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Georgia Accounting and Auditing Report on the Observance of Standards and Codes

A&A ROSC | 2023

Georgia’s progress in the corporate financial reporting reforms assessed acknowledged in the 2022 Report on the Observance of Standards and Codes in Accounting and Auditing (ROSC A&A). The ROSC A&A report provides new recommendations on further enhancement of the institutional framework for corporate financial reporting in Georgia.

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A Guide to Data Storytelling in the Public Sector

Publication | 2022

The Data Storytelling Guide is designed to support finance professionals working in the public domain to translate facts, numbers, and their expert knowledge into stories, that are comprehensible and relatable. It follows a skills-based approach, whereby data storytelling is viewed as a key skillset to acquire what CIPFA identifies as one of the core competencies for public sector finance professionals: communication and impact.

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REPARIS for SMEs Newsletters

Article | 2022

The REPARIS for SMEs newsletter regularly reports on the program’s latest activities.

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Informing the reading of IFRS Financial Statements: A guide for banking and financial supervisors

Publication | 2021

This guide suggests practices and examples of specific accounting and auditing issues and questions that supervisors need to consider when monitoring and reviewing banking sector financial statements. It aims to enable prudential supervisors to form an understanding of a bank’s business drivers, risks and critically evaluate the quality of financial assets and the related provisions for credit losses using IFRS financial statements. It also lists regulatory areas which are connected with accounting requirements which supervisors may investigate further when reviewing financial statements.

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Enhancing Cooperation between Auditors and Supervisors: A Building Block Approach

Publication | 2019

Building trust takes time, whether it is between individuals, stakeholders’ groups, or institutions, the road to cooperation is long and requires important investments. The objective of this policy note is to provide in a succinct document, some of the key aspects for building that trust to foster cooperation, using the experience of several supervisors.

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Continuing Professional Development Programs for Accountants – Implementation Guide

Publication | 2018

This Guide seeks to assist professional accountancy organizations, government agencies, and other regulators involved with the critical responsibility of setting, implementing, and enforcing appropriate requirements in the area of Continuing Professional Development for Accountants and Auditors.

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Banking Supervisors and External Auditors: Building a Constructive Relationship - GUIDE

Publication | 2016

The present Guide draws together recommendations to improve the relationship between supervisors and external auditors illustrated by good practices from 35 supervisory authorities across Europe and Central Asia (ECA). It has been developed as a supplement to the 2015 World Bank Centre for Financial Reporting Reform (CFRR) report on Banking Supervisors and External Auditors: Building a Constructive Relationship.

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"Connecting Voices" - Financial Information: Catalyst for Growth

Publication | 2016

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.

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Montenegro - Corporate Sector Financial Reporting: Technical Note

Publication | 2016

This note was prepared as part of the Financial Sector Assessment Program (FSAP) and was made public in January 2016. Its main objective is to describe the status and recent developments in corporate financial reporting framework in Montenegro and highlight key issues relevant to financial sector. The note represents a technical annex to the main FSAP Aide-Memoire and seeks to provide a high-level overview of developments since the 2007 A&A ROSC2, as well as highlight the areas that are most relevant to the financial sector.

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Banking Supervisors and External Auditors: Building a Constructive Relationship

Publication | 2015

This publication presents key findings from the World Bank CFRR survey – Financial supervisors and external auditors: building a constructive relationship that was conducted during the second half of 2014, and discussions with regulators conducted in 2015.

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