IMF chief accused of altering World Bank report in China’s favour
World Bank leaders, including then-Chief Executive Kristalina Georgieva, applied “undue pressure” on staff to spice up China’s ranking within the bank’s “Doing Business 2018” report, consistent with an independent investigation released on Thursday. The report, prepared by firm WilmerHale at the request of the bank’s ethics panel , raises concerns about China’s influence at the planet Bank, and therefore the judgment of Georgieva – now director of the International fund – and then-World […]