Military expenditure data in Africa
Subtitle: a survey of Cameroon, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria and Uganda
By: Wuyi Omitoogun.
Contributors: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.
Series: SIPRI research report ;; no. 17
Publisher: Oxford University Press; Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 148
Subjects: Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Armed Forces -- Appropriations and expenditures.; Cameroon -- Armed Forces -- Appropriations and expenditures.; Ethiopia -- Armed Forces -- Appropriations and expenditures.; Ghana -- Armed Forces -- Appropriations and expenditures.; Kenya -- Armed Forces -- Appropriations and expenditures.; Nigeria -- Armed Forces -- Appropriations and expenditures.; Uganda -- Armed Forces -- Appropriations and expenditures.
Description: 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 undertakes to examine the availability and reliability of official military expenditure data for a set of countries in West, central, and East Africa, using a combination of interviews with key actors in the military budgeting process and official documents in the selected countries.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.