USAID DEC
The Provincial Economic Growth Program, Advancing Private Sector Development in Iraq, was initiated by USAID-Tijara in 2009.
2009 · 34 pages

Abstract
The program aimed to promote economic growth and development in Iraq through private sector development. A key component of the program was the accounting and financial management system, which was designed to provide accurate and reliable financial information to stakeholders. The accounting system was based on a set of principles and standards that governed the process of recording financial transactions. The system consisted of several key components, including the journal, ledger, and financial statements. The journal was used to record financial transactions in a chronological order, while the ledger was used to classify and categorize financial transactions in separate accounts. Financial statements, including the profit and loss statement, balance sheet, and cash flow statement, were used to provide a comprehensive picture of the financial position and performance of the project. The accounting objectives of the program were to record financial operations based on supporting documents, classify and categorize financial operations in separate accounts, extract business results for a specific period of time, provide required information to facility management, and provide information to external parties, including investors and borrowers. The categories benefiting from accounting data were internal parties, such as project owners and management, and external parties, including project shareholders and investors, financial analysts, project creditors and suppliers, and governmental agencies. The role of accounting as an information system was to provide a continued and integrated process of recording, processing, and delivering financial information to stakeholders. The process consisted of three consecutive steps: restricting financial operations to basic data form, operating or processing basic data according to a set of assumptions and generally accepted accounting principles, and delivering processed information to stakeholders through a set of financial reports. The accounting system was designed to provide accurate and reliable financial information to stakeholders, including project owners, management, investors, creditors, and suppliers. The system was based on a set of principles and standards that governed the process of recording financial transactions, and it consisted of several key components, including the journal, ledger, and financial statements. The system was used to provide a comprehensive picture of the financial position and performance of the project, and it was designed to meet the needs of various stakeholders.
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