SIPRI Projects on Military Expenditure and Arms Production

Project Staff Staff bios Elisabeth Sköns (Project Leader) Noel Kelly (Project Assistant) Natasza Nazet (Project Secretary, on leave of absence) Catalina Perdomo (Research Associate) Dr. Sam Perlo-Freeman (Researcher) Petter Stålenheim (Researcher) Vincente Boulanin (Intern)	The purpose of these projects is to monitor, describe and analyse trends and developments in military expenditure and arms production worldwide. For this purpose the projects maintains two databases with global coverage: one on military expenditure and one on arms-producing companies. Overviews of recent trends are presented annually in the SIPRI Yearbook chapters on military expenditure and arms production.
	Project descriptions
	Projektbeskrivning på svenska
	Military Expenditure
	Recent trends in military expenditure
	SIPRI data on military expenditure
	Sources and methods: military expenditure
	Publications
	Unpublished papers
	Arms Production
	Trends in arms production
	Concentration in the arms industry: data on mergers and acquisitions
	Transparency in the arms industry
	SIPRI data on arms-producing companies
	Data on national arms production
	Publications
	Unpublished papers
	Links to other Internet sites - arms production
	Completed projects
	Budgeting for the Military Sector in Africa: The Processes and Mechanisms of Control