Policy capacity in the Iranian Public Sector: A Case Study of Implementing Performance-Based Budgeting

Document Type : Research Article

Authors

1 Associate Professor of Public Management, Faculty of Management And Accounting, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

2 Associate Professor of Educational Management, Faculty of Management And Accounting, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

3 Master of Public Management, Faculty of Management And Accounting, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

10.22059/jppolicy.2026.107825

Abstract

The implementation of public policies faces many obstacles, including weak policy capacity. The purpose of this paper was to conduct a case study of the role of performance-based budgeting (PBB) in policy capacity. This study, by analyzing the qualitative content of data obtained from library studies and 31 interviews, showed that the implementation of PBB did not change policy capacity in Iran. And the lack or severe weakness of this capacity, by preventing the development of change and annual plans, created many problems for the implementation of PBB.

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Iranian Journal of Public Policy
Volume 12, Issue 2
June 2026
Pages 206-219

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