How countries gamed the World Bank’s business rankings

Broome, André (2021) How countries gamed the World Bank’s business rankings. LSE European Politics and Policy (EUROPP) blog (07 Dec 2021). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

The World Bank announced in September that it would discontinue its ‘Doing Business’ reports after data irregularities were uncovered. André Broome analyses why the reports were discredited and explains how countries have ‘gamed’ the Ease of Doing Business rankings since they were first introduced in 2005.

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL:	https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/
Additional Information:	© 2021 The Author
Divisions:	LSE
Subjects:	J Political Science > JZ International relations J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) H Social Sciences > HG Finance
Date Deposited:	22 Jan 2022 00:13
Last Modified:	11 Dec 2024 20:59
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/113243

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