The purpose of this report is to gain an understanding of the governance arrangements, procedures, and capacity for setting auditing standards in a jurisdiction, covering: (a) the adoption of International Standards on Auditing (ISA) where applicable, and (b) national auditing standards. The...

The purpose of this report is to gain an understanding of the governance arrangements and procedures for setting accounting and financial reporting standards in a jurisdiction, covering: (a) the adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) where applicable, and (b) national...

To a great extent, the quality of financial reporting depends on the quality of the Accounting and Auditing standards on which the reporting and auditing requirements are based. The objective of the auditing standards analysis is to compare the national standards used to conduct audits of...

The quality of financial reporting depends to a great extent on the quality of the Accounting and Auditing (A&A) standards on which the reporting is based. Accounting standards are seen as a critical language of business. In countries seeking to improve their business environment to attract...

The System of Environmental-Economic Accounting 2012-Experimental Ecosystem Accounting (SEEA Experimental Ecosystem Accounting) presents initial efforts to define a measurement framework for integrating biophysical data, tracking changes in ecosystems and linking those changes to economic and...

This Country Financial Accountability Assessment (CFAA) for Argentina was prepared jointly by the World Bank (WB) and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) on the basis of information timely collected during two missions that visited Argentina in December 2005 and April 2006. The objective...

This report provides an assessment of accounting and auditing practices within the corporate sector in Cambodia with reference to the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB), and the International Standards on Auditing...

This report analyzes corporate financial reporting and auditing practices in Haiti. It supports the Government's efforts to: (a) improve financial sector stability and development; (b) encourage a business climate conducive to private investment and local companies' access to credit and...