Document Type : Research-Practical
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1 kharazmi university
2 Kharazmi University
Abstract
Uneven development and the gap between the regions of a country may cause to negative political-security consequences for governments and adverse economic and social effects for its citizenships. Economically, this situation may lead to more widespread unemployment in less developed regions, lower quality of life, and increased internal migration to more developed regions. Also, economic and social gaps can fuel more severe inequalities, social tensions and decrease of national cohesion.. In this article, 9 border provinces of Iran and 5 provinces in the center of the country have been evaluated and compared in terms of 30 development indicators. The data received from a few formal statistical documents. It is used many related models to create analytical indexes. Then, according to the calculated value of each index for any of the provinces, a matrix consisting of 420 cells each one produced a Province-Index, was formed. The findings were described using descriptive models of statistics. Findings showed that the non-border provinces are in a considerable higher level of development than the border provinces. For 69 Province-Indexes of the central provinces and 34 Province-Indexes of the border provinces, the scores are higher than the Mean score of all the 420 Province-Indexes. Also, the average rank of non-border provinces for all their indicators is lower by 1.38, which indicates a higher level of development as well. The consequence of the development gap is that the population moved border provinces toward non-border provinces to reside. In the period from 2011 to 2016, in the border provinces, emigration rate was much more than the immigrating rate. To create a balance of development in Iranian territory, the findings of this research can be used as a guide for policy makers.
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