Conclusion

Abstract

This book has investigated the long-term impact of Iran’s post-revolutionary rural reform policies at the macro and micro levels. The rural sector became a major developmental concern after the 1979 revolution and the government attempted to increase agricultural production and enhance the well-being of the rural population by implementing a series of programmes. The post-revolutionary state inherited a rural economy that, despite a prolonged period of modernist reforms and land redistribution, still suffered a high degree of poverty and inequality.