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Close the gap: the cost of inequality in women’s work

+ActionAid

29 Jan 2015

Even it Up: Time to End Extreme Inequality

+Oxfam

05 Nov 2014

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World Bank isn’t listening – changes to the Doing Business Report are wide of the mark

In late April, the World Bank announced several methodological changes that will appear in the 2015 Doing Business Report (DBR). This report, which is due to be released in October, will include the first round of changes after the Independent Panel Review ...

Tiago Stichelmans | 05 Jun 2014

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World Bank ‘s investment ratings still at odds with human rights and poverty reduction

Eurodad

28 May 2014 14:51:13

This article is a reproduction from www.rightingfinance.org By Sharan Burrow Every year the World Bank issues its Doing Business Report, which contains a ranking of each country’s business environment. In 2012, the President of the World Bank, Dr. Jim Yong Kim, appointed an Independent Panel of experts to review the report. The panel, chaired by South Africa’s Minister of Planning Mr. Trevor Manuel, appeared to be an opportunity to change the report for the better. The Panel, indeed, came up with substantive recommendations for an overhaul of the Doing Business. But most of them have been ignored. Those who understand the power of this report and its associated rankings to drive governments and give them the cover to put the interest of private companies ahead of the rights of working people ...