Abstract:
This study designed to give us a better understanding of the experiences and mechanism of the Government intervention in tourism industry development in Iran. This study is mainly focused on the government relations With local community According to their acceptance or disagreement with tourism development project in their region. Having used Phenomenology Strategy in order to understand the existing experiences of the local people from ethno-development point of view, as well as the factors contributing to a successful intervention, a series of semi-structured interviews ,and focus groups discussions conducted with managers and local communities, as local actors, involved in the development plan. After that, a number of categorized themes were extracted From the data analysis. The research findings reveal that state- managed interventional development not only was not approved and supported by local community but also it was bitterly opposed and caused some tension among the dwellers as state intervention set up and its top- down manner dose not account for the local dwellers real needs and wishes. This issue provoked a conflict between the government’s benefits on the one hand and local community on the other hand. Hence ideal intervention for local community asks for collaboration and responsible measures on behalf of all stakeholders including government, local community members, and tourists. This process as well realizes the local actor’s key role in supervision, cooperation and management through local councils and association, as well as interface organization. As any attempt on the state side can come to a total failure and will leave counter effective results. It also can be costly for economy in case it is not Supposed by the local community.
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Rural Women’s Experiences with Money and Developmental Intervention: A Case Study in Semnan Province Soheila Alirezanejad1 Associate Professor of Sociology, Faculty of Humanity, Garmsar Branch, Islamic Azad University, Semnan, Iran Received 11 November 2017 Revised 24 January 2018 Accepted 22 March 2018 This article tries to analyze the interaction between the implementation of a microfinance project in a rural area and the social and cultural infrastructure prevailing in the project site.
As the group started to earn money, their success attracted the financial cooperation of two more organizations, one national and one international, in 2002-2003: the Agricultural Bank of Iran, and the UNDP-affiliated Small Grants Program (SGP2).
Most key stakeholders engaging in financial activities, including microfinance, in rural areas of Iran were already involved with this community; international donors, the local and national government, the Agricultural Bank of Iran, and even interest-free microcredit funds played a role in the association’s story3.
Women, however, are not used to borrowing money from the banks and the usurers | International Journal of Social Sciences, 8(1), 71-81 | 2018 Methodology Having worked in different parts of Iran, I have learned the importance of employing a mixed method (including qualitative and quantitative methods) when conducting research on the social and economic situation of Iranian women.
Based on negotiations with the project facilitators, the Agricultural Bank of Iran agreed to provide interest-free small loans to some of the younger members of the association.
In sum, the facilitators attracted three different financial resources to the association: 1) a developmental grant without repayment from the Land and Water Project, 2) interest free loans from the Agricultural Bank of Iran, and 3) a grant from international program.