ssions Average annual growth since 1999 - 0.4% ••• • ••- • 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 201s Sato, Puna* Sank &barrow, Mena LP However years of misallocating resources means that Italy's economic underperformance is structural in nature. Low labour force participation, high