A CHARADE played out in the weeks preceding the fall meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank has subsequently occupied time that should have been devoted to more crucial issues such as a looming debt crisis, inequalities in vaccine distribution and finance for mitigating and adapting to climate change. The G7 governments and IMF directors have been …
World Bank leaders, including former Chief Executive Kristalina Georgieva, applied “undue pressure” on staff to boost China's ranking in the bank's “Doing Business 2018” report, according to an independent investigation released Thursday. China's ranking in the "Doing Business 2018" report, published in October 2017, rose seven places to 78th after the data methodology changes were made, compared with the initial …
