Letter to The President # 5 Nov 16, 2009
Attempts to reduce China to supplier of shoddy and inferior goods fail to grasp ongoing transformation in the country's economy. The next sections deal with the extent to which Sino-African Trade is influenced by pragmatic factors such as Africa's dire need for basic infrastructure and China's growing importance and leading role in global project finance, dwelling on her accumulated experience in such crucial fields as health, education, building and roads as well as telecommunications. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Poisonous Tomato Paste On The Market Oct 29, 2009
These importers are flooding the markets with inferior goods. Very soon, if care is not taken some of the local manufacturers would also start adding these dangerous additives to their products. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Full of beans Aug 21, 2009
Both baked beans and budget lines are what economists describe as inferior goods, because people tend to buy more of them when they have less money, so a slowing in the growth of their sales may be seen as a sign that people think the recession is easing. The opposite appears to be true of organic food, sales of which have been in a fairly steady decline since the start of the recession. (BBC News -- Business)
100 Days of Atta Mills Presidency-A Promise Well Kept. Apr 30, 2009
We must believe in the Ghanaian industrialist and shun cheap and inferior goods from abroad. The government should also abide by its promise to support local industries to grow. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Mantashe, Turok give ANC policy diverse shades of red Mar 9, 2009
She railed against allowing China to "dump" cheap and inferior goods in South Africa, causing thousands of job losses, particularly in the clothing sector. Mantashe did not wince. (Business Report, South Africa)
Government must promote locally produced goods - Society Mar 5, 2009
He said the importation of cheap and sometimes inferior goods into the country would not help the country and called on the government to give adequate protection to industries to enable them to produce more goods for the nation. Mr Appiah Menkah was speaking at a forum organised by the Ghana Students Chemical Society in Kumasi as part of their tenth anniversary celebration. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
