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  "id": 1855383,
  "title": "GoldBod had ‘design defects’ that could have been avoided – Prof Bokpin",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/goldbod-had-design-defects-that-could-have-been-avoided-prof-bokpin",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-18T23:19:00.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://www.myjoyonline.com/goldbod-had-design-defects-that-could-have-been-avoided-prof-bokpin/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Economist Professor Godfred Alufar Bokpin says the GoldBod intervention has significantly helped Ghana to retain foreign exchange from the country’s gold sector but argues that the programme has suffered major “design defects”.",
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        "title": "GoldBod had ‘design defects’ that could have been avoided – Prof Bokpin",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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