Wednesday, October 29, 2014
Tweet[IWS] ITUC: RESPONSE TO WORLD BANK'S DOING BUSINESS 2015--TAKE LABOUR MARKET POLICY OUT OF THE HANDS OF “DOING BUSINESS” [29 October 2014]
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International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)
STATEMENT by Peter Bakvis in RESPONSE TO DOING BUSINESS 2015 REPORT
From: Peter Bakvis [mailto:Pbakvis@globalunions-us.org]
Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2014 8:31 AM
To: Global Unions Forum on IFIs
Subject: Doing Business 2015
The World Bank released the 2015 edition of its controversial Doing Business report overnight. Prior to its release, the ITUC joined with other civil society organizations to condemn the Bank for going forward with the publication of Doing Business 2015 without correcting the "strong flaws" in the report identified by an Independent Panel review last year, as well as by an earlier assessment of the Bank's Independent Evaluation Group:
This morning, Equal Times posted a blog I wrote on the treatment of labour issues in the new Doing Business 2015:
http://www.equaltimes.org/the-world-bank-needs-to-take?var_mode=recalcul#.VFDNCxZkzm4
Peter Bakvis
ITUC/Global Unions - Washington Office
The statement above refers to the following three materials (and more).
European Network on Debt and Development
28 October 2014
Trade unions and campaigners slam "strongly flawed" Doing Business report, after World Bank snubs call by two independent panels for root and branch reform
Equal Times
29 October 2014
THE WORLD BANK NEEDS TO TAKE LABOUR MARKET POLICY OUT OF THE HANDS OF "DOING BUSINESS"
by Peter Bakvis
http://www.equaltimes.org/the-world-bank-needs-to-take?lang=en#.VFFPYfnF98F
See
Independent Evaluation Group (IEG)
Doing Business: An Independent Evaluation Taking the Measure of the World Bank-IFC Doing Business Indicators
https://ieg.worldbankgroup.org/Data/reports/db_evaluation.pdf
[full-text, 122 pages]
Details of Independent Panels:
· The World Banks' Independent Evaluation Group states in its report that the DBR has "several weaknesses in process, content and presentation that should be rectified soon if it is to maintain its credibility and usefulness".
· The Independent Panel, appointed by the Bank and chaired by former South African Finance Minister Trevor Manuel, states in its report that the DBR has "strong flaws" and expresses concerns regarding its "reliability, validity and methodology".
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