class Akismet_REST_API {
	/**
	 * Register the REST API routes.
	 */
	public static function init() {
		if ( ! function_exists( 'register_rest_route' ) ) {
			// The REST API wasn't integrated into core until 4.4, and we support 4.0+ (for now).
			return false;
		}

		register_rest_route( 'akismet/v1', '/key', array(
			array(
				'methods' => WP_REST_Server::READABLE,
				'permission_callback' => array( 'Akismet_REST_API', 'privileged_permission_callback' ),
				'callback' => array( 'Akismet_REST_API', 'get_key' ),
			), array(
				'methods' => WP_REST_Server::EDITABLE,
				'permission_callback' => array( 'Akismet_REST_API', 'privileged_permission_callback' ),
				'callback' => array( 'Akismet_REST_API', 'set_key' ),
				'args' => array(
					'key' => array(
						'required' => true,
						'type' => 'string',
						'sanitize_callback' => array( 'Akismet_REST_API', 'sanitize_key' ),
						'description' => __( 'A 12-character Akismet API key. Available at akismet.com/get/', 'akismet' ),
					),
				),
			), array(
				'methods' => WP_REST_Server::DELETABLE,
				'permission_callback' => array( 'Akismet_REST_API', 'privileged_permission_callback' ),
				'callback' => array( 'Akismet_REST_API', 'delete_key' ),
			)
		) );

		register_rest_route( 'akismet/v1', '/settings/', array(
			array(
				'methods' => WP_REST_Server::READABLE,
				'permission_callback' => array( 'Akismet_REST_API', 'privileged_permission_callback' ),
				'callback' => array( 'Akismet_REST_API', 'get_settings' ),
			),
			array(
				'methods' => WP_REST_Server::EDITABLE,
				'permission_callback' => array( 'Akismet_REST_API', 'privileged_permission_callback' ),
				'callback' => array( 'Akismet_REST_API', 'set_boolean_settings' ),
				'args' => array(
					'akismet_strictness' => array(
						'required' => false,
						'type' => 'boolean',
						'description' => __( 'If true, Akismet will automatically discard the worst spam automatically rather than putting it in the spam folder.', 'akismet' ),
					),
					'akismet_show_user_comments_approved' => array(
						'required' => false,
						'type' => 'boolean',
						'description' => __( 'If true, show the number of approved comments beside each comment author in the comments list page.', 'akismet' ),
					),
				),
			)
		) );

		register_rest_route( 'akismet/v1', '/stats', array(
			'methods' => WP_REST_Server::READABLE,
			'permission_callback' => array( 'Akismet_REST_API', 'privileged_permission_callback' ),
			'callback' => array( 'Akismet_REST_API', 'get_stats' ),
			'args' => array(
				'interval' => array(
					'required' => false,
					'type' => 'string',
					'sanitize_callback' => array( 'Akismet_REST_API', 'sanitize_interval' ),
					'description' => __( 'The time period for which to retrieve stats. Options: 60-days, 6-months, all', 'akismet' ),
					'default' => 'all',
				),
			),
		) );

		register_rest_route( 'akismet/v1', '/stats/(?P<interval>[\w+])', array(
			'args' => array(
				'interval' => array(
					'description' => __( 'The time period for which to retrieve stats. Options: 60-days, 6-months, all', 'akismet' ),
					'type' => 'string',
				),
			),
			array(
				'methods' => WP_REST_Server::READABLE,
				'permission_callback' => array( 'Akismet_REST_API', 'privileged_permission_callback' ),
				'callback' => array( 'Akismet_REST_API', 'get_stats' ),
			)
		) );

		register_rest_route( 'akismet/v1', '/alert', array(
			array(
				'methods' => WP_REST_Server::READABLE,
				'permission_callback' => array( 'Akismet_REST_API', 'remote_call_permission_callback' ),
				'callback' => array( 'Akismet_REST_API', 'get_alert' ),
				'args' => array(
					'key' => array(
						'required' => false,
						'type' => 'string',
						'sanitize_callback' => array( 'Akismet_REST_API', 'sanitize_key' ),
						'description' => __( 'A 12-character Akismet API key. Available at akismet.com/get/', 'akismet' ),
					),
				),
			),
			array(
				'methods' => WP_REST_Server::EDITABLE,
				'permission_callback' => array( 'Akismet_REST_API', 'remote_call_permission_callback' ),
				'callback' => array( 'Akismet_REST_API', 'set_alert' ),
				'args' => array(
					'key' => array(
						'required' => false,
						'type' => 'string',
						'sanitize_callback' => array( 'Akismet_REST_API', 'sanitize_key' ),
						'description' => __( 'A 12-character Akismet API key. Available at akismet.com/get/', 'akismet' ),
					),
				),
			),
			array(
				'methods' => WP_REST_Server::DELETABLE,
				'permission_callback' => array( 'Akismet_REST_API', 'remote_call_permission_callback' ),
				'callback' => array( 'Akismet_REST_API', 'delete_alert' ),
				'args' => array(
					'key' => array(
						'required' => false,
						'type' => 'string',
						'sanitize_callback' => array( 'Akismet_REST_API', 'sanitize_key' ),
						'description' => __( 'A 12-character Akismet API key. Available at akismet.com/get/', 'akismet' ),
					),
				),
			)
		) );
	}

