The Identification of Effective Factors on Deficiencies in Regional Development Policymaking System in Iran: An Interpretative-structural Modeling

The present article is a descriptive survey as well as questionnaire method has been used as an instrument for data collection. The statistical population of the research is consisted of experts of Iran’s Plan and Budget Organization. At the outset, effective factors on deficiencies of the regional development policymaking system (in Iran) were identified as well as the relationship between these major factors were analyzed through using an interpretive-structural modeling (ISM). Finally, by using the MICMAC Analysis, the variables were clustered accordance with their effectiveness and impact on other variables. Results indicate that the lack of well-defined statutory position for regional development policy making has had the greatest impact on reforming the policymaking system mentioned above with the degree 9 of influential power. But the lack of a theoretical approach to regional development policymaking has the least effect with the degree 4 of influential power.