01524cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF002591 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451847420 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Hewitt, Daniel. Military Expenditure : International Comparison of Trends / Daniel Hewitt. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1991. 1 online resource (52 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students This paper analyzes trends in world military expenditure by examining the shares of different country groups and the ratio to GDP of individual nations. The coverage is military expenditures in 125 countries from 1972 to 1988. The study also compares military expenditures as a proportion of central government expenditures; analyzes the budgetary trade-off between military, social, and development expenditures; and discusses the impact of military expenditures on economic development. Mode of access: Internet IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1991/054 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/1991/054/001.1991.issue-054-en.xml IMF e-Library