Accountants and Society : Serving the Public Interest
James D. Wolfensohn, President of the World Bank Group, discussed how accountants can best serve the public interest. Over the last 15 years, the Bank have seen freedom blossom and with it an expanded role for civil society. Today five billion people live in a market system - up from 1 billion a dec...
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okr-10986-261552021-04-23T14:04:20Z Accountants and Society : Serving the Public Interest Wolfensohn, James D. SMALL LOANS MARKET ECONOMY TERRORISM INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS AUDITOR EMERGING MARKETS DEREGULATION HOLDING WRITTEN RECORDS GOOD ACCOUNTABILITY ACCOUNTING CORRUPT ACCOUNTANTS ACCOUNTING PRACTICES AUDITORS TRANSPARENCY MONEY LAUNDERING FINANCIAL STABILITY FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT BRIBES INTEREST FUTURE AUDITING PRINCIPLES PUBLIC SECTOR BANK GOVERNMENT STRATEGIES ACCOUNTANCY GOOD GOVERNANCE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ANTI-CORRUPTION EXPENDITURES GOVERNMENT CAPACITY CAPACITY BUILDING COST ACCOUNTANT PRIVATE SECTOR INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY BORROWERS MARKET TAX CORRUPTION CRIME QUALITY CONTROL QUALITY POLICY MANAGEMENT GOVERNANCE ENABLING ENVIRONMENT ETHICS LACK OF TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL HARMONIZATION ACCOUNTING STANDARDS PENALTIES INVESTMENT BUSINESS BANKER TAX DEDUCTIBILITY OF BRIBES SHARE POVERTY FINANCES CIVIL SOCIETY ACCOUNTS MARKETS LEADERSHIP ORGANIZATIONS FINANCIAL CRISES INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL SYSTEM TRANSITION ECONOMIES FLOW OF INFORMATION ACCOUNTING FIRMS PUBLIC SECTOR MANAGEMENT LOANS GOVERNMENTS PRIVATE CAPITAL PER FINANCIAL SYSTEM SERVICE ECONOMIC REFORM SMALL BUSINESSES ACCOUNT PUBLIC AUDITING FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION DEDUCTIBILITY OF BRIBES MICROENTERPRISES James D. Wolfensohn, President of the World Bank Group, discussed how accountants can best serve the public interest. Over the last 15 years, the Bank have seen freedom blossom and with it an expanded role for civil society. Today five billion people live in a market system - up from 1 billion a decade ago. Lack of institutional capacity, poor governance, and public sector management remain major impediments to growth and development. The Bank is holding anti-corruption seminars and workshops for parliamentarians and journalists; making sure that our own processes meet the highest standards of transparency and propriety; and pushing ahead with deregulation, institutional, and policy reform. The Bank can and is working to improve accounting and auditing capacity building, in Ghana, Zambia, China, Pakistan, and Indonesia among others. 2017-02-23T21:08:42Z 2017-02-23T21:08:42Z 1997-10-26 Speech http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/11/25252102/remarks-world-congress-accountants-james-d-wolfensohn-president http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26155 English en_US Remarks to the World Congress of Accountants, Paris, October 26, 1997; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Speech China Ghana Indonesia Pakistan Zambia |
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SMALL LOANS MARKET ECONOMY TERRORISM INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS AUDITOR EMERGING MARKETS DEREGULATION HOLDING WRITTEN RECORDS GOOD ACCOUNTABILITY ACCOUNTING CORRUPT ACCOUNTANTS ACCOUNTING PRACTICES AUDITORS TRANSPARENCY MONEY LAUNDERING FINANCIAL STABILITY FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT BRIBES INTEREST FUTURE AUDITING PRINCIPLES PUBLIC SECTOR BANK GOVERNMENT STRATEGIES ACCOUNTANCY GOOD GOVERNANCE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ANTI-CORRUPTION EXPENDITURES GOVERNMENT CAPACITY CAPACITY BUILDING COST ACCOUNTANT PRIVATE SECTOR INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY BORROWERS MARKET TAX CORRUPTION CRIME QUALITY CONTROL QUALITY POLICY MANAGEMENT GOVERNANCE ENABLING ENVIRONMENT ETHICS LACK OF TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL HARMONIZATION ACCOUNTING STANDARDS PENALTIES INVESTMENT BUSINESS BANKER TAX DEDUCTIBILITY OF BRIBES SHARE POVERTY FINANCES CIVIL SOCIETY ACCOUNTS MARKETS LEADERSHIP ORGANIZATIONS FINANCIAL CRISES INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL SYSTEM TRANSITION ECONOMIES FLOW OF INFORMATION ACCOUNTING FIRMS PUBLIC SECTOR MANAGEMENT LOANS GOVERNMENTS PRIVATE CAPITAL PER FINANCIAL SYSTEM SERVICE ECONOMIC REFORM SMALL BUSINESSES ACCOUNT PUBLIC AUDITING FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION DEDUCTIBILITY OF BRIBES MICROENTERPRISES |
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SMALL LOANS MARKET ECONOMY TERRORISM INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS AUDITOR EMERGING MARKETS DEREGULATION HOLDING WRITTEN RECORDS GOOD ACCOUNTABILITY ACCOUNTING CORRUPT ACCOUNTANTS ACCOUNTING PRACTICES AUDITORS TRANSPARENCY MONEY LAUNDERING FINANCIAL STABILITY FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT BRIBES INTEREST FUTURE AUDITING PRINCIPLES PUBLIC SECTOR BANK GOVERNMENT STRATEGIES ACCOUNTANCY GOOD GOVERNANCE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ANTI-CORRUPTION EXPENDITURES GOVERNMENT CAPACITY CAPACITY BUILDING COST ACCOUNTANT PRIVATE SECTOR INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY BORROWERS MARKET TAX CORRUPTION CRIME QUALITY CONTROL QUALITY POLICY MANAGEMENT GOVERNANCE ENABLING ENVIRONMENT ETHICS LACK OF TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL HARMONIZATION ACCOUNTING STANDARDS PENALTIES INVESTMENT BUSINESS BANKER TAX DEDUCTIBILITY OF BRIBES SHARE POVERTY FINANCES CIVIL SOCIETY ACCOUNTS MARKETS LEADERSHIP ORGANIZATIONS FINANCIAL CRISES INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL SYSTEM TRANSITION ECONOMIES FLOW OF INFORMATION ACCOUNTING FIRMS PUBLIC SECTOR MANAGEMENT LOANS GOVERNMENTS PRIVATE CAPITAL PER FINANCIAL SYSTEM SERVICE ECONOMIC REFORM SMALL BUSINESSES ACCOUNT PUBLIC AUDITING FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION DEDUCTIBILITY OF BRIBES MICROENTERPRISES Wolfensohn, James D. Accountants and Society : Serving the Public Interest |
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James D. Wolfensohn, President of the World Bank Group, discussed how accountants can best serve the public interest. Over the last 15 years, the Bank have seen freedom blossom and with it an expanded role for civil society. Today five billion people live in a market system - up from 1 billion a decade ago. Lack of institutional capacity, poor governance, and public sector management remain major impediments to growth and development. The Bank is holding anti-corruption seminars and workshops for parliamentarians and journalists; making sure that our own processes meet the highest standards of transparency and propriety; and pushing ahead with deregulation, institutional, and policy reform. The Bank can and is working to improve accounting and auditing capacity building, in Ghana, Zambia, China, Pakistan, and Indonesia among others. |
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Accountants and Society : Serving the Public Interest |
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Accountants and Society : Serving the Public Interest |
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