Indicators to Measure Development in the Provinces During the Years of 1383 to 1388

Five-Year Programs have been performed for 20 years، from1368 to 1380، in Iran. Even though there have been numerous forward steps with regard to development، there is no developmental balance between various geographical parts of the country particularly central parts and peripheral parts. The main question in the core issue of this paper is that; does the performance of fourth program increased or decreased the existing gap between peripheral and central regions? This question has been considered through 24 criteria and standards of economic- infra structural and socio-cultural. This descriptive-analytical study by using developmental criteria has been developed in order to compare the development level of the provinces. All data extracted from books، documents، papers، and laws of the country and then data analysis have done on the base of numerical taxonomy via Excel software. Process of development in different provinces of Iran has been determined by diagrams in order to show concrete analogy. Furthermore، for designing thematic map of country in every period and in 5 levels، GIS software has been used and finally situation of all provinces have been analyzed. Results of this study demonstrate that: 1-Development process has existed in all provinces of Iran during fourth program. 2-Assessment of development process in the form of comparative comparison in various parts of Iran proves unbalance development. 3- Developmental gaps in fourth program in comparison with third program not only have not been remedied but also have increased.