The Burden of Defence in Developing Countries

Paul Rivlin
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Paul Rivlin: International Institute for Strategic Studies

Chapter 6 in The Economics of Military Expenditures, 1987, pp 104-112 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract This paper will deal with two themes that have been largely neglected in the literature on defence economics in developing countries. The first is the extent to which developing countries actually pay for their own defence. The second is the role of defence and the preoccupation with it in the economic decision making process.

Keywords: Total Resource; Military Expenditure; Suez Canal; Peace Treaty; Defence Spending (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1987
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-08919-2_6

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