1 / 10

Learning Objectives

GROUP 1 FACTORS MILITATING AGAINST THE GROWTH OF THE INDUSTRIAL SECTOR IN GHANA LECTURER: DR. RAYMOND DZIWONU. Learning Objectives. Definition of Industry. What is industrialization ? The sectors of Ghana's economy and their Contributions.

zocha
Download Presentation

Learning Objectives

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. GROUP 1FACTORS MILITATING AGAINST THE GROWTH OF THE INDUSTRIAL SECTOR IN GHANALECTURER: DR. RAYMOND DZIWONU GROUP 1

  2. Learning Objectives • Definition of Industry. • What is industrialization ? • The sectors of Ghana's economy and their Contributions. • The sub-sectors of the industry and their contributions to the economy. • Factors that militate against the growth of the sector. GROUP 1

  3. Introduction What is industry ? • The term industry refers to a group of firms which produce goods or offer services. An example is all the firms producing cement belong to the cement industry. What is industrialization ? • . Industrialization is a deliberate policy by government to create many industries in the country. The process of industrialization involves the production, increasing use of machinery and power tools as well as the use of improved technology in production all of which leads to higher level of output of industrial goods. GROUP 1

  4. Contribution of the industrial sector • The industrial sector is the second largest sector which contributes about 27.3percent to Gross Domestic Product (GDP). It grew by 7% in the year 2012. The service sector is the first largest which contributes 50% to Gross Domestic Product(GDP) and the agricultural sector the smallest contributor which contributes 22.7% to Gross Domestic Product(GDP). GROUP 1

  5. The Sub-Sectors and their Contribution to GDP GROUP 1

  6. Inadequate raw materials Inadequate raw materials compel industries to : import raw materials from outside the country leads to high cost of production Exchange much of the local currency to facilitate the purchase Channeling of the cost of production to the consumer by charging higher prices Low patronage of the product as a result of high prices Low returns to the industry Limits growth E.g.. SteelcoGhana and wire weaving industry GROUP 1

  7. Unreliable or unstable power supply The industrial sector suffers most during power crisis. The reason is that, out of 4,494,934,000 kw of energy produced, the agric sector consumes 0.02%,the service sector consumes 9.7% and the rest (90.28%) is consumed by the industrial sector. Unreliable power supply forces industries to look for alternative source of power through acquisition of stand-by generators as well as fuel to generate power. The result is, lower capacity utilization levels, higher production cost and loss of jobs. Eg ,curently energy supply to mining and manufacturing companies has been reduced by 25%of their demand due to the on going energy crisis. Valco has also laid off some of its workers to cut down operation cost due to unreliable power supply. GROUP 1

  8. Limited appropriate technology Most of Ghana's industries are more of labour intensive than capital intensive. The result is , work is done at a slower rate as compared to the use of machines. This makes industries produce below capacity, at higher productivity cost and earn little revenue . The inability of industries to get access to credit facilities due to high collateral demands limits the acquisition of machinery for expansion. E.g., The rice industry where milling is done manually and the inability of farmers to afford the purchase of combined-harvesters to harvest and separate the rice from the husk. GROUP 1

  9. Inadequate domestic and restricted foreign market Low aggregate demand for domestically produced goods due to low income earned A more flexible market created for foreign goods in the Ghanaian market coupled with the notion carried by Ghanaians concerning indigenous goods Trade barriers establish by foreign market protecting their local industries and restricting the Ghanaian industry from penetrating into the international market E.g. A typical example is the textile industry where statistics have shown that since the year 2000, about 20,000 employees in the industry has lost their jobs because of the collapse of the industry due to low patronage and invasion of foreign textiles. GROUP 1

  10. Conclusion The factors discussed above which are lack of raw materials, unreliable and unstable power supply, limited or lack of appropriate technology and capital resources, inadequate domestic market and restricted foreign market explains their implication on the growth of the industrial sector. These factors need to be attended to or addressed else Ghana’s industrial sector will continue to face challenges respect to growth. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION GROUP 1

More Related