THE COSTS OF ARMED CONFLICT IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

2002 ◽  
pp. 32-48
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Armed Conflict

Bad Religion? Religion, Collective Action, and the Onset of Armed Conflict in Developing Countries

2014 ◽  
Vol 60 (2) ◽  
pp. 226-255 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthias Basedau ◽  
Birte Pfeiffer ◽  
Johannes Vüllers
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Collective Action ◽  
Armed Conflict

Armed Conflict, Military Expenses and FDI Inflow to Developing Countries

2017 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 238-251 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nusrate Aziz ◽  
Usman Khalid
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Armed Conflict

The Military Burden in Developing Countries

1988 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 377-401 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward Dommen ◽  
Alfred Maizels
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Armed Conflict ◽  
Quantitative Assessment ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
Military Spending ◽  
The World ◽  
Military Expenditures ◽  
Cross Country ◽  
The Military ◽  
Coups D'etat

During the 1970s, African arms imports rose faster than in any other region of the world. Indeed, military spending doubled between 1970 and 1977, albeit falling since that peak by about one-quarter by 1982,1 as may be seen in Figure 1. The expansion by developing countries of their armed forces during the 1970s, which was certainly not confined to Africa, stimulated interest among economists regarding its impact on economic growth. Our article attempts a quantitative assessment of some of the moew important factors which influence levels of military expenditures in developing countries, first in general and then in Africa specifically, by means of cross-country multiple regression analysis for the average of the years 1978–80. Although military spending is often an end in itself, providing a living for the soldiers and their suppliers, it is also justified on the grounds that it deters armed conflict or domestic unrest, despite being responsible for so many coups d'état.

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