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  2. South African Institute of Race Relations - Wikipedia

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    The South African Institute of Race Relations (IRR) is a research and policy organisation in South Africa.The IRR was founded in 1929 to improve and report upon race relations in South Africa between the politically dominant white group and the black, coloured, and Indian populations, [1]: 25 making the Institute "one of the oldest liberal institutions in the country".

  3. International roughness index - Wikipedia

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    Golden car for IRI measurement as a spring. The IRI was defined as a mathematical property of a two-dimensional road profile (a longitudinal slice of the road showing elevation as it varies with longitudinal distance along a travelled track on the road).

  4. Special drawing rights - Wikipedia

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    After the Nixon Shock of 1971 and during the collapse of the Bretton Woods system between 1971 and 1973, the XDR initially remained at 1 US dollar (even as its value relative to gold dropped to 1/38 troy ounce in 1972 and 1/42.22 troy ounce in 1973). [65] On July 1, 1974, the XDR instead became defined by a currency basket of 16 currencies. [16]

  5. Currency substitution - Wikipedia

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    Currency substitution is the use of a foreign currency in parallel to or instead of a domestic currency. [1]Currency substitution can be full or partial. Full currency substitution can occur after a major economic crisis, such as in Ecuador, El Salvador, and Zimbabwe.

  6. Internal rate of return - Wikipedia

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    Conversely, if NPV shows a negative value, the project is expected to lose value. In essence, IRR signifies the rate of return attained when the NPV of the project reaches a neutral state, precisely at the point where NPV breaks even. [4] IRR accounts for the time preference of money and investments. A given return on investment received at a ...

  7. International use of the U.S. dollar - Wikipedia

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    The People's Republic of China's renminbi was informally and controversially pegged to the dollar in the mid-1990s at ¥ 8.28/USD. Likewise, Malaysia pegged its ringgit at RM3.8/USD in September 1998, after the financial crisis. On July 21, 2005, both countries removed their pegs and adopted managed floats against a basket of currencies.

  8. South African rand - Wikipedia

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    [12] In 2014, South Africa experienced its worst year against the US dollar since 2009, [13] and in March 2015, the rand traded at its worst since 2002. [13] At the time, Trading Economics released data that the rand "averaged R4.97 to the dollar between 1972–2015, reaching an all time high of R12.45 in December 2001 and a record low of R0.67 ...

  9. Common Monetary Area - Wikipedia

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    The Common Monetary Area (CMA) links South Africa, Namibia, Lesotho and Eswatini into a monetary union.The Southern African Customs Union (SACU) includes all CMA members in addition to Botswana, which replaced the rand with the pula in 1976 as a means of establishing an independent monetary policy.