Economic and Social Duality in Iran (Using Fuzzy Topsis Decision-making)

One of the planners and policy-makers’ aims on the one hand is optimum allocation and distribution of credits and facilities among regions and on the other hand is to provide and compile a suitable model aiming at achieving economic and social equity as well as creating reasonable and real economic growth. Paying attention to the balanced regional development, decreasing regional and district duality and inequities, regional policy-making and planning for achieving objectives, which change according to structural characteristics, facilities and limitations of each region require studying and recognition of each region based on its position in the whole province. In this study, economic and social duality means differences among provinces of Iran that are determined with four indices of income per capita, export’s relation to production, unemployment rate and Gini coefficient. Fuzzy method for the year 2013 has been used owing to the existing complexities in the development indices. The results show that the provinces are socially and economically different and these differences will be intensified and greater costs and time would be needed for reducing them. Moreover, a comprehensive plan won’t work for these provinces with significantly different deviation coefficients and the decision-makers are advised to make a regional policy for each province.