a paper on gender-budgeting as a contribution … to the G7 initiative on equality. The paper provides an overview of gender-responsive budgeting concepts and practices in … the G7 countries. It summarizes recent trends in gender equality in G7 and advanced countries, noting that while equality …

This paper reviews economic developments in Italy during 1995–96. The performance of the Italian economy in 1996 was … marginally, for the third consecutive year. The paper shows that during Italy’s economic cycle in 1992–96, key macroeconomic …

monetary sector. It also reviews empirical evidence on money demand in Italy, and the combination of cyclical and structural …

Italy’s economic development after the recession is analyzed in this study. Earnings were hampered by low net interest …

The paper assesses the degree of banking competition and efficiency in Italy?over time as well as compared to that in … to be an important consideration, both in enforcing Italy''s antitrust laws and in ensuring that the procedures for …