Identifying and ranking the factors affecting the financial participation of the private sector and its role in sustainable urban development (Case study: Yasuj Municipality)

Financing of urban development projects in developing countries is mostly the responsibility of public sector institutions and the private sector for various reasons has not been very willing to provide such services, but changing the costs and economic benefits of urban development projects and increasing demand for some urban services, The economic benefits of some of these investments have increased so much that they encourage the private sector to join such projects alongside the public sector. The main purpose of this study is to identify and rank the factors affecting the financial participation of the private sector and its role in sustainable urban development. This research is applied based on the purpose and descriptive and survey type according to the data collection method. The statistical population of this study was 140 experts and specialists of contracting companies in the field of investment of public and non-governmental organizations in Yasuj. The sample size was determined using Cochran's formula equal to 109 people and the available non-random sampling method was selected. Data collection tool was a standard questionnaire of Azizi et al. (2016) with a five-point Likert scale. The validity of the questionnaire was confirmed by experts in terms of content and its reliability was confirmed by using Cronbach's alpha for all variables. Friedman test was used to rank the factors affecting financial participation and a one-sample t-test was used to test the research hypotheses. Findings showed that the effect of influential components on private sector participation in project development is not the same and in this regard, the relationship between the significance of the goal in the first place and organization, attitude, foresight. , Policy, economic and socio-cultural policy and motivation (incentives) are in the next ranks of components affecting the participation of the private sector in the development of Yasuj city projects, respectively.