THE SOUTH AFRICAN ECONOMY Brief economic history During the 1960s the South African economy expanded at an annual average rate of 5,5 percent and experienced average inflation of 2,4 percent. ... Economic prospects Since the middle of 1993 the South African economy has experienced an upturn in economic activity, having endured a severe recession from 1989 to 1993. ... Since 1989 good progress has been made in combating inflation through restrictive monetary policies. ...

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When this system was abandoned in July 1989 and control over the production and marketing of coffee taken away from the Coffee Board of Kenya (CBK) in October 1992, Kenya greatly increased coffee sales. ...

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(Boyd, 2002) pointed quoted a point from (The Copenhagen Centre for Partnership Studies,2002) stating that Social Partners and Social Partnership can be defined as: Social Partnership can be defined as a tri or multi-partite arrangement involving employers, trade unions, public authorities (the state and/or local/regional authorities) and/or others (e.g. voluntary sector). Social partnership is usually concerned with areas of economic and social policy and might be based on a binding agreement or declaration of intent. (The Copenhagen Centre for Partnership Studies, 2002). Social Partners is t...

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During the 1990s, literature on the international political economy was dominated by the idea of globalization. Dramatic decreases in transport costs and the rise of fast and cheap telecommunications technology have made geography less relevant and facilitated massive increases in global trade and new forms of multinational production. Whether or not such developments are good or bad is a topic of ongoing political debate. Some argue that an expanding global economy provides new opportunities for the developing world to integrate into global markets and to achieve rapid rises in living standar...

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