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Memorandum on the general problem of standardization in Africa

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1963-12
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United Nations. Economic and Social Council;
United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa;
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The newly independent African countries are faced with the vast problem of standardization. With the loosening and in some cases the breaking, of traditional links with the colonizing countries, the African market is open, within the framework of free competition, to products from the whole world. This opening up of the market is, however, limited by the persistence of the colonizing .countries national standards which had been imposed on African countries before independence without being adapted to their specific needs.
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“United Nations. Economic and Social Council; United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa (1963-12). Memorandum on the general problem of standardization in Africa. UN. ECA Standing Committee on Industry, Natural Resources and Transport (2nd Session: 1963, Dec. 3-13 : Addis Ababa, Ethiopia). Addis Ababa :. © UN. ECA,. http://hdl.handle.net/10855/18677”
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UN. ECA Standing Committee on Industry, Natural Resources and Transport (2nd Session: 1963, Dec. 3-13 : Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)
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http://hdl.handle.net/10855/18677
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