Research issues
Measuring military expenditure
The SIPRI military expenditure project was initiated in 1967 to study developments in world military expenditure. The current SIPRI database on military expenditure covers 173 countries and contains consistent data for the period since 1988. Data for the most recent 10-year period are published annually in the SIPRI Yearbook. Data from 1988 is available in the SIPRI military expenditure database on-line. SIPRI provides the only long-term, historically consistent series of military expenditure data with global coverage available today.
Military expenditure, arms tranfers and development
One of the most commonly discussed issues in relation to military expenditure is the diversion of resources such expenditure may represent away from other, more productive areas such as health, education and human and economic development. Certainly, in a world where so many people lack access to the basic necessities of life, the nearly $1.5 trillion spent on the military worldwide (according to SIPRI figures for 2008) may well be considered an obscene amount by many people.
Budgeting for military sector in Africa
Budgeting for Military Sector in Africa: the processes and mechanisms of control
