African Journal of
Business Management

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Bus. Manage.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1993-8233
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJBM
  • Start Year: 2007
  • Published Articles: 4190

Full Length Research Paper

Analysis of social and economic conditions in the countries of sub-Saharan Africa for a convergence to international accounting standards

  Kouadio Arrio, Fátima de Souza Freire* and Jorge Katsumi Niyama        
Accounting and Atuarial Sciences Department, University of Brasília, Prédio da FACE, B1-02,  Campus Darcy Ribeiro, Brasília, Distrito Federal, CEP: 70910–900, Brazil.
Email: [email protected]

  •  Accepted: 17 June 2013
  •  Published: 28 June 2013

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