{
  "id": 3534979,
  "title": "Only 27% of Ghana’s 94,200km road network is paved – World Bank",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/only-27-of-ghanas-94-200km-road-network-is-paved-world-bank-3534979",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-26T15:08:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
    "slug": "myjoyonline-ghana",
    "url": "https://www.myjoyonline.com/only-27-of-ghanas-94200km-road-network-is-paved-world-bank/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Only 27% of Ghana’s 94,200-kilometre road network is paved, while more than half of the country’s roads are in fair-to-poor condition, the World Bank has disclosed. The Bank says the state of the road network remains a major constraint to Ghana’s economic growth, competitiveness and job creation, particularly in rural areas where feeder roads connect communities and agricultural producers to…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Joy Business",
        "title": "Ghana’s rail network declines sharply over six decades – World Bank",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/ghanas-rail-network-declines-sharply-over-six-decades-world-bank",
        "published": "2026-08-26T13:25:12.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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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."
}