Plan and Budget Organization (Iran)

Plan and Budget Organization of the Islamic Republic of Iran (abbreviated as PBO) (Persian: سازمان برنامه و بودجه کشور) is a governmental department of the Government of Iran.

The PBO has a variety of goals and duties, including the evaluation of the country's resources, the preparation of its medium and long term development plans and policies, the preparation of annual budgets, and the monitoring and evaluation of work done under the implemented plans.

[4] In 2007, Management and Planning Organization of Iran (MPO) was established after the decision of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for terminating the Plan and Budget Organization (PBO) and few years later was replaced with PBO.

Recent studies conducted by Iran's State Inspectorate Organization (SIO) suggest that in addition to the delays and slow progress of many development projects in Iran, their costs were much higher than the estimates envisaged in preliminary agreements.

[5] After election of Hassan Rouhani as President, Management and Planning Organization was restored in November 2014 and Mohammad Bagher Nobakht was appointed as its head.