Abstract:Brazil is in the process of converging to international accounting standards applied to the public sector. These standards aim to produce high-quality accounting information for decisionmaking and accountability purposes and establish that citizens are among the primary users. Citizens integrate a diversified group of users with different knowledge and information needs. A case in which citizens may need the accounting information is when performing social control over the activities of the public sector. In p… Show more
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