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disinvestmentWithdrawal of investments in a country for political reasons. The term is also used in economics to describe non-replacement of stock as it wears out. It is generally applied to the ostensive removal of funds from South Africa in the last years of apartheid by such multinational companies as General Motors and to the withdrawal of private investment funds (by universities, pension funds, and other organizations) from portfolios doing business in South Africa. Disinvestment may be motivated by fear of loss of business in the home market caused by adverse publicity or by fear of loss of foreign resources if the local government changes. |
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Much of the escalating hunger problem can be traced to wars and civil strife, but a large portion is also due to a combination of growing poverty, AIDs and disinvestment in infrastructure. The articles and the book explain that for more than 40 years our schools--particularly in urban areas--have suffered a massive public disinvestment. Archbishop Andrew Hutchison has tried to assure the Jewish community that the Anglican church has no intention of proposing disinvestments in Israeli companies. |
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