Military Expenditure Data in Africa - A Survey of Cameroon, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria and Uganda

Klappentext The international reporting of military expenditure data for African states is poor in many respects. Figures that are published are often at variance with the socio-economic realities of the countries. This study examines the availability and reliability of official military expenditure data for six countries in West, Central and East Africa, using a combination of interviews with key actors in the military budgeting process and analysis of official documents in thecountries selected. The author concludes that data are indeed available in many of these countries but that the quality of the data varies from country to country. Two main factors account for this - the influence of the donors of economic aid, whose insistence that artain certain maximum level ofexpenditure on defence should not be exceeded has encouraged the manipulation of data by the countries concerned; and the general loss of capacity in several countries to compile the necessary statistics. Zusammenfassung This study examines the availability and reliability of official military expenditure data for various countries in West, Central, and East Africa, using official documents and interviews with key actors in the military budgeting process.

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• Authors: Wuyi Omitoogun
• Assisted by: Wuyi Omitoogun (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2004
• EAN: 9780199245024
• ISBN: 978-0-19-924502-4
• No. of pages: 162
• Series: SIPRI Research Reports; SIPRI Research Reports
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Contemporary history (1945 to 1989); Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education