A Flying Geese Theory of Industrial Development

Flying Wild-geese in the Pacific: Patterns of Industrial Development among Asian Countries

The Changing Interpretation of the Flying Geese Model of Economic Development

The flying geese model, a theory of industrial development in latecomer economies, was developed in the 1930s by the Japanese economist Akamatsu Kaname (1896–1974). While rarely known in western countries, it is highly prominent in Japan and seen as the main economic theory underlying Japan’s economic assistance to developing countries. Akamatsu’s original interpretation of the flying geese mod...

Japan and the 'Flying Geese' Pattern of East Asian Integration

In this paper uses Kaname Akamatsu's 'Flying Geese' model to analyse Japan's role in East Asian integration. Japan made the first attempt to lead Asian countries before the Second World War. At that time, the Japanese Government embarked on a brutally expansionist policy the result of which was creation of the first gaggle of 'flying geese' under the name of the 'Greater East Asia CoProsperity ...

Asia’s Labor-Driven Economic Development, Flying-Geese Style: An Unprecedented Opportunity for the Poor to Rise?

The notion of “shared growth” was introduced by the World Bank in recognition of East Asia’s rapid growth accompanied by poverty reduction. It emphasizes the criticality of propoor policies and institutional setups in the fast-developing East Asian economies. These individual countries’ efforts are, however, a necessary but not sufficient condition. There is a more essential, underlying region-...

The Asian Developmental State and the Flying Geese Paradigm

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