	/**
	 * Get the current Akismet API key.
	 *
	 * @param WP_REST_Request $request
	 * @return WP_Error|WP_REST_Response
	 */
	public static function get_key( $request = null ) {
		return rest_ensure_response( Akismet::get_api_key() );
	}

	/**
	 * Set the API key, if possible.
	 *
	 * @param WP_REST_Request $request
	 * @return WP_Error|WP_REST_Response
	 */
	public static function set_key( $request ) {
		if ( defined( 'WPCOM_API_KEY' ) ) {
			return rest_ensure_response( new WP_Error( 'hardcoded_key', __( 'This site\'s API key is hardcoded and cannot be changed via the API.', 'akismet' ), array( 'status'=> 409 ) ) );
		}

		$new_api_key = $request->get_param( 'key' );

		if ( ! self::key_is_valid( $new_api_key ) ) {
			return rest_ensure_response( new WP_Error( 'invalid_key', __( 'The value provided is not a valid and registered API key.', 'akismet' ), array( 'status' => 400 ) ) );
		}

		update_option( 'wordpress_api_key', $new_api_key );

		return self::get_key();
	}

	/**
	 * Unset the API key, if possible.
	 *
	 * @param WP_REST_Request $request
	 * @return WP_Error|WP_REST_Response
	 */
	public static function delete_key( $request ) {
		if ( defined( 'WPCOM_API_KEY' ) ) {
			return rest_ensure_response( new WP_Error( 'hardcoded_key', __( 'This site\'s API key is hardcoded and cannot be deleted.', 'akismet' ), array( 'status'=> 409 ) ) );
		}

		delete_option( 'wordpress_api_key' );

		return rest_ensure_response( true );
	}

	/**
	 * Get the Akismet settings.
	 *
	 * @param WP_REST_Request $request
	 * @return WP_Error|WP_REST_Response
	 */
	public static function get_settings( $request = null ) {
		return rest_ensure_response( array(
			'akismet_strictness' => ( get_option( 'akismet_strictness', '1' ) === '1' ),
			'akismet_show_user_comments_approved' => ( get_option( 'akismet_show_user_comments_approved', '1' ) === '1' ),
		) );
	}

	/**
	 * Update the Akismet settings.
	 *
	 * @param WP_REST_Request $request
	 * @return WP_Error|WP_REST_Response
	 */
	public static function set_boolean_settings( $request ) {
		foreach ( array(
			'akismet_strictness',
			'akismet_show_user_comments_approved',
		) as $setting_key ) {

			$setting_value = $request->get_param( $setting_key );
			if ( is_null( $setting_value ) ) {
				// This setting was not specified.
				continue;
			}

			// From 4.7+, WP core will ensure that these are always boolean
			// values because they are registered with 'type' => 'boolean',
			// but we need to do this ourselves for prior versions.
			$setting_value = Akismet_REST_API::parse_boolean( $setting_value );

			update_option( $setting_key, $setting_value ? '1' : '0' );
		}

		return self::get_settings();
	}

	/**
	 * Parse a numeric or string boolean value into a boolean.
	 *
	 * @param mixed $value The value to convert into a boolean.
	 * @return bool The converted value.
	 */
	public static function parse_boolean( $value ) {
		switch ( $value ) {
			case true:
			case 'true':
			case '1':
			case 1:
				return true;

			case false:
			case 'false':
			case '0':
			case 0:
				return false;

			default:
				return (bool) $value;
		}
	}

	/**
	 * Get the Akismet stats for a given time period.
	 *
	 * Possible `interval` values:
	 * - all
	 * - 60-days
	 * - 6-months
	 *
	 * @param WP_REST_Request $request
	 * @return WP_Error|WP_REST_Response
	 */
	public static function get_stats( $request ) {
		$api_key = Akismet::get_api_key();

		$interval = $request->get_param( 'interval' );

		$stat_totals = array();

		$response = Akismet::http_post( Akismet::build_query( array( 'blog' => get_option( 'home' ), 'key' => $api_key, 'from' => $interval ) ), 'get-stats' );

		if ( ! empty( $response[1] ) ) {
			$stat_totals[$interval] = json_decode( $response[1] );
		}

		return rest_ensure_response( $stat_totals );
	}

	/**
	 * Get the current alert code and message. Alert codes are used to notify the site owner
	 * if there's a problem, like a connection issue between their site and the Akismet API,
	 * invalid requests being sent, etc.
	 *
	 * @param WP_REST_Request $request
	 * @return WP_Error|WP_REST_Response
	 */
	public static function get_alert( $request ) {
		return rest_ensure_response( array(
			'code' => get_option( 'akismet_alert_code' ),
			'message' => get_option( 'akismet_alert_msg' ),
		) );
	}

