The workshop aims to bring together academics working on accounting and finance issues concerning emerging economies. 
The workshop aims to raise the level of interest in the specific problems of accounting and finance in emerging economies; and increase awareness of real issues, so that accounting and finance in these countries will not just be seen as a matter of copying what is done in the industrialised countries. It provides an authoritative overview of the research and progress in this field.

The coverage of the workshop includes, but is not restricted to:
Education, training, women in accounting, and the role of professional accounting Bodies
Financial reporting and accounting standards, including international financial accounting standards
Auditing
Corporate governance, executive compensation, risk management and reporting
Management accounting, including taxation, transfer pricing and tax avoidance
Finance and banking issues, including behavioural accounting and finance
Accounting and business history
The impact of structural adjustment programmes on accounting practices
Accounting, regulation, and privatisation
Accounting and accountability issues, including social and environmental accounting
Accounting practices in family businesses.
The impact of culture, religion, ethnicity, and history on accounting and finance
Public sector accounting and reforms, including new public management
Accounting and finance in socio-economic development and poverty reduction
Finance and accounting for regional transition
Climate risk management and accounting