Regional Approaches to Better Standards Systems

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 co...

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Main Author:	Aldaz-Carroll, Enrique
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ARBITRATION BILATERAL TRADE BILATERAL TRADE AGREEMENTS CALIBRATION CALIBRATION LABORATORIES CENTRAL AMERICAN CLIMATIC CONDITIONS COMMON MARKET COMPENSATION CONFORMITY CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT PROCEDURES CONSUMER PROTECTION COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS CUSTOMS CUSTOMS UNION CUSTOMS UNIONS DESTINATION COUNTRY DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DISPUTE RESOLUTION DISPUTE RESOLUTION MECHANISM DISPUTE SETTLEMENT DISTORTIONARY EFFECTS DIVISION OF LABOR DOMESTIC ECONOMY DOMESTIC MARKET DOMESTIC MARKETS ECONOMIES OF SCALE ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS EXPERTISE EXPORT MARKETS EXPORT PERFORMANCE EXPORT SECTOR EXTERNALITIES FOREIGN MARKETS FOREIGN STANDARDS FREE TRADE FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS FREE TRADE AREA GLOBAL MARKET GLOBAL TRADE GOVERNMENT REGULATION HARMONIZATION HEIGHT IMPORTS INSURANCE INTEGRATED MARKET INTERMEDIATE LEVEL INTERNATIONAL STANDARD INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS INTRA-APEC TRADE INTRA-REGIONAL TRADE INTRAREGIONAL TRADE ISO ISO STANDARDS LABORATORIES LATIN AMERICAN LOCAL FIRMS MAGNITUDE MARKET ACCESS MEMBER COUNTRIES MEMBER COUNTRY METROLOGY MINISTER MUTUAL RECOGNITION MUTUAL RECOGNITION AGREEMENT MUTUAL RECOGNITION AGREEMENTS NATIONAL LAWS NATIONAL LEGISLATION NON-TARIFF BARRIERS POLICY OBJECTIVE PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCERS PRODUCT STANDARDS PRODUCTION COSTS PROTECTIONIST SENTIMENT QUALITY REGULATION REGIONAL APPROACH REGIONAL APPROACHES REGIONAL BODIES REGIONAL FREE TRADE REGIONAL HARMONIZATION REGIONAL INTEGRATION REGIONAL LEVEL REGIONAL MARKET REGIONAL PARTNERS REGIONAL STANDARD REGIONAL STANDARDS REGIONAL TRADE REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENT REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS REGIONALISM REGISTRAR REGULATORY CAPACITY REGULATORY PROCESS REGULATORY STRUCTURES REPLACEMENT COSTS STANDARDIZATION STANDARDS STANDARDS AGREEMENTS STANDARDS BODIES STANDARDS SYSTEMS STANDARDS UPGRADING TARIFF INCREASES TECHNICAL BARRIERS TECHNICAL REGULATION TECHNICAL REGULATIONS TECHNOLOGICAL CONTENT TRADE BARRIERS TRADE COSTS TRADING PARTNERS TRANSACTION COSTS TRANSPARENCY TRANSPORT COMPANIES TRANSPORT COSTS TRUSTS UNILATERAL ADOPTION VOLUNTARY STANDARD VOLUNTARY STANDARDS WORLD TRADE
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spelling	okr-10986-84262021-04-23T14:02:41Z Regional Approaches to Better Standards Systems Aldaz-Carroll, Enrique ARBITRATION BILATERAL TRADE BILATERAL TRADE AGREEMENTS CALIBRATION CALIBRATION LABORATORIES CENTRAL AMERICAN CLIMATIC CONDITIONS COMMON MARKET COMPENSATION CONFORMITY CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT PROCEDURES CONSUMER PROTECTION COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS CUSTOMS CUSTOMS UNION CUSTOMS UNIONS DESTINATION COUNTRY DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DISPUTE RESOLUTION DISPUTE RESOLUTION MECHANISM DISPUTE SETTLEMENT DISTORTIONARY EFFECTS DIVISION OF LABOR DOMESTIC ECONOMY DOMESTIC MARKET DOMESTIC MARKETS ECONOMIES OF SCALE ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS EXPERTISE EXPORT MARKETS EXPORT PERFORMANCE EXPORT SECTOR EXTERNALITIES FOREIGN MARKETS FOREIGN STANDARDS FREE TRADE FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS FREE TRADE AREA GLOBAL MARKET GLOBAL TRADE GOVERNMENT REGULATION HARMONIZATION HEIGHT IMPORTS INSURANCE INTEGRATED MARKET INTERMEDIATE LEVEL INTERNATIONAL STANDARD INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS INTRA-APEC TRADE INTRA-REGIONAL TRADE INTRAREGIONAL TRADE ISO ISO STANDARDS LABORATORIES LATIN AMERICAN LOCAL FIRMS MAGNITUDE MARKET ACCESS MEMBER COUNTRIES MEMBER COUNTRY METROLOGY MINISTER MUTUAL RECOGNITION MUTUAL RECOGNITION AGREEMENT MUTUAL RECOGNITION AGREEMENTS NATIONAL LAWS NATIONAL LEGISLATION NON-TARIFF BARRIERS POLICY OBJECTIVE PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCERS PRODUCT STANDARDS PRODUCTION COSTS PROTECTIONIST SENTIMENT QUALITY REGULATION REGIONAL APPROACH REGIONAL APPROACHES REGIONAL BODIES REGIONAL FREE TRADE REGIONAL HARMONIZATION REGIONAL INTEGRATION REGIONAL LEVEL REGIONAL MARKET REGIONAL PARTNERS REGIONAL STANDARD REGIONAL STANDARDS REGIONAL TRADE REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENT REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS REGIONALISM REGISTRAR REGULATORY CAPACITY REGULATORY PROCESS REGULATORY STRUCTURES REPLACEMENT COSTS STANDARDIZATION STANDARDS STANDARDS AGREEMENTS STANDARDS BODIES STANDARDS SYSTEMS STANDARDS UPGRADING TARIFF INCREASES TECHNICAL BARRIERS TECHNICAL REGULATION TECHNICAL REGULATIONS TECHNOLOGICAL CONTENT TRADE BARRIERS TRADE COSTS TRADING PARTNERS TRANSACTION COSTS TRANSPARENCY TRANSPORT COMPANIES TRANSPORT COSTS TRUSTS UNILATERAL ADOPTION VOLUNTARY STANDARD VOLUNTARY STANDARDS WORLD TRADE 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. 2012-06-19T15:51:14Z 2012-06-19T15:51:14Z 2006-06 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/06/6871776/regional-approaches-better-standards-systems http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8426 English Policy Research Working Paper; No. 3948 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research
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topic	ARBITRATION BILATERAL TRADE BILATERAL TRADE AGREEMENTS CALIBRATION CALIBRATION LABORATORIES CENTRAL AMERICAN CLIMATIC CONDITIONS COMMON MARKET COMPENSATION CONFORMITY CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT PROCEDURES CONSUMER PROTECTION COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS CUSTOMS CUSTOMS UNION CUSTOMS UNIONS DESTINATION COUNTRY DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DISPUTE RESOLUTION DISPUTE RESOLUTION MECHANISM DISPUTE SETTLEMENT DISTORTIONARY EFFECTS DIVISION OF LABOR DOMESTIC ECONOMY DOMESTIC MARKET DOMESTIC MARKETS ECONOMIES OF SCALE ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS EXPERTISE EXPORT MARKETS EXPORT PERFORMANCE EXPORT SECTOR EXTERNALITIES FOREIGN MARKETS FOREIGN STANDARDS FREE TRADE FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS FREE TRADE AREA GLOBAL MARKET GLOBAL TRADE GOVERNMENT REGULATION HARMONIZATION HEIGHT IMPORTS INSURANCE INTEGRATED MARKET INTERMEDIATE LEVEL INTERNATIONAL STANDARD INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS INTRA-APEC TRADE INTRA-REGIONAL TRADE INTRAREGIONAL TRADE ISO ISO STANDARDS LABORATORIES LATIN AMERICAN LOCAL FIRMS MAGNITUDE MARKET ACCESS MEMBER COUNTRIES MEMBER COUNTRY METROLOGY MINISTER MUTUAL RECOGNITION MUTUAL RECOGNITION AGREEMENT MUTUAL RECOGNITION AGREEMENTS NATIONAL LAWS NATIONAL LEGISLATION NON-TARIFF BARRIERS POLICY OBJECTIVE PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCERS PRODUCT STANDARDS PRODUCTION COSTS PROTECTIONIST SENTIMENT QUALITY REGULATION REGIONAL APPROACH REGIONAL APPROACHES REGIONAL BODIES REGIONAL FREE TRADE REGIONAL HARMONIZATION REGIONAL INTEGRATION REGIONAL LEVEL REGIONAL MARKET REGIONAL PARTNERS REGIONAL STANDARD REGIONAL STANDARDS REGIONAL TRADE REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENT REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS REGIONALISM REGISTRAR REGULATORY CAPACITY REGULATORY PROCESS REGULATORY STRUCTURES REPLACEMENT COSTS STANDARDIZATION STANDARDS STANDARDS AGREEMENTS STANDARDS BODIES STANDARDS SYSTEMS STANDARDS UPGRADING TARIFF INCREASES TECHNICAL BARRIERS TECHNICAL REGULATION TECHNICAL REGULATIONS TECHNOLOGICAL CONTENT TRADE BARRIERS TRADE COSTS TRADING PARTNERS TRANSACTION COSTS TRANSPARENCY TRANSPORT COMPANIES TRANSPORT COSTS TRUSTS UNILATERAL ADOPTION VOLUNTARY STANDARD VOLUNTARY STANDARDS WORLD TRADE
