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Doing business index

  • Scandal around World Bank’s Doing Business Index exposes the perils of sports-like rankings

    Scandal around World Bank’s Doing Business Index exposes the perils of sports-like rankings

    Fernanda G Nicola, The Conversation
    · Oct 20, 2021 · 09:30 pm
  • The ‘Modi bounce’: World Bank's misleading defence of 30-point jump in India's Ease of Business rank

    The ‘Modi bounce’: World Bank's misleading defence of 30-point jump in India's Ease of Business rank

    Justin Sandefur
    · Feb 17, 2018 · 08:00 am
  • Ease of Doing Business isn’t the best way to gauge economic performance. Just see China’s low scores

    Ease of Doing Business isn’t the best way to gauge economic performance. Just see China’s low scores

    Akshat Khandelwal
    · Nov 06, 2017 · 08:00 am