Transcript Italy

By: Cory Coulter
The flag of Italy
Type of Gov.
• Italy has been a democratic republic
since June 2, 1946, when the
monarchy was abolished by popular
referendum. The constitution was
promulgated on January 1, 1948.
The Head of State
•The head of the Italian Republic
is President Giorgio Napolitano.
Italy capita income
• The US Central Intelligence Agency reports that in 2002
Italy's gross domestic product was estimated at $1.438
trillion. The per capita GDP was estimated at $25,000.
The annual growth rate of GDP was estimated at 0.4%.
The average inflation rate in 2002 was 2.4%. The CIA
defines GDP as the value of all final goods and services
produced within a nation in a given year and computed on
the basis of purchasing power parity rather than value as
measured on the basis of the rate of exchange. It was
estimated that agriculture accounted for 2% of GDP,
industry 30%, and services 68%.
Italy’s Main Industries
• Some of the main industries of the automobile
industry belong to Italy, industries which have
a good piece of the international market,
probably because Italian cars have that touch
in the design and craftsmanship loved by
foreign countries. Italy’s main industry in the
automobile sector is surely FIAT, located in
Turin, employing thousands of workers and
many more people of other satellite businesses
which produce auto parts and spare parts
Italy’s natural resources
• Italy's main natural resources are: coal,
mercury, zinc, potash, marble, barite, asbestos,
pumice, fluorspar, feldspar, pyrite (sulfur),
natural gas and crude oil reserves, fish,
arable land
Festivals of Italy
• Venice has one of the top carnival festivals in
the world but carnival is celebrated in many
Italian towns. Carnival events often occur
prior to the actual Carnival date, too. Carnival
usually falls in February. Take a look at some of
Italy's interesting Carnival festivals by clicking
on the link above.
Map of Italy
Italian economy
• The Italian economy has changed dramatically since the end of World War
II. From an agriculturally based economy, it has developed into an
industrial state ranked as the world's fifth-largest industrial economy. Italy
belongs to the Group of Eight (G-8) industrialized nations; it is a member
of the European Union and the Organization for Economic Cooperation
and Development (OECD).
• Italy has few natural resources. With much of the land unsuited for
farming, it is a net food importer. There are no substantial deposits of iron,
coal, or oil. Proven natural gas reserves, mainly in the Po Valley and
offshore Adriatic, have grown in recent years and constitute the country's
most important mineral resource. Most raw materials needed for
manufacturing and more than 80% of the country's energy sources are
imported. Italy's economic strength is in the processing and the
manufacturing of goods, primarily in small and medium-sized familyowned firms. Its major industries are precision machinery, motor vehicles,
chemicals, pharmaceuticals, electric goods, and fashion and clothing.
Italian education
• The Italian educational system provides nursery school for 3to 5-year-olds; elementary school for 6- to 11-year-olds; lower
secondary or middle school for 11- to 14-year-olds; upper
secondary school or vocational training for 15- to 18- or 19year-olds; and university, university institutes, or Fine Arts
academies for those 19 and older. Upper secondary schools
include classic or scientific high schools (five years) leading to
higher education/university studies; artistic (four years);
technical school (five years); vocational school (five years or
more); nursery school and primary teacher training (three
years); and higher/university education (three to five years).
Citizen protection
• The government generally respected the human rights of its
citizens; although there were problems in some areas, the law and
judiciary provide effective means of addressing individual instances
of abuse. The following human rights problems were reported:
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overcrowded prisons
lengthy pretrial detention
excessively long court proceedings
violence against women
child abuse
trafficking in persons
child labor
Personal protection
• Elite Events & Protection places at your disposal,
a confirmed team of bodyguards and security
(APR) Formed specially for personal protection,
they regularly attend training courses of self
defense to guarantee the success of their
mission, under the guidelines of French
legislation.
Elite Events & Protection is entitled by the
prefecture of Haute-Savoie ( decreed 2007-974 of
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protection.
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