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peace dividend

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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


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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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