Convergence et divergence sur le paradigme de croissance économique: Le groupe du travail n° 2 de l’ocde et le « plan de doublement du revenu national» au Japon (1961-1970)

Translated title of the contribution: Convergence and divergence over the growth paradigm: The oecd working party 2 and the Japanese “doubling national income plan” (1961–70)

Kazuhiko Yago*

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Abstract

The Japanese growth was driven under continuous plans, of which the most famous was the “Doubling National Income Plan” (1961–70). This paper tries to reconstruct the visions proposed and debated over the Plan among the Japanese officials and the OECD, especially its Working Party 2. Facing the balance of payments deficit and uneven growth, the above actors proposed more deliberate views on the growth planning. However, the Japanese growth exceeded the initial plan, as has been predicted by an economist, Osamu Shimomura. The “growth paradigm” in Japan at the beginning of the 1960s had been a balanced one, but sooner or later it encountered the “transformation period” towards stronger investment with inflation.

Translated title of the contributionConvergence and divergence over the growth paradigm: The oecd working party 2 and the Japanese “doubling national income plan” (1961–70)
Original languageFrench
Pages (from-to)697-713
Number of pages17
JournalRevue Economique
Volume71
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2020 Jul

Keywords

  • Economic growth
  • Economic planning
  • Growth paradigm
  • Japan
  • OECD
  • Working Party 2

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Economics, Econometrics and Finance(all)

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