Good Governance and Sustainable Rural Development in The East of Iran

Abstract

Purpose: This study is a documentary and survey research with a developmental and practical nature. This is descriptive and correlative research that seeks to investigate the relationship between good governance and sustainable rural development in rural areas of south Khorasan province in Iran. Methods: The sampling process focused on the statistical population, which included all the family caregivers living in rural areas, with 41 villages and 206 family caregivers, based on the Cochran formula. Path analysis and structural equations are used to investigate the relationship between good governance and sustainable development. Results: The average sample obtained for rural governance and sustainable rural development in rural areas of Birjand is 2.84 and 2.72, respectively. According to the T-Test, the result is a sample less than moderate. Among these components, the apparent responsibility variable (0.84) has the highest factor load or effect level, and the equity variable has the least effect (0.48) on creating the optimal hidden rural variable. The economic variable has the highest impact (0.92), and the environmental variable has the least impact (0.57) on creating the sustainable variable of rural development. Sustainable rural development has a positive and significant relationship with good rural governance. The correlation and correlation are also 57%. Conclusion: The research results show a positive and significant relationship between good governance and sustainable rural development, so villages with good governance have better sustainability.