Abstract

This study dealt with the impact of military expenditures on some economic and social indicators by examining the damage and losses in many civilian sectors. On the other hand, the research referred to the experiences of some selected countries in the possibility of re-directing military expenditures to aspects of development of an economic and social nature and possibility Benefit from those experiences in Iraq. Accordingly, the study was divided into three axes, in addition to the introduction and conclusion. The first axis dealt with studying the most important concepts related to military spending, while the second axis was with regard to damage and losses formed as a result of conflicts and wars, and the third axis related to the experiences of some development countries and the involvement of their armies in civilian investments, and the possibility of benefiting from these experiences and the possibility of resettling them in Iraq. The research started from the hypothesis that the duality of the impact of military expenditures on the path of economic and social variables makes the means of settling them in the economies of peace with permanent economic and social feasibility for sustainable development. Finally, the research included a conclusion and some conclusions and recommendations, the most important of which was that Iraq had witnessed many wars and conflicts, which led to the depletion of huge amounts of its economic resources, which led to the depletion of many economic and human resources as a direct result of the wars, while the main recommendation was that it was necessary to allocate a part. From military spending to serve the civil sector by involving the army in investing in stalled and stalled projects and reconstruction projects in the liberated cities.

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