Regional Approaches to Better Standards Systems

• Tác giả: Enrique Aldaz-Carroll
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 529.75 Chronology
• Thông tin xuất bản: World Bank, Washington, DC, 2012
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 291628
• Chủ đề: 1. ARBITRATION; 2. BILATERAL TRADE; 3. BILATERAL TRADE AGREEMENTS; 4. CALIBRATION; 5. CALIBRATION LABORATORIES

Tóm tắt

Developing countries face an increasing need to upgrade the standards of their domestic markets and of their exports. This paper examines different approaches available to them for upgrading their standards and conformity assessment procedures. It focuses particularly on those followed within the context of regional trade agreements (RTAs), as these are yielding promising results. Based on interviews performed in Latin America and on previous literature, the paper draws common features of a RTA standard and conformity assessment upgrading and harmonization process, identifies some of its main challenges, and suggests principles that developing countries could follow in such a process.