一、导言本文将讨论发展中国家的大多数论述国防经济学的著作都忽略了的两个问题.一、发展中国家的防务实际支出限度;二、防务的作用,以及它在经济决策过程中所受到的重视。防务费对国民生产总值的比值是用来估价一个国家的军事负担的最常用概念之一.其缺点是反映不出外援(军事外援和民用援助)对经济的影响.通常,静态或者说短期防务负担要比预算中所公布的小,中期或长期范围内的防务负担可能和短时期的一样,也可能要大一些.尽管经济学家们不会完 I. INTRODUCTION This paper will discuss two issues that most of the developing countries have overlooked in their writings on defense economics: First, the actual expenditure limits of defense in developing countries; second, the role of defense and its role in economic decision-making Received the attention. The ratio of defense costs to gross national product (GNP) is one of the most common concepts used to assess the military burden on a country, but its shortcoming is that it does not reflect the economic impact of foreign aid (military aid and civil assistance). Often, static or short-term The defense burden is smaller than announced in the budget, and the defense burden for the medium or long term may be the same as for a short period of time, possibly even larger. Although economists will not end