ACCOUNTANCY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
NEW RESEARCH LINKS THE ACCOUNTANCY PROFESSION TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
IFAC (New York, New York, November 2, 2020)
Professional accountants make a significant contribution to the economy at the local, national and global levels. IFAC partnered with the Centre for Economics and Business Research (Cebr), one of the world’s leading economics consultancies, to get a clearer understanding of these contributions.
In each measure reviewed, a greater number of accountants correlates to better economic performance. Moreover, professional accountants who are members of IFAC member professional accountancy organizations (PAOs) correlate to even stronger performance on economic indicators.
“At IFAC, we have always understood the strong connection between a well-developed accountancy profession and economic development,” said Kevin Dancey, IFAC CEO. “This research will help policymakers around the world have better informed conversations with professional accountants and PAOs about their contributions to society and potential partnerships for development and growth.”
Cebr’s analysis reviewed the accountancy profession in the G20 countries, including each individual country of the European Union. Data was assembled from a range of sources, including the World Bank, World Economic Forum, and Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, to establish relationships between economic variables and numbers of accountants and PAO members.
This research follows earlier projects on the positive contributions of the accountancy profession:
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