Report on the Observance of Standards and Codes : Corporate Governance Country Assessment - Pakistan 2018

This report assesses Pakistan’s corporate governance policy framework. It highlights recent improvements in corporate governance regulation, makes policy recommendations, and provides investors with a benchmark against which to measure corporate go...

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Main Author: World Bank
Format: Report
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Islamabad 2019
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/173791553607925909/Corporate-Governance-Country-Assessment-Pakistan
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spelling okr-10986-314632021-05-25T09:22:32Z Report on the Observance of Standards and Codes : Corporate Governance Country Assessment - Pakistan 2018 World Bank CORPORATE GOVERNANCE SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS FINANCIAL STAKEHOLDERS TRANSPARENCY FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL REPORTING STANDARDS LEGAL FRAMEWORK REGULATION STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES AUDIT OVERSIGHT BOARD OF DIRECTORS INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS PUBLIC SECTOR MANAGEMENT This report assesses Pakistan’s corporate governance policy framework. It highlights recent improvements in corporate governance regulation, makes policy recommendations, and provides investors with a benchmark against which to measure corporate governance in Pakistan. The report focuses on the governance of large and listed companies, but includes a special section on the governance of public sector companies. The report highlights that corporate governance framework for listed companies has improved in recent years as the government has enhanced the legal and policy framework, and key institutions have grown in sophistication and maturity. Much more can be done to address corporate governance in Public Sector Companies. The findings of the Report on the Observance of Standards and Codes (ROSC) are based on the Detailed Country Assessment (DCA) of the OECD Principles of Corporate Governance, which is summarized in the tables at the end of each section. According to the World Bank methodology used to assess compliance with the 72 OECD Principles, 20 Principles were fully implemented, 33 were broadly implemented, 16 principles were partially implemented, and three were not applicable. A comparison with the 2005 Corporate Governance ROSC shows the level of improvement in the corporate governance framework; in 2005 out of a total of 32 applicable principles, only 4 were fully implemented, 17 were broadly implemented, 10 were partially implemented and 1 was reported as not implemented. The report (and this summary) is organized into five sections: The commitment of the public and private sectors to reform; Shareholder rights; Disclosure and transparency; Boards of directors and Public sector companies. 2019-03-29T17:04:46Z 2019-03-29T17:04:46Z 2018-12-01 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/173791553607925909/Corporate-Governance-Country-Assessment-Pakistan http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31463 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Islamabad Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: Corporate Governance Assessment South Asia Pakistan
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topic CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS
FINANCIAL STAKEHOLDERS
TRANSPARENCY
FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE
INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL REPORTING STANDARDS
LEGAL FRAMEWORK
REGULATION
STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES
AUDIT OVERSIGHT
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS
PUBLIC SECTOR MANAGEMENT
spellingShingle CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS
FINANCIAL STAKEHOLDERS
TRANSPARENCY
FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE
INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL REPORTING STANDARDS
LEGAL FRAMEWORK
REGULATION
STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES
AUDIT OVERSIGHT
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS
PUBLIC SECTOR MANAGEMENT
World Bank
Report on the Observance of Standards and Codes : Corporate Governance Country Assessment - Pakistan 2018
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description This report assesses Pakistan’s corporate governance policy framework. It highlights recent improvements in corporate governance regulation, makes policy recommendations, and provides investors with a benchmark against which to measure corporate governance in Pakistan. The report focuses on the governance of large and listed companies, but includes a special section on the governance of public sector companies. The report highlights that corporate governance framework for listed companies has improved in recent years as the government has enhanced the legal and policy framework, and key institutions have grown in sophistication and maturity. Much more can be done to address corporate governance in Public Sector Companies. The findings of the Report on the Observance of Standards and Codes (ROSC) are based on the Detailed Country Assessment (DCA) of the OECD Principles of Corporate Governance, which is summarized in the tables at the end of each section. According to the World Bank methodology used to assess compliance with the 72 OECD Principles, 20 Principles were fully implemented, 33 were broadly implemented, 16 principles were partially implemented, and three were not applicable. A comparison with the 2005 Corporate Governance ROSC shows the level of improvement in the corporate governance framework; in 2005 out of a total of 32 applicable principles, only 4 were fully implemented, 17 were broadly implemented, 10 were partially implemented and 1 was reported as not implemented. The report (and this summary) is organized into five sections: The commitment of the public and private sectors to reform; Shareholder rights; Disclosure and transparency; Boards of directors and Public sector companies.
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title Report on the Observance of Standards and Codes : Corporate Governance Country Assessment - Pakistan 2018
title_short Report on the Observance of Standards and Codes : Corporate Governance Country Assessment - Pakistan 2018
title_full Report on the Observance of Standards and Codes : Corporate Governance Country Assessment - Pakistan 2018
title_fullStr Report on the Observance of Standards and Codes : Corporate Governance Country Assessment - Pakistan 2018
title_full_unstemmed Report on the Observance of Standards and Codes : Corporate Governance Country Assessment - Pakistan 2018
title_sort report on the observance of standards and codes : corporate governance country assessment - pakistan 2018
publisher World Bank, Islamabad
publishDate 2019
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/173791553607925909/Corporate-Governance-Country-Assessment-Pakistan
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