This special edition of “Connecting Voices” was published to coincide with the World Bank Centre for Financial Reporting Reform’s (CFRR) Ministerial Conference in Vienna on 27 April 2016. The theme of the magazine, Financial Information: Catalyst for Growth, is reflected in its articles and interviews, which focus on the importance of timely, reliable, and transparent financial information as a driver and contributor of sustainable economic growth. It also explores how financial reporting reform fits into the World Bank’s global development strategy, and introduces some of the countries, partners, people and topics that are at the heart of the CFRR’s work in this area.