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Quality standards and development: The GNBS’ ‘watchdog’ role - Stabroek News

One of the inevitable knock-on effects of the global attention that Guyana has secured, ‘overnight,’ as a result of it joining the ranks of oil producers, is the expectation that the country’s new-found high profile will be attended by upgraded standards across a wider swathe of pursuits, not least the quality of the goods and services that it offers outside of the oil and gas sector.

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