Evaluating the Effects of Government Policies on the Economic Development of Rural Areas (Case Study: Villages of Astara County)

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Fereshteh Ebadolahian ¹ , Seyyede Sedighe Hasanimehr ² , Rafat Shahmari Ardjani ³ , Hossein Asghari ⁴

1 - Phd. Student, Department of Geography and Rural Planning, Astara Branch, Islamic Azad University, Astara, Iran
2 - Associate Professor, Department of Geography, Astara Branch, Islamic Azad University, Astara, Iran
3 - Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, Astara Branch, Islamic Azad University, Asrata, Iran
4 - Assistant Professor, Department of Geography and Urban Planning, Astara Branch, Islamic Azad University, Astara, Iran

Received: 2022-12-28 Accepted : 2023-03-01 Published : 2024-04-30

Keywords: Rural development, Development programs, Government policy making, Astara County.,

Abstract :

The requirement to achieve national development is to improve the level of capabilities of rural communities in the economic sector. In this regard, it is considered necessary to evaluate the existing policies for the economic development of rural communities. For this purpose, the current research was written with the aim of evaluating the impact of government policies on the economic development of the villages of Astara County, with an emphasis on the fourth and fifth development plans. The research method in the present research is mixed (quantitative-qualitative) with practical purpose and analytical-exploratory nature. The statistical population of the research also includes managers, officials and experts on rural issues in Gilan province and Astara county, and using Cohen's formula at the 95% confidence level, 70 people have been determined as the sample size. Also, in line with data analysis were used one-sample t-tests and linear and logarithmic regression in SPSS software. The findings of the research show that the level of employment during the fourth and fifth development plans in the villages of Astara County had an upward trend, although with a slow slope. Also, commercial-industrial centers under the support of the Cultural Heritage and Tourism Organization have experienced a growth of 26.56 percent during the fourth plan and a significant growth of 155.7 percent during the fifth development plan. Rural food industries also increased by 87.5 percent during the fourth period of development, which shows a growing trend during the fifth development plan as well, but with a lower slope. On the other hand, the examination of 5 major policies during each of the 4th and 5th plans shows that the influence of the 5th plan on the economic development of the villages of Astara was much greater.

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