Fiscal Sustainability: Analytical Developments and Emerging Policy IssuesWorkshops on Public Finance - Perugia, 3-5 April 2008

The tenth Banca d'Italia Workshop on public finances was devoted to the issue of Fiscal Sustainability. It aimed at highlighting recent analytical developments and emerging policy issues.

Session 1 examined the new methodologies for assessing fiscal sustainability, either via long-term projections or summary indicators. Session 2 considered the fiscal policy implications of sustainability assessment. Section 3 examined health care and long-term care. Section 4 dealt with environmental issues and sustainability reporting in the policy debate.

Attendance at the conference is by invitation only.

Organizer: Mr. Daniele Franco, Banca d'Italia.

Contents

Foreword and Introduction

Session II - Sustainability Assessment and Policy Implications