Désarmement et sous-développement

Jacques Fontanel ()
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Jacques Fontanel: CESICE - Centre d'études sur la sécurité internationale et les coopérations européennes - UPMF - Université Pierre Mendès France - Grenoble 2 - IEPG - Sciences Po Grenoble - Institut d'études politiques de Grenoble

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Abstract: Military expenditure is analysed as unproductive expenditure, a social burden that needs to be reduced in view of national security constraints. The idea of disarmament for development has been an important political issue that has prompted economists to undertake numerous studies on the subject. The studies undertaken produce heterogeneous results regarding the usefulness of disarmament, with or without international assistance, for the economies of developing countries. Disarmament that leads to international insecurity does not allow economic development to become widespread. Development based on domination effects promotes conflicts and wars. The choice is not between butter or cannon, because sometimes the butter has been obtained with the cannon. In this context, economists alone should not support the idea of the link between disarmament and development; it implies a reflection on the very nature of mankind.

Keywords: economic development; international aid; underdevelopment; Disarmament; Désarmement; Développement économique; sous-développement; aide internationale (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1993
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Published in Mondes en Développement, 1993, 21 (83)

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