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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Main Authors:	Nderitu, Elizabeth Murugi, Odongo, Mary
Format:	Brief
Language:	English en_US
Published:	International Finance Corporation, Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:	trade facilitation regional integration free trade area regional trade standards harmonization customs clearance trade logistics
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

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spelling	okr-10986-262952021-05-25T10:54:44Z A Win for the Private Sector : Harmonizing Standards in the East African Community Partner States Nderitu, Elizabeth Murugi Odongo, Mary trade facilitation regional integration free trade area regional trade standards harmonization customs clearance trade logistics 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. 2017-03-16T20:35:52Z 2017-03-16T20:35:52Z 2017-02 Brief 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 English en_US IFC SmartLessons; CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo International Finance Corporation International Finance Corporation, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Brief Africa East Africa
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description	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.
format	Brief
author	Nderitu, Elizabeth Murugi Odongo, Mary
author_facet	Nderitu, Elizabeth Murugi Odongo, Mary
author_sort	Nderitu, Elizabeth Murugi
title	A Win for the Private Sector : Harmonizing Standards in the East African Community Partner States
title_short	A Win for the Private Sector : Harmonizing Standards in the East African Community Partner States
title_full	A Win for the Private Sector : Harmonizing Standards in the East African Community Partner States
title_fullStr	A Win for the Private Sector : Harmonizing Standards in the East African Community Partner States
title_full_unstemmed	A Win for the Private Sector : Harmonizing Standards in the East African Community Partner States
title_sort	win for the private sector : harmonizing standards in the east african community partner states
publisher	International Finance Corporation, Washington, DC
publishDate	2017
url	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
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A Win for the Private Sector : Harmonizing Standards in the East African Community Partner States

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