Doing Business Ranking: How the World Bank Served the Rich Poor People's Food
Channel: Africa Faith and Justice Network
Date: 2021-09-20

The Africa Faith and Justice Network's policy analyst Jacques Bahati discusses the end of the World Bank's Doing Business Report following the results of the internal audits and review that found data manipulation within the scorecards.  The Oakland Institute's "A Landmark Victory: World Bank Finally Ends Its Destructive and Corrupt Doing Business Report"  notes that "internal audits and reviews into the report [...] revealed serious ethical concerns of data manipulation" leading to inaccurate scorecard rankings and helped orchestrate "a race to the bottom" by dismantling "labor rights, social and environmental safeguards" in the hopes of "attracting private investors." Rear more about this issue here: https://afjn.org/world-banks-doing-business-is-busted/