<p style="text-align:start;" size="1" _root="[object Object]" __ownerid="undefined" __hash="undefined" __altered="false"><span style="color:#000000">The decision follows an investigation into allegations Kristalina Georgieva pressured World Bank staff to</span><a href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/statement/2021/09/16/statement-on-release-of-investigation-into-data-irregularities-in-doing-business-2018-and-2020" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" data-ga-track="ExternalLink:https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/statement/2021/09/16/statement-on-release-of-investigation-into-data-irregularities-in-doing-business-2018-and-2020" aria-label="inflate" class="color-link"> </a><span style="color:#000000">inflate China’s rank on the “Doing Business” report to 78th place from 85 in the 2018 edition.</span></p>
