In an analysis of seven countries by the Economist, Italy was found to have the lowest level of regional inequality, perhaps due to large fiscal transfers to the Mezzogiorno in the south.

在《经济学人》一篇对七个国家的分析文章中，意大利的区域不平等最小，这可能是由于向南方地区大量的财政转移。

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In an analysis of seven countries by the Economist, Italy was found to have the lowest level of regional inequality, perhaps due to large fiscal transfers to the Mezzogiorno in the south.

在《经济学人》对7个国家做的一份分析中，意大利的区域差异是最小的，这或许归因于其庞大财政向南部地区的转移。

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In Italy, too, the gap between Italy's wealthy north and the lagging Mezzogiorno in the south has also narrowed over time, thanks in part to large fiscal transfers.

同样，在意大利，富庶的北部地区与落后的南方地区之间的差距也在减少，这与财政的大力支持密不可分。

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Even so the mezzogiorno still has huge problems, which recession seems to be aggravating.

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That applies even in the Mezzogiorno (Italy's poor and ultra-traditional south), where women are choosing to have fewer babies.

ECONOMIST: Why Italians don��t make babies

One indicator is that the Bank of Italy's appointments in the mezzogiorno are for only two to three years.

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