Saturday, April 9th, 2016
Towards a new era in government accounting and reporting
The global financial crisis and the subsequent sovereign debt crisis have brought to light that the lack of transparency in public finances and poor public finance management may put at risk governments’ ability to service large public debts and meet their welfare commitments and other public service delivery objectives. There is now growing recognition of the importance of appropriate accounting and financial management in the public sector as a key means of achieving sustainable public finances. Governments need to step up and adopt sound and transparent accounting and reporting rules, as part of the democratic accountability process and the wider public finance management.
Follow the below link to read the entire survey document:
https://www.pwc.be/en/publications/pdf/global_ipsas_survey_2015.pdf
