Identifying and analyzing the national drivers of Iran's development policy

Development has been the most important overall goal of individuals and societies in the present era. Therfor, development efforts in all societies have been among the main goals of countries. Based on this, the aim of this research is to identify and analyze the national drivers of Iran's development policy.

The method of conducting this qualitative research is a prospective study, which was carried out with the strategy of trend analysis and all the national trends governing the state of Iran's development policy by studying internal and external reports, including; The study of existing researches and theoretical literature and in-depth interviews and brainstorming sessions have been conducted and subjected to the criticism of experts and development policy activists in Iran. The statistical population of this research includes all development policy experts and activists in Iran who are experts and experts in development and policy making, 25 of whom have participated in the research process in the form of interviews and participation in brainstorming sessions. Data analysis was based on trend analysis of the type of drivers.

In this research, 25 important and fundamental drivers have been identified in 5 social, technological, economic, environmental and political fields. At the national level, 9 important social drivers for the country's development policies have been identified, which include; Canceling cultural patronage, creating a common vision, national dialogue for development, attracting public participation, eliminating poverty and inequality, social inclusion, population control policy, urban development policy, and changing the behavior of individual activists. Also, the national technological engines include 5 important engines; Independence of higher education institution, focus on education, expansion of science sovereignty, development of peaceful nuclear science and technology, and acceptance of technology. The economic drivers at the national level are the 3 important drivers of monitoring and measuring development, canceling economic support and tourism for the development of Iran. But in the environmental field, four drivers; Land use policies, adaptability and flexibility to climate changes, level of access to clean energy and prevention of industrial pollution. Finally, the political and governance drivers identified at the national level include 4 drivers; Development of horizontal criticism, thoughtful decision-making, strengthening of civil society and implementation of formulated policies.

These drivers are in different social, technical, economic, environmental and political fields, which in terms of the degree of effectiveness are political drivers of governance, environmental drivers, technological drivers, economic drivers and finally socio-cultural drivers, but The basis of the degree of importance in order; Economic, technical, social, cultural and environmental issues and finally political drivers are given priority.