Requirements to save Iran's economy
Chairman of the Commission for Sustainable Development, Environment and Water of the Iranian Chamber of Commerce: The way to save the country's economy is to end the domination of the state bureaucracy, improve the business environment and pay attention to the existing crises.
According to the International Iranian Stone Exhibition, according to international reports on the country's development and a detailed study of the indicators that made Iran ranked 58th out of 193 countries in terms of development last year, shows that the Islamic Republic Iran is in a much better position than the global average in achieving the ideals associated with service-cost institutions such as education, education, education, roads and energy distribution, as evidenced by the low quality of governance in the system of government.
With a closer look, the domination of the state bureaucracy has prevented the country from achieving the ideals whose main driving force is the participation of citizens in achieving development, which can be defined as "participatory development". Except for participatory development, any other prescription is merely a sign of treatment and will eventually reproduce the problems with other figures. In a word, the way to save the country's economy is through reform and re-architecture of the governing system; Although it is difficult and painful to express and act on. These reforms can be expressed in several areas:
1- Developing transparency and managing conflicts of interest in the field of governance and economy
- Implementation of the law "Free access to information" with the aim of ensuring public access to information and protecting inherent and fundamental freedoms
- Pursue the acceleration of the approval and implementation of the "Transparency" bill with the aim of increasing effectiveness, accountability and transparency at all levels
Pursue the acceleration of the approval and implementation of the "Conflict of Interest Management" bill with emphasis on significantly reducing corruption and bribery in all its forms.
2- Facilitating the business environment
- Elimination of licenses and annoying business rules and regulations
- Changing discriminatory policies and measures and promoting the rule of law in order to ensure access to fair and equal opportunities and reduce inequalities in the enjoyment of national gifts
- Full implementation of the law on strengthening and developing the standard system, especially the development of integrated technical regulations in the field of production of goods and services with the aim of eliminating licenses and facilitating business and resolving conflicts with existing laws and regulations
3- Focusing on increasing the competitiveness and productivity of the country's enterprises based on the development of exports of goods and services by improving the quality of goods and services
4- Development of international economic relations
- Enhancing companies' access to international financial services
- Promoting the country's international relations with the aim of developing the country's knowledge-based economy and exporting technical and engineering services
- Development of joint economic activities with companies with world-class knowledge and technology with the aim of transferring knowledge and technology
5- Development of financing system for small and medium enterprises
- Creating various platforms for financing small and medium economies such as Rial documentary credits, issuance of securities, underwriting of stock exchanges, with the approach of attracting maximum citizen participation in the country's economy
- Granting low-interest loans to successful and capable enterprises in the country with a commitment to create employment in rural and low-income areas
6- Development of international transport infrastructure
- Development of air transport fleet
- Development of railway and road infrastructure
- Communication of internal and external transport corridors in all dimensions in the shortest possible time
7- Managing the country's water resources
- Management of catchment areas with the aim of sustainable development
- Management of underground resources with the aim of protecting soil, soil and climate
- Management of water consumption in the fields of agriculture, industry and home with the aim of creating a rotating economy
- Changing the pattern of water extraction and consumption in different areas.
* Farshid Shokrkhodai's note for Iran Chamber news site
