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Investigators found that World Bank staff changed data to boost China’s ranking in the 2018 and 2020 ‘Doing Business’ report which gauges business conditions around the world. The changes in the World Bank's 2018 'Doing Business' report followed lobbying by China for a better ranking and came ahead of a campaign by the World Bank to raise capital in which Beijing was expected to play a 'key role', investigators found [File: Thomas Peter/Reuters] 17 Sep 2021 facebook twitter whatsapp The World Bank is cancelling a prominent report on business conditions around the world after investigators found staff members were pressured...
