*** A joint effort is needed, based on a climate of complete trust and cooperation between firms, banks and institutions, to help lay the foundations for economic recovery, foster a reversal of the current trend, and encourage new models of growth to emerge in Southern Italy as well. The people, the intelligence, the savings and the business ability to do so are all present.
I wish to thank you once again and wish you pleasure and success in the performance of your work. BIS Review 61/2004  3