The Role of the Islamic Government in the Economic Development

The Islamic government has a wide responsibilities and rights. These are more than the responsibilities and rights of any other socialist, liberal or even social-democrat government. So because it has these wide rights, it should be more accountable in comparison with other systems and it has a more vital role in economic development. In this paper, the rights and responsibilities of the Islamic government is compared with that of other kinds of governments and the role it can have in economic, cultural, social and political development would be emphasized. The Islamic government cannot consider the market as a remedy to solve the all problems. It is responsible about all the economic and social matters of the society and should be accountable to them. The role of the government in the economic development would be the determination of the goals, planning for development, financing the economic projects, regulating the market and smoothing the way for the private sector to be able to do optional and profitable activities in line with the development plan. The Islamic government cannot be ignorant about the problems of the private sector in the area of production, distribution and marketing. This research tries to shed light on the role of the Islamic government in the process of creation, enforcement and supervision over the economic development plans and finally provides some suggestions for the improvement of the role of the government in development.