The ‘Doing Business’ (DB) surveys are among the World Bank’s most downloaded documents. One of the latest reports, based on the DB surveys, claims that “economies with more business-friendly regulations tend to have lower levels of income inequality”? Critics have questioned that claim.
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I am an Adjunct Professor, Griffith Asia Institute, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia. I am also a former Chief, Labour Market and Employment Policies Branch, ILO, Geneva. I was educated as an economist at Manchester, Western Ontario and Cambridge. I am one of the founding editors of the Journal of Asia Pacific Economy (Routledge, London and New York).
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Reflections on development and governance 