{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Ghanamma.com","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024","author_name":"Ghana News","author_url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/author\/ghanamma\/","title":"Economist advocates indigenising contracts to strengthen cedi \u2013 - Ghanamma.com","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"pil3SOSj2o\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/06\/03\/economist-advocates-indigenising-contracts-to-strengthen-cedi\/\">Economist advocates indigenising contracts to strengthen cedi \u2013<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/06\/03\/economist-advocates-indigenising-contracts-to-strengthen-cedi\/embed\/#?secret=pil3SOSj2o\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Economist advocates indigenising contracts to strengthen cedi \u2013&#8221; &#8212; Ghanamma.com\" data-secret=\"pil3SOSj2o\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/cedi-notes-1.jpg","thumbnail_width":610,"thumbnail_height":330,"description":"Economist Professor, Charles Ackah, has called for strong measures to curb the cedi\u2019s decline. He proposes using more local contractors to keep money circulating within the local economy, as opposed to being used to purchase foreign exchange (FX) to repatriate profit. This follows analyses citing payments to foreign contractors and Independent Power Producers (IPPs) as [&hellip;]"}