Improving Financial Management in Sub-Saharan Africa

Improving Financial Management in Sub-Saharan Africa

This paper describes the status of accounting and auditing in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), and the importance of having an auditing profession which is seen to maintain the highest standards. The paper assesses existing schemes for reviewing the quali...

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Main Author: Johnson, Sonia R.
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
ACCOUNTING
ACCOUNTS
AUDIT REPORTS
AUDITING
AUDITING PROFESSION
AUDITING STANDARDS
AUDITORS
AUDITS
BENEFICIARIES
BUSINESS COMMUNITY
CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
COMPLIANCE AUDITING
ECONOMIC GROWTH
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
INCOME
INTERNAL AUDIT
LEARNING
PRIVATE SECTOR
PUBLIC SECTOR
QUALITY CONTROL ACCOUNTING
PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS
PILOT PROJECTS
QUALITY STANDARDS
RELIABILITY
INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1995/06/1615065/improving-financial-management-sub-saharan-africa
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9992
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spelling okr-10986-99922021-04-23T14:02:48Z Improving Financial Management in Sub-Saharan Africa Johnson, Sonia R. ACCOUNTING ACCOUNTS AUDIT REPORTS AUDITING AUDITING PROFESSION AUDITING STANDARDS AUDITORS AUDITS BENEFICIARIES BUSINESS COMMUNITY CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS COMPLIANCE AUDITING ECONOMIC GROWTH FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT FINANCIAL STATEMENTS INCOME INTERNAL AUDIT LEARNING PRIVATE SECTOR PUBLIC SECTOR QUALITY CONTROL ACCOUNTING AUDITING PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS PILOT PROJECTS FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT QUALITY STANDARDS FINANCIAL STATEMENTS RELIABILITY INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS This paper describes the status of accounting and auditing in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), and the importance of having an auditing profession which is seen to maintain the highest standards. The paper assesses existing schemes for reviewing the quality of the work of auditors, describes the results of two pilot tests in Tanzania and Senegal, and recommends that similar schemes be introduced in SSA as a way to maintain standards. 2012-08-13T10:04:53Z 2012-08-13T10:04:53Z 1995-06 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1995/06/1615065/improving-financial-management-sub-saharan-africa http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9992 English Africa Region Findings & Good Practice Infobriefs; No. 41 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research Africa
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topic ACCOUNTING
ACCOUNTS
AUDIT REPORTS
AUDITING
AUDITING PROFESSION
AUDITING STANDARDS
AUDITORS
AUDITS
BENEFICIARIES
BUSINESS COMMUNITY
CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
COMPLIANCE AUDITING
ECONOMIC GROWTH
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
INCOME
INTERNAL AUDIT
LEARNING
PRIVATE SECTOR
PUBLIC SECTOR
QUALITY CONTROL ACCOUNTING
AUDITING
PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS
PILOT PROJECTS
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
QUALITY STANDARDS
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
RELIABILITY
INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS
spellingShingle ACCOUNTING
ACCOUNTS
AUDIT REPORTS
AUDITING
AUDITING PROFESSION
AUDITING STANDARDS
AUDITORS
AUDITS
BENEFICIARIES
BUSINESS COMMUNITY
CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
COMPLIANCE AUDITING
ECONOMIC GROWTH
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
INCOME
INTERNAL AUDIT
LEARNING
PRIVATE SECTOR
PUBLIC SECTOR
QUALITY CONTROL ACCOUNTING
AUDITING
PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS
PILOT PROJECTS
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
QUALITY STANDARDS
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
RELIABILITY
INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS
Johnson, Sonia R.
Improving Financial Management in Sub-Saharan Africa
geographic_facet Africa
relation Africa Region Findings & Good Practice Infobriefs; No. 41
description This paper describes the status of accounting and auditing in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), and the importance of having an auditing profession which is seen to maintain the highest standards. The paper assesses existing schemes for reviewing the quality of the work of auditors, describes the results of two pilot tests in Tanzania and Senegal, and recommends that similar schemes be introduced in SSA as a way to maintain standards.
format Publications & Research :: Brief
author Johnson, Sonia R.
author_facet Johnson, Sonia R.
author_sort Johnson, Sonia R.
title Improving Financial Management in Sub-Saharan Africa
title_short Improving Financial Management in Sub-Saharan Africa
title_full Improving Financial Management in Sub-Saharan Africa
title_fullStr Improving Financial Management in Sub-Saharan Africa
title_full_unstemmed Improving Financial Management in Sub-Saharan Africa
title_sort improving financial management in sub-saharan africa
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2012
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1995/06/1615065/improving-financial-management-sub-saharan-africa
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9992
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