A Win for the Private Sector : Harmonizing Standards in the East African Community Partner States
Trade Mark East Africa (TMEA) launched its standards harmonization project in 2011 to help businesses cut costs associated with the different standards in force across the East African community (EAC). The first phase of the project will come to an...
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| Format: | Brief |
| Language: | English en_US |
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International Finance Corporation, Washington, DC
2017
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/532611488781884173/A-win-for-the-private-sector-harmonizing-standards-in-the-East-African-community-partner-states http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26295 |
| Summary: | Trade Mark East Africa (TMEA) launched
its standards harmonization project in 2011 to help
businesses cut costs associated with the different standards
in force across the East African community (EAC). The first
phase of the project will come to an end in June 2017. This
project stemmed from the importance of standards development
for regional integration and has been done through
supporting the national bureaus of standards in achieving
regional harmonization. Product standards have a significant
impact on trade in goods within the EAC while non-harmonized
standards continue to interrupt the smooth flow of goods in
the region. This smart lessons describe the challenges to
the harmonization process and how the project’s successful
implementation is boosting trade within the region. |
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