Military budgets, underdevelopment and dependency

Military expenditures are considered to be one of the causes of underdevelopment. This statement is not easy to prove. The article tries to explain that relatively small military expenditures might have large consequences, e.g. on external debt and scarcity of foreign exchange.The problem for Africa...

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Main Author: P. Nauwelaerts
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Gents Afrika Platform, Afrika Brug 1989-01-01
Series:Afrika Focus
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Online Access:http://www.gap.ugent.be/africafocus/pdf/89-5-12-Nauwelaerts.pdf