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As World Bank pauses Doing Business Report, pressure mounts for it to be permanently scrapped

Civil society, trade unions and academics call for permanent end of Doing Business Report as World Bank suspends its publication due to data irregularities.

6 October 2020

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World Bank and IMF Annual Meetings marred by clampdown on People’s Global Conference

Clampdown on civil society leaves stain on this year’s Annual Meetings, as global civic space is increasingly under threat

6 December 2018 | Guest comment

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The World Bank’s new Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative: Recycling a broken model?

World Bank launches new We-Fi fund for women entrepeneurs, but concerns raised that fund won't reach poorest women.

2 October 2017

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Bank/Fund annual meetings 2003 round-up

Short assessment of key issues and decisions at Dubai annual meeting.

25 September 2003
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Doing Business Report to be published after temporary suspension over data irregularities

World Bank plans to publish latest DBR in March and undertake an external review of the report’s methodology.

23 March 2021

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WB/IMF Annual Meetings 2003

Likely agenda items for the WB/IMF Annual Meetings 2003

22 July 2003
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14 October 2021

How the Doing Business scandal has exposed the weak accountability of the Bretton Woods Institutions

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27 August 2020

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