PSY 145 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: South Asian Association For Regional Cooperation, Peace Dividend, Psych
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Agenda for action: asian countries should consider reducing their military expenditures, freeing additional funds for human growth. The calculations of the military budget for asia are depriming. At this time asia is spending 85 billion dollars a year in its military. Some countries spend several times more on their armies than on education and health for their citizens. Soldiers outnumber teachers in many countries: afghanistan and the democratic. People"s republic of lao have twice as many soldiers as the teachers do. The share of global income in south asia is just 2%, but it accounts for about. India ranks 100th in the developing world in per capita wages, but is number one in imports. Pakistan"s troops outnumber scientists by 10 to 1, in viet nam 47 to 1: a new window of opportunity was developed in the 1990s to steer potential increases in military spending towards social growth.
