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peace dividend additional money available to a government from cuts in defence expenditure because of the end of a period of hostilities How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Faced with a post cold-war environment in which threats and challenges are ambiguous and in which nations anxious for a peace dividend have consistently slashed military budgets, sense of purpose and morale have suffered. Palestinian institutions have been paralyzed--ministries need to function so the people can see a peace dividend. Chairman Kiwanuka told the Chronicle it was an "assumption" which he shared, that if there is "reasonable, genuine disarmament, a lot of resources would be released for development", adding that "the relationship between disarmament and development is that there is a peace dividend if the billions which are spent on arms would be relocated to development". |
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