Response to the following questions:
1. To what extent has the ‘stable platform' of the IASB's Improvements Project reduced options that remained after completion of the Core Standards programme?
2. Why is the position of the US regulators so significant to the global acceptance of IFRS? Which issues attract the particular attention of the US regulators?
3. Which new themes have been added to the IASB's programme since the Core Standards programme was completed? What are the apparent reasons for adding these new themes?