Guest post: Is the World Bank Reforming Itself?

David Joyce 30/04/2009

David Joyce: Earlier this week, the World Bank issued a memorandum to its country and sector directors instructing them to stop using the "Employing Workers Indicator" (EWI) of its highest-circulation publication, "Doing Business" (DB). The DB labour indicator gives the best ratings to countries with the lowest level of workers' protection and has …