Government reform in Italy

Abstract

Summary: 1. The needs of Reform in the early nineties. 2. The main Areas of Reform: -Regulatory Reform; -Devolution to Local Authorities: "administrative federalism"; -Reorganization of Central Government; -Civil Service Reform; -A performance-oriented public sector management; -The new Public Budgeting; -A more transparent and comprehensible Government; -e-Government. 3. First Achievements. 4. The Future of Reform.