"Business Ready ... reflects a more balanced and transparent approach toward evaluating a country’s business and investment climate," the bank said in a statement. World Bank Chief Economist ...

Explainer-What Are the IMF and World Bank, and What Happens if the US Pulls ... usually requiring cuts to wasteful spending, more transparent budgets, rooting out corruption or raising tax revenues.

Oxfam similarly criticized an “old gentlemen’s agreement of World Bank and IMF appointments,” saying it should have been a more transparent and merit-based global process. Asked about the ...

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“It’s not about being nice but being fair and transparent.” Fairness and transparency are not words that many critics associate with the World Bank. In his email, Singh called the bank “an ...

The World Bank is in a unique position to help ... But researchers and activists say the bank is not transparent enough for them to verify where all of the money is going and whether the climate ...