A Comprehensive Framework for Community-based Development Planning

Abstract

The pursuit and promotion of development through National Development Plans, as the most important policy documents for the development of societies, has not been a breakthrough success in many cases. Investigating the causes of this failure has been the subject of many studies. Due to the large and growing volume of research in the field of development planning, summarizing, combining, and analyzing research results, can contribute in strengthening development planning. In addition, drawing on successful experiences can provide valuable criteria for evaluation. The scope of this study is limited to the reports, documents, papers and opinions written on exploring experiences of successful plans and identification of the weakness areas of unsuccessful development programs. Based on the findings of the study, the reasons for failure of development plans could be identified in four areas, namely, weakness in the system of development planning, ineligibility and inefficiency of development agents, the weakness areas in civil society as the realization grounds of development plans and finally inefficient management. At the end of the paper, on the basis of these drawbacks, key strategies are presented and categorized in four areas.