Key findings from the IFAC 2010 Fourth Annual Global Leadership Survey cover a range of topics including IFAC's role in implementation of global standards, transitioning to ISAs, sustainability, ethics, the needs of SMEs and SMPs, credibility of the profession, and the demand for professional accountants.

The PAIB Committee's survey on risk management and internal control received over 600 responses from around the globe. This information paper provides an analysis of the survey results and summarizes respondents' recommendations for the next steps in this area.

This Paper analyses the literature and evidence base on the role of accounting practices, and in particular small and medium practices (SMPs) in providing business support to small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

IFAC has issued the revised results of the Third Annual Global Leadership Survey. Key findings cover a wide-range of topics, including the need to support small and midsize businesses in the current environment, the increasing importance of adoption and implementation of international standards, and the improvements made in the area of corporate governance.

Following the March 2008 publication of the report, Financial Reporting Supply Chain: Current Perspectives and Directions, and in response to recommendations made within it, the IFAC Board established a Business Reporting Project Group, chaired by Charles Tilley, to study progress in the areas of governance, financial reporting, and auditing around the globe.

This information paper contains the results of a survey conducted by the Professional Accountants in Business Committee (PAIB) in the spring of 2008, designed to identify similarities and differences in performance measurement structures in public sector entities and to assess the extent to which these structures help meet their objectives.

This paper features interviews with 10 senior-level professional accountants in business on their experiences in mid-sized enterprises. The purpose of these interviews is to better understand the unique challenges that mid-sized enterprises confront and how professional accountants in business help address these challenges.

This independent report, commissioned by IFAC, highlights improvements that have been made to the financial reporting supply chain in recent years and identifies areas for further improving the usefulness of financial reports.

This paper presents the findings of focus group interviews on whether the proposed International Financial Reporting Standard for Small and Medium-sized Entities (IFRS for SMEs), developed by the International Accounting Standards Board, is suitable for micro-entity financial reporting.

This information paper features interviews with 10 senior-level professional accountants in business on their experiences and views on establishing effective internal control systems.