Italy: Trentino Spatial Productivity Review

This three-year project, led by the Spatial Productivity Lab at the OECD Trento Centre for Local Development, aims to carry out analysis on the productivity of the Autonomous Province of Trento in Italy, propose policy measures, offer discussion opportunities among stakeholders and produce an annual report on productivity and competitiveness of the Trentino economy.

The reports will be based on analysis and research from the Scientific partners and input from local stakeholders.

Implementation period: 2023-2025

What's the issue?

The productivity and competitiveness of a region is the main indicator for the long-term prosperity of its residents. Local productivity is strongly and positively correlated with economic and non-economic indicators of workers, firms and society overall. On the economic side, higher regional productivity is related to higher real wages for workers, higher disposable income of households, and lower income inequality between households. High regional productivity may also strengthen the resilience of local economies to economic shocks and disruption, such as from economic recessions or local sectoral shocks. Regional productivity is also related to the general well-being of residents, such as employment participation rates, educational attainment, the quality of the natural environment, and life expectancy.

The Autonomous Province of Trento (Italy) has established a Provincial Coordination for Productivity and Competitiveness through legislation to:

Carry out analysis on the productivity of the province.
Propose policy measures based on this analysis.
Organise discussions among stakeholders and in public.
Produce an annual report on productivity and competitiveness of the Trentino economy.

What does the OECD offer?

The Spatial Productivity Lab at the OECD Trento Centre for Local Development will coordinate the Trentino Spatial Productivity Review and liaise with Scientific partners and local stakeholders for the duration of the project. The three-year project will deliver a report in each year based on new analysis and relevant themes. The reports will be based on analysis and research from the scientific partners and input from local stakeholders.

Agenda of the launch event on 30 March 2023 (in Italian only) | Press release (in Italian only)

Agenda of the presentation of the report on Bringing Trentino's productivity growth back on track on 1 February 2024 (Italian version) | Press release (in Italian only)

Reports

2024

^English

Bringing Trentino’s productivity growth back on track
A comparison among "peer" regions
^{16 April 2024}

The Autonomous Province of Trento (Trentino) is among the most productive regions in Europe, but over the past two decades its productivity growth has stagnated. As a result, the productivity gap of Trentino widened by over 20% compared to regions with the same productivity level in 2000. The benchmarking of productivity drivers in Trentino with those of “peer” regions points to several policy priorities, including: reviving productivity in tradeable sectors, also through increased internationalisation; increasing the share of the labour force with a tertiary education; and getting more out of public R&D while boosting private sector R&D.

^Italiano

Rimettere in carreggiata la crescita della produttività del Trentino
Un confronto tra regioni "pari"
^{16 aprile 2024}

La Provincia Autonoma di Trento (Trentino) è tra le regioni più produttive d'Europa, ma negli ultimi due decenni la crescita della sua produttività è stata stagnante. Di conseguenza, il divario di produttività del Trentino è aumentato di oltre il 20% rispetto a regioni con lo stesso livello di produttività nel 2000. L'analisi comparativa dei fattori di produttività del Trentino con quelli delle regioni "pari" evidenzia diverse priorità di politica economica. Queste includono: rilanciare la produttività nei settori commerciabili, anche attraverso una maggiore internazionalizzazione; aumentare la quota di forza lavoro con un'istruzione terziaria; e ottenere di più dalla R&S pubblica, incentivando al contempo la R&S del settore privato.