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  • CoverThe Interplay of Public and Private Standards
    TitleThe Interplay of Public and Private Standards
    SummaryPart three of a series of four papers synthesizes the literature related to harmonization of, and interdependencies between public and private standards. It looks into the ways in which governments could engage with private standards to impact their legitimacy and significance in the market and provides examples of complementarities between public and private standards, and the harmonization efforts made in this area.
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    Publication dateFebruary 01, 2012