Institutional Centralization and Population Sustainability; Two Pillars of Rural Development in the Seventh Progress Plan

The director of the National Center for Progress, Development and Deprivation Reduction at the Research Institute for Humanities and Social Studies of Jahad Daneshgahi, outlined how rural development policies have evolved over the past four to five decades. He described the shift from economic and agricultural development to rural reconstruction, poverty reduction, livelihood-based development, and stronger public participation. He said institutional centralization, balanced development, and sustainability of the rural population are key focuses of the Seventh Progress Plan.

The director of the National Center for Progress, Development and Deprivation of Human Sciences and Social Studies Research Institute of Jihad University, while explaining the evolution of rural development policies in the last four to five decades, announced the change of approaches from economic and agricultural development to rural development, poverty reduction, livelihood-oriented development and strengthening people's participation and said: Institutional focus, balanced development and stability of the rural population are the axes of attention in the seventh progress plan.