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Manufacturing Activities

  • Did not experience the Industrial and Agricultural revolutions.
  • Industry bypassed Mezzogiorno because of :
  • Workforce poor and uneducated.
  • Poor local markets and upland terrain.
  • Region's peripheral location makes it difficult to attract MNCs.
  • Region lacks natural resouces - water supply limited (porous bedrock).
  • Limited range of agricultural products.
  • Before 1950s, rail brought cheap mass-produced goods from north
  • Long distance from EU markets.
  • Little lock capital in area and is far from government sphere of influence.
  • Brain drain. - ageing population.