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Shahmirzadi, Hasan

zah7d — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 00:06:36 +0000

Education and family background; joining Point IV; background and development of public administration as concept and process in Point Four; relations with prime minister’s office and various ministries; personality and role of Ashraf Ahmadi as Deputy Prime Minister for Administrative Reorganization; changes in the roles of the Point Four Iranian and American personnel over time; on Iranians in Point Four Program as future leaders in development; on Iran-e No group in the 1950s–membership, future and political evolution; Jamshid Amuzegar, Abdorreza Ansari, Khalil Taleqani as intellectual leaders of development ideology in Iran-e No group; Jamshid Amuzegar as Minister of Agriculture; on the background of the Khuzestan Water and Power Authority (KWPA); role of David Lillienthal and the Development and Resources Corporation in setting up KWPA; IBRD’s conditions for extending $42 million loan to Iran; developing KWPA’s organizational structure and personnel and budget policies; leadership and esprit de corp in KWPA; relations with local governmental units; dealing with the newly established Ministry of Water and Power on policy and problems of turf; Mansur Rowhani as Minister of Water and Power; politics of accommodating central ministries; Shah’s interest and role in the development of Khuzestan; policy of training Iranian cadres to replace foreign experts; relations with the Plan and Budget Organization under different Directors–Abolhasan Ebtehaj, Khosrow Hedayat, Ahmad Aramesh, Safi Asfiya; on Abdorreza Ansari as Managing Director of KWPA and Minister of Interior; on relations with Ahmad Ahmadi as colleague; Abdorreza Ansari at the Ministry of Interior–policies and management techniques; on setting up model city government–councils, managers and mayors; on reasons for leaving public service; on Pars Paper Corporation; on working with Princess Ashraf as managing director of Khezer Shahr Development Project.

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Sepehri, Hosein

zah7d — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 00:06:36 +0000

Educational background; employment at the Plan and Budget Organization; recollections of Abol-Hasan Ebtehaj at the Organization; agricultural planning at the Organization; agricultural development plans at regional levels; on Seyyed Jalal Tehrani’s opposition to land reform; assessment of the effects of the land reform of 1963; on the working of the High Economic Council; on the rivalry between various governmental organizations for funds and resources; pattern of change in development funding and projects from the 1960s onwards; relations between the Shah and cabinet ministers; balance-sheet of agricultural development planning; recollections of Mansur Rowhani.

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Ahmadi, Ahmad-Ali

zah7d — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 00:09:25 +0000

Family and educational background’ first experiences with the Iranian governmental bureaucracy; joining the Khuzestan Water and Power Authority; David Lillienthal’s role in planning and administering KWPA; problems and processes of dam construction on the Dez and Karun Rivers; structural and functional characteristics of the Mohammad Reza Shah Dam on the Dez River; development of electric power grids; Haft-Tappeh Sugar Cane Project; on methods of improving techniques of cutting canes; on water-shed management; on developing human resources to replace foreign experts; on various agro-business associated with KWPA; on Abdorreza Ansari’s qualities as manager and leader; on Hasan Shahmirzadi and other collagues at KWPA; on organizational relations with central ministries and Khuzestan governorate; on the various managers of the Plan and Budget Organization; on Minister Rowhani; on the Natural Resources Ministry’s mission; on Minister Naser Golsorkhi’s role in Environmental Protection; on the International Agro-Business Corporation of Iran and its operations in Khuzestan; working as consulting engineer for Dasht-e reorganizing the Ministry; concepts and principles governing the reorganization process; on the Amuzegar cabinet; assessment of the agriculture policy and development in Iran in the 1960s and 1970s.

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Aghevli, Ezzat

zah7d — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 00:09:25 +0000

Recollections of work on rural development projects; activities of the Near East Foundation and the Ministry of Agriculture; women and religion in the rural areas; formation of the Ministry of Cooperatives and Rural Affairs, and its structure and functions; importance of the Rural Cultural Houses; migration to the urban areas and small industrial projects in the rural areas; recollections of the activities of the Women’s Organization of Iran (WOI); structure and activities of WOI; WOI and the Revolution of 1978-79; recollections of the Revolution.

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