The World Development Report 2025 emphasizes the importance of “Standards for Development”. Particularly, it mentions that standards are “hidden infrastructure” of morden economies. Standards facilitate a common language and understanding across countries and sectors. In the context of developing countries, standards are even more important to promote further development and international integration. This is also applied to sustainability and circular economy standards, where the harmonization of standards could significantly promote the transition to a sustainable and circular economy.
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