The Flying Geese Paradigm: An Analysis

From the famous “The Flying Geese Paradigm (FGP)” model, we know that the world economic pattern has been shifting from the developed countries to the developing countries and this phenomenon was prevalent in the history of industrialization and development. In this present time of Globalization, this has become more vivid and frequent as this time has also been witnessing the emergence of Regionalization in case of international economic cooperation in which trade and investment plays a vital role. Bangladesh, China, India and Myanmar have a long history of economic and cultural engagement. Trade merchants travelled from China to India through what is today Bangladesh and Myanmar from as far back as the 2nd century BC. This ancient route represented
Inland routes, along rivers and across mountains, connected Yunnan, mainly via Myanmar and Bengal, to the Indian Ocean trading system . Over the centuries, this ‘Southern Silk Route’ has been cut off, and many attempts at reviving it have been made. In the 19th century, British businessmen and politicians saw Myanmar as the backdoor to China from their empire in India. The British attempted to build a rail link from the Bay of Bengal to Yunnan province through Myanmar. Construction started in the 1930s, but the project did not take off as World War II broke out. During that time, the British built the ‘Burma Road’ and the ‘Stilwell Road’ to provide supplies to the Chinese forces fighting the Japanese armies . In the 20th century, the frontier regions were closed in order to safeguard national security. In recent times, re-establishing ancient trade and cultural routes between China and South Asia has featured prominently in China’s foreign policy and this attempt has been termed as the “Belt and Road Initiative
The initiative to explore potential opportunities of cooperation in this sub-region, which was formerly known as Kunming Initiative, is essentially a track-II endeavor . The major objective of this initiative is to promote economic cooperation among the countries of this sub-region by making best use of their comparative advantages. The idea is to realize the potential benefits accruing from the abundant natural, human and other resources, based on mutual complementarities, through deeper integration of the constituent economies of the BCIM sub-region. The key point for the BCIM cooperation is that the Integration of these strategically located sub-regional areas, particularly the North-East India (NIE), Bangladesh, Myanmar and South West of China, constituting a natural economic zone, is perceived to have the potential to generate substantive economic benefits in the areas of trade, investment, energy, transport and tourism. The economic dynamism of India and China could also offer wide range of opportunities for growth and development in the region. There is a manifest to establish closer bondage between