spellingShingle	ARBITRATION BILATERAL TRADE BILATERAL TRADE AGREEMENTS CALIBRATION CALIBRATION LABORATORIES CENTRAL AMERICAN CLIMATIC CONDITIONS COMMON MARKET COMPENSATION CONFORMITY CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT PROCEDURES CONSUMER PROTECTION COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS CUSTOMS CUSTOMS UNION CUSTOMS UNIONS DESTINATION COUNTRY DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DISPUTE RESOLUTION DISPUTE RESOLUTION MECHANISM DISPUTE SETTLEMENT DISTORTIONARY EFFECTS DIVISION OF LABOR DOMESTIC ECONOMY DOMESTIC MARKET DOMESTIC MARKETS ECONOMIES OF SCALE ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS EXPERTISE EXPORT MARKETS EXPORT PERFORMANCE EXPORT SECTOR EXTERNALITIES FOREIGN MARKETS FOREIGN STANDARDS FREE TRADE FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS FREE TRADE AREA GLOBAL MARKET GLOBAL TRADE GOVERNMENT REGULATION HARMONIZATION HEIGHT IMPORTS INSURANCE INTEGRATED MARKET INTERMEDIATE LEVEL INTERNATIONAL STANDARD INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS INTRA-APEC TRADE INTRA-REGIONAL TRADE INTRAREGIONAL TRADE ISO ISO STANDARDS LABORATORIES LATIN AMERICAN LOCAL FIRMS MAGNITUDE MARKET ACCESS MEMBER COUNTRIES MEMBER COUNTRY METROLOGY MINISTER MUTUAL RECOGNITION MUTUAL RECOGNITION AGREEMENT MUTUAL RECOGNITION AGREEMENTS NATIONAL LAWS NATIONAL LEGISLATION NON-TARIFF BARRIERS POLICY OBJECTIVE PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCERS PRODUCT STANDARDS PRODUCTION COSTS PROTECTIONIST SENTIMENT QUALITY REGULATION REGIONAL APPROACH REGIONAL APPROACHES REGIONAL BODIES REGIONAL FREE TRADE REGIONAL HARMONIZATION REGIONAL INTEGRATION REGIONAL LEVEL REGIONAL MARKET REGIONAL PARTNERS REGIONAL STANDARD REGIONAL STANDARDS REGIONAL TRADE REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENT REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS REGIONALISM REGISTRAR REGULATORY CAPACITY REGULATORY PROCESS REGULATORY STRUCTURES REPLACEMENT COSTS STANDARDIZATION STANDARDS STANDARDS AGREEMENTS STANDARDS BODIES STANDARDS SYSTEMS STANDARDS UPGRADING TARIFF INCREASES TECHNICAL BARRIERS TECHNICAL REGULATION TECHNICAL REGULATIONS TECHNOLOGICAL CONTENT TRADE BARRIERS TRADE COSTS TRADING PARTNERS TRANSACTION COSTS TRANSPARENCY TRANSPORT COMPANIES TRANSPORT COSTS TRUSTS UNILATERAL ADOPTION VOLUNTARY STANDARD VOLUNTARY STANDARDS WORLD TRADE Aldaz-Carroll, Enrique Regional Approaches to Better Standards Systems
relation	Policy Research Working Paper; No. 3948
description	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.
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author	Aldaz-Carroll, Enrique
author_facet	Aldaz-Carroll, Enrique
author_sort	Aldaz-Carroll, Enrique
title	Regional Approaches to Better Standards Systems
title_short	Regional Approaches to Better Standards Systems
title_full	Regional Approaches to Better Standards Systems
title_fullStr	Regional Approaches to Better Standards Systems
title_full_unstemmed	Regional Approaches to Better Standards Systems
title_sort	regional approaches to better standards systems
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2012
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/06/6871776/regional-approaches-better-standards-systems http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8426
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