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 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.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Aldaz-Carroll, Enrique
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2006-06
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,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/06/6871776/regional-approaches-better-standards-systems https://hdl.handle.net/10986/8426
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