Review of practical implementation issues of international financial reporting standards: Impact of the financial crisis

The Chair invited the UNCTAD secretariat to introduce the agenda items that the session would be dealing with. In his introductory remarks, the Director of the Division on Investment and Enterprise provided a broader context within which the work of ISAR was being undertaken in UNCTAD. He indicated that UNCTAD’s work consisted of three pillars, i.e. research, consensus-building and technical cooperation. He highlighted a number of flagship products that the Division on Investment and Enterprise had been producing over the years, including the World Investment Report. He identified ISAR as one of the flagship activities, and highlighted the importance of ISAR’s work in the context both of the Division on Investment and Enterprise and of UNCTAD.

Related Subject(s): Economic and Social Development