5. IFRS and the OHADA PCG
It was mentioned earlier in this paper that the OHADA PCG is actually a hybrid system
that incorporates some Anglo-American concepts into its uniform accounting framework.
Although some commentators (e.g., Alexander & Archer, 2000; Cairns, 1997; d'Arcy,
2001) claim that the notion of Anglo-Saxon accounting is now becoming difficult to define
in an era of globalization, Nobes (2003, p. 99) outlines its distinctive features thus: