INSTITUTIONAL ATTRIBUTION
- All entries must be submitted in the author or authors’ own name(s).
- Submissions on behalf of an institution or firm are not permitted.
JOINT AUTHORSHIP
- Joint authorship is permitted.
- Each co-author’s personal information must be submitted along with the essay.
- Our online entry form (preferred) allows every author to submit his/her personal information along with the essay.
- Essays submitted in print must include a separate, signed entry form for each author along with the essay in the same envelope.
- Incomplete submissions will not be considered.
- The IFC and Financial Times will not be held liable for any attribution oversights.
INELIGIBILTY
- Current employees (and their relatives) of the World Bank Group (WBG) or the Financial Times are ineligible.
- Relatives include: spouse or domestic partner, parent, sibling, half-sibling, child, aunt or uncle, niece or nephew.
- Active WBG short-term consultants (STCs) may participate provided that:
- Their essays do not contain information gathered or accessed as a result of their WBG employment.
- They are not relatives of permanent WBG employee
