Imagine playing the violin of economic growth, the piano of privatization and the harp of foreign investment without suddenly hearing a bang on the drum of red tape

A little harmony at home is a good thing. You can play the violin of economic growth, the piano of privatization and the harp of foreign investment without the fear that your fellow musician might suddenly bang on the drum of state control and red tape.

With some more consent among all decision-making centers, a country can encourage public participation, expedite privatization and build trust to encourage private and foreign investment. It can hold international conferences – on promised date. It can bring in foreign investors, make sure that they are properly served, and make sure that they are provided with precise, comprehensive and fixed information. It can be confident that everything goes on smoothly on schedule.

If we all agree that we need to create jobs, we need to diversify exports, we need to privatize our economy and industry, we need to be efficient before becoming self-sufficient, then we must have, and show internationally, our consent to facilitate investment.

There are some things that cannot be done under the shadow of doubt. To close deals, one must open doors. It requires backing in all legal, commercial, cultural, social, political, economic, judicial and religious terms. How do we – all of us – like the WTO? Should we, and can we, be fully equipped in time for economic globalization?

How would a civil society look at foreign investment? Whatever faction you may come from, you can encourage foreign investment and public participation in goodwill, you can support the issuance of participation or government bonds, you can promote privatization and more importantly, you can stop the brain drain and attract expatriates.

Now is there any area where we fail to be investor-friendly? Attraction and protection may sometimes prove challenging tasks. Iranian authorities will soon be expected to redefine these two terms.

No matter what the debate, economy is a different thing. It is the capstone to all ideals of a nation that deserves prosperous times. Investment for development is a vital necessity in Iran. We are all saying something about it, but are we all doing something about it? To prevent the little child of our economy to be sacrificed for various reasons, a little harmony at home is a good thing.