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International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI): Financial Statements for December 31, 2006 with Independent Auditor's Report by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…Independent auditor's report for IFPRI's financial statements as of December 31, 2006 and statements of activity, statements of assets, and cash flows. Audit carried out by McGladrey & Pullen, Bethesda, MD, USA.…”
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International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI): Financial Statements for December 31, 2007 with Independent Auditor's Report by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…Independent auditor's report for IFPRI's financial statements as of December 31, 2007 and statements of activity, statements of assets, and cash flows. Audit carried out by McGladrey & Pullen, Gaithersburg, MD, USA.…”
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International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI): Financial Statements for December 31, 2004 and 2003 with Independent Auditor's Reports by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…Independent auditor's report for IFPRI's financial statements as of December 31, 2004 and 2003 and statements of activity, statements of assets, and cash flows. Audit carried out by PriceWaterhouseCoopers, McLean, VA, USA.…”
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First External Management Review of CIAT, 1984 by CGIAR Secretariat

“…The panel recommended decentralization of operations among the latter, and changes with respect to the use of computers, internal auditing and the management of supplies. The panel made several suggestions concerning the work of the board, particularly the audit committee. …”
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Sixth External Programme and Management Review of IRRI by CGIAR Science Council

“…Recommendations include: establishment of gene trait linkages in selected germplasm, inclusion of results of ex ante impact studies in unfavourable environments in priority setting exercises, establishment of a forum of rice growing countries with the purpose of financing and revitalizing INGER, development of an annual list of Trustee Competencies, delivery of financial statements to the Finance and Audit Committee, and development of updated investment portfolio guidelines. …”
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CGIAR Center Directors Committee Minutes, Presiding Chair: P. Brumby by CGIAR Center Directors Committee

“…The meeting culminates with a joint session between center directors and center board chairs that record discussions related to an audit survey conducted by Arthur Anderson, the statement of TAC goals, the role of Trustees in the CG system and the length of staff appointments.…”
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Precision management of pollination services to blueberry crops by Cavigliasso, Pablo, Negri, Pedro, Viel, Matias, Graziani, Milagros María, Challiol, C., Bello, Fernando, Saez, Agustin

“…Here, we compared the effect of “precision” pollination (i.e., application of pesticides coordinated with growers, audit of hives, dietary supplementation and individual distribution of hives) with conventional practices (i.e., pesticides applications without coordination with growers and no audit of hives, low maintenance of hives and hives distributed in large groups) on the mean level of pollination and fruit production and quality in blueberry crops. …”
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Report of the Seventeenth Meeting of the CGIAR Finance Committee by CGIAR Finance Committee

“…The Committee reviewed several aspects of CGIAR financial policies: indirect costs, liquidity management, the accounting manual, internal audit procedures, and financial systems.…”
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Lessons learnt from the Pilot Year 2004 Implementation of the CGIAR Performance Measurement System by CGIAR Secretariat

“…The paper is based on findings from the SC, the CGIAR Internal Audit Unit (IAU), the CGIAR Secretariat and feedback from Centers. …”
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Terms of Reference: Summaries of Learning on CGIAR’s Ways of Working by CGIAR Independent Advisory and Evaluation Service

“…Therefore, this ToR focuses on the remaining five WoWs (see Table 1). 1 The objective of the WoWs summaries is to compile evaluative evidence and learning not only from the past System Council-commissioned evaluations organized by the IAES Evaluation Function (EF) and associated syntheses, but also from other sources, such as the advice and reviews by the Independent Science for Development Council (ISDC); the impact and reach studies of the Standing Panel on Impact Assessment (SPIA); the advisory and audit engagements of CGIAR Internal Audit; as well as Integrated Partnership Board and CGIAR center-led evaluations and studies. …”
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No branch left behind: tracking terrestrial biodiversity from a phylogenetic completeness perspective by Pinto-Ledezma, Jesus N, Díaz, Sandra, Halpern, Benjamin S., Khoury, Colin, Cavender-Bares, Jeannine

“…The PC approach is flexible, may be used to conduct a phylogenetic audit of biodiversity under different conservation scenarios, complements existing conservation efforts, and is linked to the post‐2020 UN Convention on Biodiversity targets.…”
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Fifth External Programme and Management Review of IRRI, 1998 by CGIAR Technical Advisory Committee, CGIAR Secretariat

“…The panel saw a need for a capital plan, and ensuring that the internal audit function become fully effective.TAC and the CGIAR generally endorsed the panel recommendations. …”
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First External Management Review of IITA, 1984 by CGIAR Secretariat

“…Recommendations included creation of an executive committee to consider major budget and policy issues, an audit committee, and a search committee approved by the Board to identify and screen candidates for director general. …”
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Kan artificiell intelligens ersätta den framtida revisorn? : en studie om hur digitaliseringens effekter kan tänkas påverka revisorns roll by Krämbring, Amanda Josephine, Kähkönen, Tuulia

First External Management Review of CIMMYT, 1988 by CGIAR Secretariat

“…Review Panel recommendations include: greater attention by the board to performing all its critical functions, and improvement of its internal structure and procedures; appointment of a deputy director general for research and training; establishment of a management committee headed by the director general; strengthening the accountability and performance evaluation criteria for units and individuals; developing a project-based management and budget system; international recruitment of a Human Resources Officer; relieving the financial burden on national staff resulting from the depressed state of the Mexican economy; adopting a fund raising strategy; and increasing the prominence of the internal audit function.Agenda document at TAC 47, and the CGIAR meeting of May-June, 1989.…”
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Terms of Reference: Review of Culture and Engagement in CGIAR by CGIAR Independent Advisory and Evaluation Service

“…Under the System Council (SC)-endorsed Multi-Year Evaluation Plan (MYEP) (2025-27 Workplan for IAES (SC/M21/DP5)), the review of the 2020-27 Gender, Diversity and Inclusion (GDI) Action Plans and the Action Plan for Advancing Culture and Engagement (C&E) in CGIAR’s Workplaces is a joint activity between the Evaluation Function (EF) and the CGIAR Internal Audit (IA) function. Recommendations will be subject to a CGIAR Management Response (MR). …”
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Second External Programme and Management Review of IWMI by CGIAR Technical Advisory Committee, CGIAR Secretariat

“…One recommendation for a more formal process to set and implement clear priorities and assess impact drew strong support from TAC.The governance recommendations included a board development program, establishment of an audit committee, revision of board rules and regulations, and meetings twice, rather than once, per year. …”
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Assuring sustainability information by Jonsson, Simon

“…The empirical findings of this study show that auditors use a set of institutional work types to establish them as assurers of information in SRs, including advocacy of their own established assurance standard, mimicry of existing financial audit practices and education of company actors in how to develop internal sustainability reporting practices. …”
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Implementering av miljöledningssystem i skogsbruket : en fallstudie hos Stora Enso Skog AB by Lindholm, Robert

“…The major potential for improvement was identified as 1) a system that continuously monitors results and trends in everyday nature consideration 2) better, i.e. a more immediate, feedback of audit results, and 3) a clearer description of the targets. …”

Kommunikation mellan djurskyddsinspektörer och djurägare by Hartvigsson, Malin

“…This restructuring was made due to the deficiencies that the audit conducted by the EU of the FVO (Food and Veterinary Office) 2003 found in the Swedish system. …”