Part 1: Macroeconomic policies and performance: Dilemmas and prospects for economic reform and reconstruction in Iran/ Hassan Hakimian and Massoud Karshenas -- Economic trends and macroeconomic policies in Post-Revolutionary Iran/ M. Hashem Pesaran -- From populism to economic liberalism: The Iranian predicament/ Sohrab Behdad -- Part 2: Factors influencing performance: Agents or obstacles? Parastatal foundations and challenges for Iranian development/ Suzanne Maloney -- Population dynamics in Post-Revolutionary Iran: a re-examination of evidence/ Hassan Hakimian -- The effect of non-economic factors in the process of production in Iran/ Seyed Morteza Afghah -- Part 3: Women's social participation: Women's socio-economic participation and Iran's changing political economy/ Valentine M. Moghadam -- The State and the social position of women: female employment in Post-Revolutionary Iran/ Parvin Alizadeh