Investigating the Obstacles to the Implementation of Iran's Rural Development Policies

Background and Purpose: Rural development programs are part of the development programs of each country that policymakers formulate intending to transform the socio- economic structure of rural society. The economic development gap in rural areas re- flects the lines of differentiation and conflict; The type and method of planning, with the priorities of government-oriented, regardless of the realities of rural society and its people and the real economic position of villages in the macro (national) planning process in terms of sustainability. In this study, the purpose of reviewing rural develop- ment programs before and after the revolution and reviewing the quantitative and qua- litative goals of the fourth and fifth post-revolutionary development programs; finally, identifying obstacles to the implementation of rural development policies in these two programs and providing solutions. The present study is applied in terms of purpose and according to the nature of the data, it is a description that by comprehensive library re- views and evaluation of the results of previous studies, barriers to the implementation of public policy in rural development were identified and extracted. Then, by examining the extent to which the predicted goals, both quantitative and qualitative, have been achieved in the second and fifth development plans and the consequences resulting from the implementation of these programs in various social, economic, and cultural fields of the country's villages; Obstacles and reasons for not achieving these goals were ana- lyzed in three areas: barriers related to the nature of policies, structural barriers, and bar- riers related to implementers and users. Based on the results of the study, partisanship in the formulation of rural development and island policies to act when implemented by implementers; Due to the primacy of organizational interests over the realization of pro- gram goals, centralized bureaucratic structure, selection of inappropriate tools, and dis- *Corresponding Author’s Email: Daneshfard@srbiau.ac.ir Investigating the Obstacles to the Implementation of Iran's Rural... regard for land management in the development of rural development policies; Are the most important obstacles to the implementation of rural development in development programs in general and in the fourth and fifth programs in particular. Conclusion: The research findings showed that by identifying the obstacles to the implementation of the rural development program; By considering these damages in the development of future plans, the implementation of these plans can be accelerated and help to improve and promote rural development.