ABSTRACT This research develops a new multidimensional regional development and quality-of-life index for the provinces of Iran and uses it to examine the evolution of regional disparities during the 4th and 5th Five Year Plans. The new multidimensional development indicator involves the use of the technique for order preference by similarity to ideal solution (TOPSIS) and Shannon entropy to rank provinces and explore their trajectories. Although balanced and fair regional development is one primary objective of Iranian five-year plans, the results show that while all provinces have made progress, the two development plans have done little to diminish provincial development gaps, creating the need for a new targeted growth-pole strategy.

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经济发展计划对伊朗地区差距的影响

摘要这项研究为伊朗各省开发了一个新的多维区域发展和生活质量指数，并用它来检验“第四和第五个五年计划”期间区域差异的演变。新的多维发展指标涉及通过类似于理想解决方案（TOPSIS）和香农熵的顺序偏好技术对省进行排名并探索其轨迹。尽管平衡，公平的区域发展是伊朗五年计划的主要目标，但结果表明，尽管所有省份都取得了进展，但这两个发展计划并没有减少缩小省际发展差距，因此需要新的目标增长计划，极策略。