Divestment is the reduction of assets for financial or political reasons. It is used to express means of growing financially or to sell a unit of their own business to enter a new business that they find to be more profitable than the last.
According to Wikipedia, in South Africa, "The term "Divestment Campaign" was first used in the 1980s, most commonly in the United States, to refer to the use of a concerted economic boycott designed to pressure the government of South Africa into abolishing its policy of apartheid. Since then, divestment campaigns have focused on countries and companies for their policies."
Divestment is the reduction of assets for financial or political reasons. It is used to express means of growing financially or to sell a unit of their own business to enter a new business that they find to be more profitable than the last.
According to Wikipedia, in South Africa, "The term "Divestment Campaign" was first used in the 1980s, most commonly in the United States, to refer to the use of a concerted economic boycott designed to pressure the government of South Africa into abolishing its policy of apartheid. Since then, divestment campaigns have focused on countries and companies for their policies."
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