Development of Rural Entrepreneurship with Emphasis on Local institutions(Case Study: Behabad, Yazd Province)

TThe study area included parts of the villages in Behabad، of Bafq County، Yazd Province، and pool research was conducted in 2008 and 2009. Research findings show that Rural Workers and Islamic Councils have relatively been successful in development of rural entrepreneurship، and local people believe that entrepreneurs، officials، experts and local commentators، Islamic Council and Rural Workers have properly provided the essentials of entrepreneurship development in rural areas such as entrepreneurial infrastructures، entrepreneurial attitudes and behaviors، cultural and social factors، attracting financial and economic resources. Therefore، the practices of Rural Workers and councils have been acceptable and led to the development of rural entrepreneurship. The policy of developing the popular participation in developmental programs can play an important role in the development of entrepreneurship. Due to the contexts and features that are suitably available in the rural environment، it is quite possible to form NGOs and organize them in different contexts. Organizations and nongovernmental organizations as institutions that represent different classes of people in the rural areas are very effective tools for development of entrepreneurship policies and accordingly could be responsive to unmet civil rights، needs، demands and expectations of various classes of society by providing the ground for innovation and entrepreneurship in different areas. They can also increase the transparency، reduce the bureaucracy corruption، facilitate downsizing، simplify regulations، and ultimately raise the efficiency and effectiveness of state management in rural development. To restore، improve or create such local people-centered organizations (in the villages and generally in national level) actually means democracy، assignment of affairs to people، decrease in government’s costs and responsibilities towards the rural management and also recruitment of public contributions in rural areas’ construction and developmental activities. These ultimately could lead to development of infrastructures، conditions and characteristics of rural entrepreneurship.