Rural Development Errors Repeat Across Two Eras; Academics Puzzled by Classified Poverty Data

A faculty member at Allameh Tabataba’i University, comparing rural development evaluation reports from the Pahlavi era and the post-revolution years, criticized the repetition of policy-making errors in this field. He said past experiences and lessons from program evaluations have not been properly applied in subsequent decisions.

Academic staff member of Allameh Tabatabai University, referring to the comparison of rural development evaluation reports during the Pahlavi period and the years after the revolution, criticized the repetition of policy mistakes in this area and said: previous experiences and lessons learned from the evaluation of programs have not been properly applied in subsequent decisions.