In this paper I examine the Italian regional policies launched in the second half of the 1990s. In evaluating the discrepancy between targets and results I argue that the failure of regional policies is a facet of the more general failure of Italian economic policies in the last fifteen years....

In this paper I argue that the degree of consistency in implementation of the new regional policy has been poor, and could be listed among the causes of the scant economic effects of the Patti territoriali and Contratti di programma. It is argued that future policies to enhance education in the...