Source: Xinhua| 2019-04-03 05:54:12|Editor: Mu XuequanVideo Player Closeby Eric J. LymanROME, April 2 (Xinhua) -- The economic gap between Italy's wealthy, industrialized northern regions and the agrarian, poorer south dates back generations. All told, the three richest regions are Lombardy which includes Milan, Emilia Romagna which includes Bologna, and Lazio which includes Rome. Economic growth rates in the northern regions are more than twice the rates in the south, the data showed. "It's not only a question of the northern regions having more money. One government proposal that could have an impact on the problem is an idea to give greater autonomy to the wealthiest northern regions.

Source: The North Africa Journal April 02, 2019 21:56 UTC