For example, following criticism of the “Employing Workers” indicator, the International Finance Corporation (the World Bank’s private-sector lending arm) conducted a review and removed it as a contributing factor to the rankings. A similar review should be carried out on other indicators, such as “Paying Taxes,” with any changes tailored to enable continued comparison across time, one of the project’s main benefits.
平心而论，这些反对不乏中肯之处；方法论显然存在改进的空间。这正是《营商环境报告》根据反馈和批评每年调整指标的原因。比如，根据人们对“雇用工人”（Employing Workers）指标的批评，国际金融公司（International Finance Corporation，世界银行的私人贷款部门）做了反思，不再把它作为排名的影响因子。其他指标，比如“纳税”（Paying Taxes）也应该做类似的反思，作出改变以进行跨时间持续比较（这是《营商环境报告》项目的主要优势之一）。