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A Good Practice Outline of the Multipurpose Chart of Accounts

Publication | 2019

This good practice paper is a product of knowledge sharing and collaboration among the FinCoP members with support from international experts. It is intended to inform and assist PULSAR countries in updating or designing a full scope chart of accounts.

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

A&A ROSC | 2019

The World Bank conducted reviews of accounting and auditing within the ROSC initiative at the invitation of Albania. The World Bank utilized a diagnostic tool that it developed to gather pertinent information for preparing the Accounting and Auditing ROSC.

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

A&A ROSC | 2017

The World Bank conducted reviews of accounting and auditing within the ROSC initiative at the invitation of Philippines. The World Bank utilized a diagnostic tool that it developed to gather pertinent information for preparing the Accounting and Auditing ROSC.

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Public Oversight Systems for Statutory Audit in the EU

Publication | 2017

Public oversight of audits and auditors is a relatively recent development, particularly in light of the length of time that capital markets and the audit profession have operated. This paper reflects on the rationale for public oversight of auditors, summarizes the relevant EU legislation and international benchmarks for public oversight systems, and thereafter compares and contrasts the different approaches taken by EU member states to operate their public oversight systems.

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EU-REPARIS Brochure

Brochure | 2015

As candidates, or potential candidates, for EU enlargement the countries of Southeast Europe, including Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia, are integrating more closely with the EU and the EU's internal market, and aligning their legislative frameworks with the EU acquis communautaire.

EU-REPARIS has been designed to help and encourage this process of integration. It

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

A&A ROSC | 2015

The World Bank conducted reviews of accounting and auditing within the ROSC initiative at the invitation of Georgia. The World Bank utilized a diagnostic tool that it developed to gather pertinent information for preparing the Accounting and Auditing ROSC.

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

A&A ROSC | 2015

The World Bank conducted reviews of accounting and auditing within the ROSC initiative at the invitation of Serbia. The World Bank utilized a diagnostic tool that it developed to gather pertinent information for preparing the Accounting and Auditing ROSC.

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STAREP Brochure

Brochure | 2015

Strengthening Auditing and Reporting in the Countries of the Eastern Partnership (STAREP) is a regional program aimed at creating a transparent policy environment and effective institutional framework for corporate reporting within the countries that make up the EU's Eastern Partnership: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine. The six countries have made significant progress in modernizing their systems of corporate financial reporting but face several outstanding common challenges, especially as regards institutional capacity.

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Corporate Financial Reporting in Austria: an Overview

Publication | 2014

An introduction into Austria’s corporate financial reporting environment, with a particular focus on SMEs and specific features of the Austrian environment, intended for policy makers, regulators and practitioners looking for examples of how to formulate or implement the corporate financial reporting elements of the EU acquis communautaire.

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

A&A ROSC | 2014

The World Bank conducted reviews of accounting and auditing within the ROSC initiative at the invitation of Latvia. The World Bank utilized a diagnostic tool that it developed to gather pertinent information for preparing the Accounting and Auditing ROSC.

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