Corporate governance : a framework for implementation

This report is the outcome of a close working partnership between the public, and private sectors. It builds on what has gone before, but broadens its scope, encompassing the widely differing regimes, political, economic, and social, within which corporations carry on their activities worldwide. The...

• Main Author: Iskander, Magdi R
• Other Authors: Chamlou, Nadereh
• Format: Book
• Published: Washington, D.C. World Bank 2000
• Subjects: DIRECCION CORPORATIVA; ADMINISTRACION DE EMPRESAS; BANCO MUNDIAL; SECTOR PRIVADO; SECTOR PUBLICO; DIRECCION DE EMPRESAS; BIRF

Table of Contents:

• Foreword
• Acknowledgments
• Overview
• 1. A framework for better corporate governance
• 2. Priorities for reforming systems of corporate governance
• 3. The role of the Bank and its partners
• Annexes: 1. Regional diversity in corporate governance reform in developing countries
• 2. Corporate governance in the United Kingdom, Germany, and Japan
• 3. Improving management oversight by the board of directors
• 4a. Overview of corporate governance guidelines and codes of best practice in developing and emerging markets
• 4b. International comparison of board "best practices" in developing and emerging markets
• 4c. Partial listing of corporate governance guidelines and codes of "best practice"
• 5a. International accounting and auditing standards
• 5b. Comparison of international accounting standards and US generally accepted accounting principles
• 6. World Bank lending operations
• References