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IFRS adoption and accounting regulation in Ethiopia

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  • Yitayew Mihret Wagaw
  • Dessalegn Getie Mihret
  • Degefe Duressa Obo

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Purpose - The purpose of this study is to examine international financial reporting standards (IFRSs) adoption in Ethiopia to explain transnational political-economic antecedents of this change and its associated consequences on the regulatory landscape of accounting. Design/methodology/approach - Using a neo-Gramscian theory of globalization and the state, the study examines interview and document review evidence pertaining to IFRS adoption in Ethiopia by focusing on the period from 1991 to 2014. Findings - The study illustrates that a dialectical rather than deterministic interaction between global and national forces explains IFRS adoption in Ethiopia, i.e. IFRS adoption falls within the broader scheme of universalizing regulatory institutions in the globalizing world economy. Compared to the commonly understood trends of IFRS adoption circumscribed within a pre-existing regulatory framework, this study illustrates IFRS adoption as a primary driver of major reforms to the accounting regulatory landscape. Originality/value - This study contributes original theoretically grounded insights into the transnational political-economic rationale for IFRS adoption and consequences of the adoption on the accounting regulatory landscape.

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  • Yitayew Mihret Wagaw & Dessalegn Getie Mihret & Degefe Duressa Obo, 2019. "IFRS adoption and accounting regulation in Ethiopia," Accounting Research Journal, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 32(4), pages 662-677, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:eme:arjpps:arj-02-2017-0033
    DOI: 10.1108/ARJ-02-2017-0033
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    1. Albu, Nadia & Albu, Cătălin Nicolae & Cho, Charles H. & Pesci, Caterina, 2023. "Not on the ruins, but with the ruins of the past – Inertia and change in the financial reporting field in a transitioning country," CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES ON ACCOUNTING, Elsevier, vol. 96(C).

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