Synopses & Reviews
Much has been written about the economic and political problems of countries that are in the process of changing from centrally planned systems to market systems. Most studies have focused on the economic, legal, political and sociological problems these economies have had to face during the transition period. However, not much has been written about the dramatic changes that have to be made to the accounting and financial system of a transition economy. This book was written to help fill that gap. Accounting Reform in Transition and Developing Economies is the fourth in a series to examine accounting and financial system reform in transition and developing economies. The first book used Russia as a case study. The second volume examined some additional aspects of the reform in Russia and also looked at the accounting and financial system reform efforts that are being made in Ukraine, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Armenia, Eastern Europe and Central Asia. The third volume examined taxation and public finance in transition and developing economies. The present volume examines accounting reform in these economies. It is divided into five parts. Part 1 consists of 14 studies that examine various aspects of accounting reform in different countries. Part 2 includes 10 chapters on how accounting education has been reformed in some former Soviet republics and countries in Central and Eastern Europe. Part 3 examines recent developments in accounting certification in Central Asia, the former Soviet Union and Central and Eastern Europe. Part 4 includes three studies on corporate governance. Part 5 examines the views on tax evasion in ten transition economies.
Synopsis
The editor, who has worked on accounting reform projects around the world, has assembled a noted group of experts to discuss accounting reform in Russia, Ukraine, Estonia, Armenia, Serbia, China, and Spain. Moreover, the book explores accounting education in transition economies, development of the accounting profession in transition economies, and corporate governance issues in transition economies. The authors all have first-hand experience living and working in the countries they cover. The book has broad appeal among accounting and finance professors and students, economists who study transition economics and development economics, and scholars in the fields of Russian, Eastern European, and Asian Studies. Policy analysts and consultants who deal with accounting and finance will also find this book to be a valuable reference and source of current information.
Synopsis
The editor has assembled a stellar group of experts to address such topics as: accounting reform in Russia, Ukraine, Estonia, Armenia, Serbia, China, and Spain; accounting education and development of the accounting profession in several transition economies; and corporate governance issues in the developing world.
About the Author
Robert W. McGee is a professsor at the Florida International University, USA. He has doctorates in accounting, economics, law and philosophy. He is an attorney, certified public accountant, certified management accountant and economist and has worked on the USAID Accounting Reform projects in Russia, Armenia and Bosnia & Herzegovina and was a nonresident advisor for the USAID Accounting Reform projects in Georgia and Kazakhstan. He has also taught in China. He has published more than 40 books and more than 300 scholarly articles in the fields of accounting, taxation, economics, law and philosophy. He is co-author of Accounting and Financial System Reform in a Transition Economy: A Case Study of Russia, which is forthcoming from Springer Science.
Table of Contents
Introduction.- Accounting Reform in Estonia.- Accounting Reform in Russia and Ukraine: A Comparative Study.- Transparency and Disclosure: A Survey of Russian Companies.- Corporate Governance after Privatization: Case Studies of Transition Economies.- The State of Corporate Governance in Transition Economies.- Prospects of Transition of the Russian Banking Sector to IAS.- A Re-emerging Professional in an Emerging Market: The Story of the Modern Serbian Accountancy Profession.- The Development of the Accounting Profession in Armenia.- Accounting Reform in Transition Economies: A Personal Account.- Accounting Reform in Pakistan.- Accounting Reform in China.- Accounting and Business Education in China.- Accounting Education in Russia and the USA: A Comparative Study.- Spain: A Country in Transition towards a High Quality Reporting Framework Based on IFRS, as a Result of the 2002 EU Regulation.- Concluding Comments.