AS if confuting with the United Nations over its ruling that the detention of former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is illegal under international human rights law were not difficult enough, the government of President Benigno BS Aquino 3rd is now taking on another global titan – the World Bank.

The argument this time is over a new World Bank report that portrays this country as taking a major slide in the rankings among the world’s economies.

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