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Background:

The destructive economic effects of the Covid-19 pandemic have been seen throughout the entire world, in every country. Individuals and companies have lost their jobs and livelihoods and economies have been brought to their knees. The World Economic Forum (WEF), also warned countries of the "threat of a global pandemic in its risk report for the past 15 years, and the world is now dealing with the effects of failing to prepare for those risks".

Read the attached article from BusinessLive titled: WEF warns that world must brace for long-term threats to humanity and answer the question below.

Question:

With the background provided in the article and also with your own knowledge of seeing what has happened in the world due to the Covid-19 pandemic, what are the remedies that business and government can implement  to try to curb or prevent long term threats to the South African economy and to better prepare economically for the next "pandemic"?

Assignment instructions:

Write an in-depth 3,000 word essay (including in-text referencing and a reference list), referring to all the aspects mentioned in the question above. The assignment should include a Introduction, Body and Conclusion. The assignment must be submitted as a word or PDF processed A4 document (1.5 spacing, 12pt, Arial,  and correctly referenced according to the NWU Harvard Referencing Style). Word count should be reflected on the cover page. Penalties will apply if these guidelines are not adhered to. This assignment should be submitted through TurnitIn and plagiarism will be penalised accordingly.

Only one person (the Group Leader) needs to submit the assignment.

Note: Wikipedia, Investopedia etc are not academic references.

You have two submissions, which means you can use the first submission to check your plagiarism score and to correct it if it is too high and then resubmit. Above 20% is risk territory!

Due date: 9 April 2021