No. 1077 - The role of firms in the implementation of Italy's National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP)

Questioni di Economia e Finanza (Occasional papers)
by Alfredo Bardozzetti, Enza Maltese, Anna Laura Mancini and Daniel Mele
November 2026
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This paper analyses firms that received NRRP resources in Italy between 2022 and 2025, through both direct transfers and public procurement, describing their characteristics in terms of size, sector and geographical location. For public procurement, it compares the areas where projects have been implemented with those where the winning firms are headquartered, helping to shed light on how the opportunities generated by the Plan are distributed across Italy's production sector.

Firms involved in the NRRP are, on average, larger than the overall population of firms. Direct transfers primarily benefit manufacturing and services, while public procurement is more concentrated in construction and among medium-sized and large firms. Firms in Northern Italy have received more resources, but these differences narrow when measured relative to the size of local economies. In public procurement, nearly 30 per cent of contracts have been awarded to firms located in areas other than those where the projects have been implemented.

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    No. 1077 - The role of firms in the implementation of Italy's National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP)
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