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Development State Evolving: Japan’s Graduation from a Middle Income Country

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This paper reexamines the industrial policy in postwar Japan from perspectives of the literature on a “development state†and a “middle income trap†. Japan transited from a middle income country to a high income country in the period from the 1950s to the 1970s. This process was characterized by a large structural change, such as resource reallocation from the primary industry to the secondary and the tertiary industries as well as resource reallocation within the secondary industry. Transition to a high income country is a challenging task for a middle income country. With respect to Japan, the industrial policy played a positive role in the transition. This was achieved by interactions between MITI and other related actors, who constrained and corrected MITI’s attempts of excess intervention.

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  • Tetsuji Okazaki, 2017. "Development State Evolving: Japan’s Graduation from a Middle Income Country," CIRJE F-Series CIRJE-F-1063, CIRJE, Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo.
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