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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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PULSAR Progress Reports

Report | 2019

PULSAR program produces regular reports to inform donors, participants and other stakeholders of how the programs are developing. These progress reports summarize the activities carried out under the program and outline how the experience gained will be used to improve the design of the next stages of the program.

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EU-REPARIS Progress Reports

Report | 2018

The CFRR produces regular reports for its main programs to inform donors, participants and other stakeholders of how the programs are developing. These progress reports summarize the activities carried out under the program and outline how the experience gained will be used to improve the design of the next stages of the program.

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Croatia’s EU Accession: Case Studies on Reform and the Transposition of the Community Acquis

Publication | 2017

The genesis for this publication was conceived within the context of the EU Road to Europe – Program of Accounting Reform and Institutional Strengthening (EU-REPARIS) regional program, which aims to provide assistance to the countries of Central and South East Europe on corporate financial reporting reform, particularly candidate countries to European Union (EU) accession.

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PULSAR Brochure

Brochure | 2017

Public Sector Accounting and Reporting Program (PULSAR) aims to support the enhancement of participating countries’ Public Sector Accounting (PSA) and financial reporting frameworks in line with international standards and in accordance with good practices, in order to improve government accountability, transparency, and performance.

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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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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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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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Republic of Armenia Country Strategy and Action Plan for Enhancing Corporate Financial Reporting

Publication | 2014

This Country Strategy and Action Plan (CSAP) published in November 2014 sets out a comprehensive short to medium term reform program for corporate financial reporting in the Republic of Armenia.

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Accounting for Growth in Latin America and the Caribbean: Improving Corporate Financial Reporting to Support Regional Economic Development

Publication | 2010

The drive to improve frameworks for financial reporting is not unique to Europe. A World Bank study surveys the results of the efforts to improve the quality of financial reporting in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) and finds many similarities between Europe and Latin America in the main challenges facing effective reform.

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