	/**
	 * Update the current alert code and message by triggering a call to the Akismet server.
	 *
	 * @param WP_REST_Request $request
	 * @return WP_Error|WP_REST_Response
	 */
	public static function set_alert( $request ) {
		delete_option( 'akismet_alert_code' );
		delete_option( 'akismet_alert_msg' );

		// Make a request so the most recent alert code and message are retrieved.
		Akismet::verify_key( Akismet::get_api_key() );

		return self::get_alert( $request );
	}

	/**
	 * Clear the current alert code and message.
	 *
	 * @param WP_REST_Request $request
	 * @return WP_Error|WP_REST_Response
	 */
	public static function delete_alert( $request ) {
		delete_option( 'akismet_alert_code' );
		delete_option( 'akismet_alert_msg' );

		return self::get_alert( $request );
	}

	private static function key_is_valid( $key ) {
		$response = Akismet::http_post(
			Akismet::build_query(
				array(
					'key' => $key,
					'blog' => get_option( 'home' )
				)
			),
			'verify-key'
		);

		if ( $response[1] == 'valid' ) {
			return true;
		}

		return false;
	}

	public static function privileged_permission_callback() {
		return current_user_can( 'manage_options' );
	}

	/**
	 * For calls that Akismet.com makes to the site to clear outdated alert codes, use the API key for authorization.
	 */
	public static function remote_call_permission_callback( $request ) {
		$local_key = Akismet::get_api_key();

		return $local_key && ( strtolower( $request->get_param( 'key' ) ) === strtolower( $local_key ) );
	}

	public static function sanitize_interval( $interval, $request, $param ) {
		$interval = trim( $interval );

		$valid_intervals = array( '60-days', '6-months', 'all', );

		if ( ! in_array( $interval, $valid_intervals ) ) {
			$interval = 'all';
		}

		return $interval;
	}

	public static function sanitize_key( $key, $request, $param ) {
		return trim( $key );
	}
}
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				<h1 class="jeg_post_title">World Bank stops issuing Doing Business rankings due to pressure on compilers to promote China</h1>

				
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<p>The World Bank <a href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/statement/2021/09/16/world-bank-group-to-discontinue-doing-business-report" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">stated</a>, which stops the compilation of the Doing Business business climate rating.  This decision was made after it became known that the current managing director of the IMF, Kristalina Georgieva, being the chief executive officer of the World Bank, put pressure on the compilers of the rating in order to promote China.</p>
<p>According to <a href="https://thedocs.worldbank.org/en/doc/84a922cc9273b7b120d49ad3b9e9d3f9-0090012021/original/DB-Investigation-Findings-and-Report-to-the-Board-of-Executive-Directors-September-15-2021.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">materials</a> internal investigation, China&#8217;s overestimated position in the 2018 ranking was the result of pressure on compilers from Kristalina Georgieva, who demanded &#8220;specific changes in China&#8217;s dataset designed to improve its position,&#8221; as well as from the office of WB President Jim Yong Kim, who demanded that compilers change of methodology.</p>
<p>“After analyzing all the available information <...> the World Bank Group decided to stop publishing Doing Business,” the WB statement says, which promises to create a new approach to the integrated comparative assessment of the investment climate.</p>
<p>Kristalina Georgieva, in turn, does not recognize the findings of the investigation and her role in advancing China&#8217;s interests.  “I have already held preliminary consultations with the IMF Board of Directors on this issue,” &#8211; <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-09-16/imf-s-georgieva-cited-in-world-bank-probe-of-business-rankings" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">leads</a> Bloomberg Statement by the Managing Director of the IMF.</p>
<p>The compilation of the Doing Business rating for 2021 was suspended last summer due to violations of the methodology found in the ratings of 2018 and 2020. </p>
<p>In 2018, World Bank Chief Economist Paul Romer, who claimed to have manipulated ratings, <a href="https://theins.ru/news/89105" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">gone</a> resign.  In his last months of work in internal correspondence, Romer accused colleagues of &#8220;obviously fabricated data&#8221; and &#8220;shameless self-promotion.&#8221;  He also stated in <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/world-bank-unfairly-influenced-its-own-competitiveness-rankings-1515797620?mod=searchresults&amp;page=1&amp;pos=3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">interview</a> The Wall Street Journal that the World Bank has repeatedly changed the methodology for compiling the Doing Business rating, which could contribute to manipulation.</p>
<p>In 2019, President Vladimir Putin, who has repeatedly quoted his rating in his keynote speeches, instructed the government to achieve Russia&#8217;s entry into the top 20 Doing Business by 2024.  In the ranking of last year, Russia rose to the highest 28th place for itself.  Over the past 10 years, the country has climbed 90 positions.  However, according to <a href="https://thebell.io/chto-znachit-31-e-mesto-v-doing-business-kak-rabotaet-krupnejshij-chastnyj-vuz-rossii-i-biznes-dzhet-za-17-500-v-god" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Bell</a>, in fact, the place in Doing Business poorly reflects the real situation of private business.</p>
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