Publication

Nov 2018

This publication presents an overview of the current state of military expenditure transparency in sub-Saharan Africa on a national and international level. To do so, the text's authors 1) analyze military spending trends in the region from 1966 to 2017; 2) assess military expenditure information that states publish on their official government websites; 3) draw on two case studies on The Central African Republic and Botswana to explore changes in the level of transparency in the region; and more.

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Author Nan Tian, Pieter Wezeman, Youngju Yun
Series SIPRI Policy Papers
Publisher Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)
Copyright © 2018 Stockholm International Peace Reserach Institute (SIPRI)
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