Investigating the areas of rural employment and entrepreneurship in line with the Rural Economic Development and Employment Creation Program Document (Case Study: Azari Rural District, Esfarayen County)

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Hossein Ghodrati 1
Masoud Samian 2
1 Associate Professor of Sociology, Hakim Sabzevari University, Sabzevar, Iran.
2 Postdoctoral Researcher of Sociology, Hakim Sabzevari University, Sabzevar, Iran
10.22034/scm.2025.532285.1902
Abstract
Entrepreneurship is known as an engine of economic growth, productivity, innovation, and job creation, and is considered one of the important dimensions of economic dynamism. Among the country's problems in recent decades have been unemployment and poverty among rural people and their migration to cities, which has caused many villages in the country to become uninhabited. Entrepreneurship can play an important role in solving these problems, given its positive effects. One of the country's policymakers' strategies in line with the Sixth Development Plan is to compile a rural economic development and employment generation plan document. The main goal of this research is to examine the areas of rural employment and entrepreneurship in line with the Rural Economic Development and Employment Creation Program document (case study: Azari Rural District, Esfarayen County). The present research method is a mixed method (qualitative-quantitative) and the statistical population of the research is 23 villages in Azari rural district of the central part of Esfarayen city. The results of the research showed that, considering the capabilities, bottlenecks, opportunities, and capacities of each of the villages studied, what areas of sustainable employment and entrepreneurship can be created with the participation of the people, the private sector, and the government.

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Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript
Available Online from 04 August 2025

  • Receive Date 02 July 2025
  • Revise Date 26 July 2025
  • Accept Date 04 August 2025