BIS central bankers’ speeches  3  Together with the fragmented nature of Italian industry, uncertainty over the enforcement of contracts (due to the slowness of civil justice), corruption and public sector inefficiency are taking a toll on foreign direct investment in Italy.
In the last ten years FDI inflows (1.1 percent of GDP) have been much lower than those to France (2.5 percent) or to the euro-area countries as a group (2.3 percent).