Defense or Development? A Decisive Question in Latin America

Abstract

The purpose of this work is to inform the reader about the recent past, present, and future tendency in the Latin American countries regarding the balance of expenditures between defense and development. First, this paper reviews the theory for establishing the concepts of defense expenditures and development/social expenditures, second, it analyzes the facts and possible relation in the expenses in defense and development in the countries, and finally, it identifies probable future scenarios.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 05, 2008
Accession Number
ADA478491

Entities

People

  • Esteban Guarda

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Central America
  • Department Of State
  • Employment
  • Families (Human)
  • Geography
  • Governments
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Police
  • Political Systems
  • Societies
  • South America
  • United States
  • United States Southern Command
  • Urban Areas
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Economics
  • International Relations, focusing on Korea-Africa and North Korea-South Korea relations, and Nigeria-Latin American Relations.