{
  "id": 7744040,
  "title": "Turn IPSAS compliance into better public services – Forum",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/turn-ipsas-compliance-into-better-public-services-forum",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-16T08:32:14.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Ghanaian Times",
    "slug": "ghanaian-times",
    "url": "https://ghanaiantimes.com.gh/turn-ipsas-compliance-into-better-public-services-forum/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Ghana has been urged to move beyond achieving full compliance with International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS) and leverage the milestone to improve public financial management and services. At a Public Financial Management (PFM) Forum in Accra, experts emphasized that the focus should now shift towards ensuring the reliability and usefulness of financial information generated, which can support planning, budgeting, asset management, and policy decisions. The International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board (IPSASB) Chairman, Thomas Müller-Marqués Berger, commended Ghana's progress in implementing accrual-based IPSAS, noting the country's commitment to transitioning to accrual accounting since 2007.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}