The Centre provides knowledge services and capacity development assistance. Services include analytical and advisory services, learning and skill development, know-how and knowledge transfer, and technical assistance and institutional strengthening. All CFRR publications are available on this site.

FASE Brochure

Brochure | 2022

The Foundational Accounting and Financial Management Skills Enhancement Program (FASE) aims to enhance and to increase foundational skills in accounting and financial management by developing more accounting technicians to serve in the public and private sectors in Africa, which in turn is the catalyst for sustainable, resilient, and inclusive development.

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Be Well Prepared to Meet Your Bank - What Banks want to know

Brochure | 2019

The bank will want a realistic picture of how much you owe to others. This is not always straightforward.

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Do You Need a Loan - Helping SME Access Finance in Serbia

Brochure | 2019

This brochure aims at helping SMEs access credit in Serbia, by providing 8 insights to help SMES how banks make lending decisions.

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High-Level Guide on Benefits of Accrual Accounting

Brochure | 2019

A high-level guide on the benefits of accruals based Public Sector Accounting developed under the PULSAR program. The guide serves as an instrument to support clients in their outreach and dialogue to raise awareness of the advantages of accrual accounting adoption.

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How to Choose Your Accountant

Brochure | 2019

Banks need reliable, transparent financial information when making credit decisions. A financial advisor or accountant can advise you on when it could be advantageous to seek out a bank, and help you calculate, compile, and present your information to banks.

This brochure will help you in choosing a financial advisor or accountant for your SME.

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Understanding Your Financing Needs and Options

Brochure | 2019

SMEs often go to their bank for a loan when it’s too late. Banks reported that many SMEs wait until they face a severe cash constraint before they come to the bank to request a loan. The company’s cash is nearly depleted, and their pockets are empty. This is too late, since banks cannot lend to companies that are nearly bankrupt.

This brochure will help you in understanding your financing needs and options.

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PULSAR Infrographics

Brochure | 2018

The PULSAR team developed two infographics to support awareness raising activities of PULSAR member countries. The first visual tool focuses on the benefits arising from implementing accruals-based public sector accounting. The second one explains how the promotion of public sector accrual accounting based on international standards and good practice correlates with the twin development goals of the World Bank Group and contributes to development.

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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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CFRR Brochure

Brochure | 2016

The World Bank Centre for Financial Reporting Reform (CFRR) located in Vienna, Austria, is responsible for the World Bank’s corporate financial reporting activities across the Europe and Central Asia region. The Centre provides knowledge services and capacity development assistance. Services include analytical and advisory services, learning and skill development, know-how and knowledge transfer, and technical assistance and institutional strengthening.

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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