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Download or read book Standards and Global Trade written by John Sullivan Wilson and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2003 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication provides the first comprehensive assessment of the relationship between trade standards and development priorities in Africa, with case studies of the use of international standards and capacity for compliance in five countries: Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, South Africa and Uganda. It describes the economic context of trade standards in these countries, and examines the mechanisms by which standards and regulations are established and revised at local and international levels. It also considers the probable impact of new standards, regulations and related production/marketing practices in key industries.