Report on the Observance of Standards and Codes, Accounting and Auditing : Module B - Institutional Framework for Corporate Financial Reporting, B.9 Auditing Standard-setting

The purpose of this report is to gain an understanding of the governance arrangements, procedures, and capacity for setting auditing standards in a jurisdiction, covering: (a) the adoption of International Standards on Auditing (ISA) where applicab...

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Main Author: World Bank
Format: Report
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/248291487931180495/Report-on-the-Observance-of-Standards-and-Codes-ROSC-Accounting-and-Auditing-A-A-module-B-institutional-framework-for-corporate-financial-reporting-B-9-auditing-standard-setting
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26233
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Summary:The purpose of this report is to gain an understanding of the governance arrangements, procedures, and capacity for setting auditing standards in a jurisdiction, covering: (a) the adoption of International Standards on Auditing (ISA) where applicable, and (b) national auditing standards. The questions are based on examples of good practice followed by international standard-setting bodies. The report is structured as follows: institutional environment for standard-setting; adoption of ISA; standard-setting process for national auditing standards; and other aspects of the standard-setting process.