{"id":466699,"date":"2018-02-22T20:21:30","date_gmt":"2018-02-22T20:21:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/22\/govt-advised-to-adopt-japanese-strategies-to-achieve-industrialisation-agenda\/"},"modified":"2018-02-22T20:21:30","modified_gmt":"2018-02-22T20:21:30","slug":"govt-advised-to-adopt-japanese-strategies-to-achieve-industrialisation-agenda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/22\/govt-advised-to-adopt-japanese-strategies-to-achieve-industrialisation-agenda\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov\u2019t advised to adopt \u2018Japanese\u2019 strategies to achieve industrialisation agenda"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Thursday, 22 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>www.ghanaweb.com<\/p>\n<p>2018-02-22<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/78628849.295.jpg\" alt=\"Lol Lol\" title=\"Lol Lol\" width=\"295\" height=\"201\" \/><span class=\"play-icon\">play video<\/span><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Maki Ozawa, Senior Representative of Japan International Cooperation Agency<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125813973067\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813973067\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1519330890_437_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has called on the government of Ghana to adopt a bottom-up approach in implementing its transformational and industrialisation agenda.<\/p>\n<p>This call comes at a time when the Nana Akufo-Addo led government is putting measures in place to transform Ghana\u2019s economy through industrialization projects such as the famous One-District, One-Factory and the Planting for Food and Job projects.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the 49th Annual General Meeting and the launch of the 13th Surveyors Week in Accra Thursday, a Senior Representative of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) called on importers to desist from importing goods that can be produced in Ghana and support indigenous industries by patronizing them.<\/p>\n<p>Maki Ozawa said, in the late 50s Japan struggled to take off because it imported more than it exported which posed a trade deficit  making it difficult to save foreign currencies in the country. <\/p>\n<p>But with stringent measures put in place by the government of Japan, she said, the country rose to be the second largest economy in the world in 1968.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can attribute the success of Japan\u2019s economy in 1968 to three main factors;  promoting Japanese products, improve on human resources and the third was investment into quality  infrastructure\u201d she revealed.<\/p>\n<p>She was optimistic that if such measures are applied to the Ghanaian economy, the results would be overwhelming.<\/p>\n<p>She disclosed the Japanese government\u2019s readiness to partner Ghana to implement industrialisation project using feasible methods. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are now cooperating with Ghana to implement developmental projects using those transformational factors,\u201d she noted.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dFIz74uj0iY\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 57 updated by: 3 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General News of Thursday, 22 February 2018 Source: www.ghanaweb.com 2018-02-22 play videoMaki Ozawa, Senior Representative of Japan International Cooperation Agency Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has called on the government of Ghana to adopt a bottom-up approach in implementing its transformational and industrialisation agenda. 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