Ukraine : Country Financial Accountability Assessment
Ukraine has several strengths, such as an educated workforce, strong bookkeeping skills, and commitment to reforms, and a long-term vision of joining the European Union. In order to strengthen existing public financial accountability, Ukraine will...
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Language: | English en_US |
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Washington, DC
2013
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Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/10/2011688/ukraine-country-financial-accountability-assessment-cfaa http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15365 |
Summary: | Ukraine has several strengths, such as
an educated workforce, strong bookkeeping skills, and
commitment to reforms, and a long-term vision of joining the
European Union. In order to strengthen existing public
financial accountability, Ukraine will need to build on its
strength by undertaking several measures. Experience in many
other countries shows that several required changes entail
reaching political consensus, reforming existing
institutions, or creating new institutions. This suggests
that a realistic timetable for improvement in public
financial accountability will have to stretch over several
years and will depend on strong leadership from the top. The
most important areas for action are: bringing revenues under
the scope of independent external auditors; introducing the
concept of internal audit; strengthening the capacity of the
Accounting Chamber to conduct financial statement audits;
strengthening the accountability of state owned enterprises;
introducing international accounting standards for selected
enterprises; adopting international best practices for
licensing of audit professionals; and strengthening the
disciplinary committee of the Chamber of Auditors to provide
effective oversight. Other measures needed are to: train
deparmtnetal staff in implementing program budgeting; fully
implementing the Budget Code; expediting the implementing of
the Treasury modernization project; and implementing
standardized automated accounting and reporting systems. |
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