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Why invest and live in Italy
It is highly probable that you are one of the many people who love Italy,
a country full of natural and cultural wonders, boasting millenniums of history, and motherland
of iconic products which contributed to create the “Italian style” appreciated worldwide.
Moreover, Italy is a great choice for your journey, the perfect place to live in.
For all these reasons and much more, maybe you are considering to invest in Italy.
Italy is ranked the 3rd largest national economy
in the Eurozone, the 8th in the world
The national market comprehends 60 million people
with access to 500 million consumers in the European
Union, as well as 270 million from North Africa and
the Middle East. Also, the Italian manufacturing
sector is the 2nd strongest in Europe thanks to the
extraordinary know-how of the companies oper-
ating in machinery and automation, fashion and
design, food and cooking. Our researchers and
research institutes are prominent in many areas of
knowledge and more than 20 Italian universities are
among the 500 best in the world. In conclusion, no
other country could provide this great potential and
the same quality of life!
2017. Italy’s three-spot rise to 13th ties for the
second-largest positive gain in this year’s Index.
This strong gain comes despite mixed macroeco-
nomic indicators and political volatility after the
country’s December 2016 referendum. The economy
grew by a sluggish 0.9 percent in 2016, and the IMF
projects growth of just 0.7 percent and 0.8 percent
in 2017 and 2018, respectively. More positively,
separate reports by the Organisation for Economic
Co-operation and Development (OECD) and Italy’s
National Institute for Statistics announced in February
that the manufacturing sector, a major driver of the
country’s economy, is showing signs of recovery,
and the service sector grew at its fastest rate in 14
months.
Italy gains the pole position for quickness and
legal guarantees
The Doing Business 2018 report underlined the
merits of the Italian notaries in making the estab-
lishment of a company simpler, quicker, and safer
(thanks to the electronic data transfer to the Re-
gistro Imprese archive).
The report, analyzed by the Italian National
Council of Notaries, points out that, since 2013, Italy
gained 24 positions in the “Starting a Business”
chart. In addition to the quantitative aspects, since
2015, the Doing Business started to measure the
final score taking into consideration also the quality
of the economic infrastructure and the legal secu-
rity, in accordance with the recommendations of the
main international organizations (OCSE, GAFI, IMF,
and the World Bank itself). The “Registering Pro-
perty” indicator, which influences the final score,
now takes into account the controls held by notaries
and the legal system quality.
Taking into account the purely qualitative
aspect of real estate transfers, Italy (with a score
of 26.5 points out of 30, far above Belgium 22.5,
Germany 22, Spain 22.5 and Switzerland 23.5 and
to the OECD 22.7 average of high-income countries)
is still confirmed this year in the highest part of
world rank. As far as the corporate constitution is
concerned, Italy – from 2013 onwards – has earned
about 24 positions and currently has a much better
(even as absolute rank) DTF value than that of
Switzerland, Spain, and Germany.
The “Registering Property” indicator has made
up another place (rising to the 23 rd position of the
chart) and confirms Italy among the top rankings
(with a 0.01 percentage point improvement in the
DTF standard index that describes the distance
from the top performance). The “Starting a Busi-
ness” indicator also shows a substantial stability
(DTF improvement of 0.02 percentage points).
These results confirm the stability of the Italian
economy which now can offer even more guarantees
in terms of safety to the national and foreign in-
vestors interested in investing in Italy.
Source: Appunti / Doing Business e Notariato by
Antonio Cappiello, National Notary Council, Studies
and International Relations
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