# WilmerHale probe says Georgieva pressed staff to alter China's Doing Business ranking

Date: 2021

On 16 September 2021 a WilmerHale investigation commissioned by the World Bank found that senior bank leaders, including then-CEO [Kristalina Georgieva](/people/kristalina-georgieva), applied pressure to change data to improve China's ranking in the Doing Business 2018 report. Georgieva disputed the findings and the IMF board later expressed confidence in her.

## People

- Kristalina Georgieva: https://factrail.ai/people/kristalina-georgieva

## Sources

- https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2021/9/17/probe-finds-world-bank-changed-data-to-boost-china-ranking
- https://www.cnbc.com/2021/09/16/probe-found-undue-pressure-from-world-bank-leaders-to-boost-china-business-rankings.html

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/wilmerhale-doing-business-report-georgieva-2021-09-16