Military debt: Perspectives from the experience of Arab countries

Defence and Peace Economics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 13-30

  Alami, Randa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arab countries Middle East; Military debt; Military spending

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036487011     PISSN: 10242694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10242690210964     Document Type: Article

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