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- Stakeholder groups
Fishermen
Public administrations
Representatives of Management Consortium
Research bodies
Enforcement
Trade associations of professional fishing
Tourism industry
NGOs

1.2 The socio-economic and political context of the case study (if the local context is significantly
different from the national context, you may focus on the local context and briefly mention the
difference between local and national contexts where this information is available):
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/it.html
• Per capita GDP
In 2010, per capita GDP was 30.500 $US (23.573,23 €) for Italy and 22.634,82 $US (17.488,00 €) for
Sicily. Sicilian per capita GDP is significantly different from the national context. The main reasons
of such difference can be found in the so called 'Southern Question' which has been (perhaps it is still)
a major topic in Italian political, economic and cultural life for a century and more.
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• Population density per km
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In 2010, the population density in Italy was 202,48 (61.016.804/301.340 km ).
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In Sicily it was calculated to be 196.4 (5.048.806/25.711 km ) while in the Egadi Islands it was
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115,19/ km (4.314/37,45 km ). Among the Egadi Islands, Favignana has the highest population
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density (169.2 km ) followed by Marettimo (68.25 km ) and Levanzo (38.83 km ).
• GDP growth rate and main driver(s) of economic growth
Italian GDP growth rate was 1.3% (2010 est.). Italy has a diversified industrial economy, which is
divided into a developed industrial north, dominated by private companies, and a less-developed,
welfare-dependent, agricultural south, with high unemployment. The Italian economy is driven in
large part by the manufacture of high-quality consumer goods produced by small and medium-sized
enterprises, many of them family owned. Italy also has a sizable underground economy, which by
some estimates accounts for as much as 15% of GDP. These activities are most common within the
agriculture, construction, and service sectors. Italy has moved slowly on implementing needed
structural reforms, such as reducing graft, overhauling costly entitlement programs, and increasing
employment opportunities for young workers, particularly women. The international financial crisis
worsened conditions in Italy's labor market, with unemployment rising from 6.2% in 2007 to 8.4% in
2010, but in the longer-term Italy's low fertility rate and quota-driven immigration policies will
increasingly strain its economy. A rise in exports and investment driven by the global economic
recovery nevertheless helped the economy grow by about 1% in 2010 following a 5% contraction in
2009. The Italian government has struggled to limit government spending, but Italy's exceedingly high
public debt remains above 115% of GDP, and its fiscal deficit - just 1.5% of GDP in 2007 - exceeded
5% in 2009 and 4% in 2010, as the costs of servicing the country's debt rose.
• Economic structure (eg GDP composition by sector, main economic sectors, main source of
employment etc)
The main economic sectors contributing to the Italian GDP are:
- agriculture 1.9% (fruits, vegetables, grapes, potatoes, sugar beets, soybeans, grain, olives, beef,
dairy products, fish). The employment provided by this sector was estimated 4.2% of the labor
force (Italian labor force = 24.99 million, est. 2010)
- industry 25.3% (tourism, machinery, iron and steel, chemicals, food processing, textiles,
motor vehicles, clothing, footwear, ceramics). The employment provided by this sector was
estimated 7% of the labor force.
- Services 72.8% (2010 est.). The employment provided by this sector was estimated 65.1% of
the labor force.

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