Volunteer Experts Help Businesses in Developing Economies (2/2)

These were leaders of medium-sized businesses, like Home Food Processing and Cannery, a seller of palm oil and spices. Another example was All Pure Nature, a maker of shea butter for skin care and other products.

The businesses were large enough to be ready to export their goods. But they had not reached the level of record keeping that would permit them to develop a lending relationship with banks.The owners all had the same need to understand international accounting rules. Accountants in Ghana and other countries are adopting a new system of financial reporting.

Abe Mirza had to provide a lot of information. He says it was like learning everything for a four-year college degree in one week. He not only showed the businesspeople how to present financial statements. He also showed them how, and why, banks look at the information.

Abe Mirza says he did a lot in his years as a businessman, but nothing compares to the feeling of satisfaction he got from his short time in Ghana.

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这些是中型企业的代表，如棕榈油和香料的销售商--家庭食品制造与罐头公司，以及另一家制造牛油果护肤品以及其他产品的标杆企业--全天然公司。

这些企业有足够大的规模准备出口自有产品。但是，他们的记帐水平尚未达到与银行建立借贷关系的要求。所有商家均具有相同的需求，即理解国际会计准则。在加纳和其他一些国家，会计师们正在采用一种新的财务报表制度。

Abe Mirza 不得不提供大量的信息。他说这就好像要在短短一星期里学会大学4年里的所有知识一样。他不仅要告诉商人如何递交金融报表，同时还要告诉他们如何以及为什么银行要浏览这些信息。

Abe Mirza在他从商的日子里做了很多事情，但却远不及他在加纳短时间里所获得的满足感。