Italy 2008 Eppur si muove? Making sense of Italy next general political election London, 1 st April 2008

2 Percentage of students below level two in PISA assessment; 2006 Source: Vision on OECD data

3 Purchasing Power Parity; EU 27 = 100; Source: Vision on Eurostat data

4 Percentage of university professors who are less than 45 29% 60% 44% 47% 33% ITALIA 2004 ITALIA 1990 FRANCIA 2005 UK 2000 USA 1999 Source: Vision on PNR Italia, MED, NCES e HESA

5 Age distribution of Italian opinion makers, 2005 Average age (weighted for number of articles): 67,7 Source: Vision analysis on major italian newspapers

6 R&D expenditures as % of GDP, 2006 business government universities non-profit Source: Vision on Eurostat, OECD data

7 Source: Vision on oecd data Net student imports, Main Oecd countries, 2004

8 Ranking of EU countries per number of brands in the EU TOP 50; 2007 Source: Vision on Eurobrand 2007