TY - BOOK ID - 510659 TI - Quality systems and standards for a competitive edge PY - 2007 SN - 082136894X 0821368958 9780821368947 9780821368954 9786610940424 1280940425 PB - Washington, D.C. : World Bank, DB - UniCat KW - Economic policy and planning (general) KW - Foreign trade. International trade KW - Competition, International. KW - Quality control -- Standards. KW - Quality control. KW - Quality control KW - Competition, International KW - Poverty KW - Mechanical Engineering KW - Engineering & Applied Sciences KW - Industrial & Management Engineering KW - Standards KW - Poverty. KW - Standards. KW - Destitution KW - International competition KW - World economics KW - Wealth KW - Basic needs KW - Begging KW - Poor KW - Subsistence economy KW - Factory management KW - Industrial engineering KW - Reliability (Engineering) KW - Sampling (Statistics) KW - Standardization KW - Quality assurance KW - Quality of products KW - International relations KW - International trade KW - War KW - Economic aspects UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:510659 AB - Quality systems and standards have a significant impact on market access, export growth, productivity, industrial upgrading, diffusion of innovation, and other central ingredients for reducing poverty and enhancing country competitiveness. This book provides a comprehensive evaluation and blueprint for implementing quality systems for private sector development and trade and competition initiatives. By thoroughly analyzing the diversity of institutions, linkages, and arrangements involved in quality systems and by identifying success factors in country quality strategies, this book provides a ER -