Exploring the Effectiveness of Development Planning with the Pathology Approach and Understanding Its Legal Status

Public economic rights have a common theme with the development of the economy. Both are inspired by the economy to nurture a flourishing humanity, emphasizing rationality. To achieve the goals of development, transparency, monitoring and accountability are needed. One of its mechanisms is the rights of development planning, which is the prerequisite for achieving development goals. From the point of view of purposefulness and rationality, which require proper planning, in its field of laws and theoretical foundations, one has to ask whether development planning in Iran benefits from these elements? Then there are some uncertainties about the development. In this article, while analyzing the concept of planning and outlining its position in the legal system, the legal-economic pathology of development planning in Iran is analyzed.