The determinants of military expenditure in Rwanda

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dc.contributor.advisorNikolaidou, Efi
dc.contributor.authorDlamini, Nakiwe
dc.date.accessioned2025-08-13T07:38:55Z
dc.date.available2025-08-13T07:38:55Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.date.updated2025-08-07T09:45:31Z
dc.description.abstractMilitary expenditure is a critical component of every nation's central government budget. Despite its important role, very few studies attempt to investigate the determinants of military expenditure for individual countries in the third world. Most studies have focused on cross country and panel studies largely for developed economies. This study addresses these issues by investigating the determinants of military expenditure in Rwanda, a country that has experienced conflict and civil unrest. No studies for Rwanda had been published, regardless of the growing military expenditure. A range of factors such as economic, political, or strategic conditions can drive the demand for defence expenditure. This paper employs a general model of demand for military expenditure and estimates it using the Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) approach, over the period 1973 to 2022. The results provide strong evidence that trade openness, foreign direct investment (FDI), democracy, genocide and real GDP per capita play a crucial role in determining military expenditure in Rwanda. According to the conclusions drawn from the study, government initiatives should prioritize trade openness to result in less government spending on the defence sector, which in turn frees up funds for other government projects. Additionally, efforts to attract FDI should be intensified, as FDI inflows can lower the intensity of global conflict, promote cooperation and result to a reduced level of military spending.
dc.identifier.apacitationDlamini, N. (2025). <i>The determinants of military expenditure in Rwanda</i>. (). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,School of Economics. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/41571en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationDlamini, Nakiwe. <i>"The determinants of military expenditure in Rwanda."</i> ., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,School of Economics, 2025. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/41571en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationDlamini, N. 2025. The determinants of military expenditure in Rwanda. . University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,School of Economics. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/41571en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Dlamini, Nakiwe AB - Military expenditure is a critical component of every nation's central government budget. Despite its important role, very few studies attempt to investigate the determinants of military expenditure for individual countries in the third world. Most studies have focused on cross country and panel studies largely for developed economies. This study addresses these issues by investigating the determinants of military expenditure in Rwanda, a country that has experienced conflict and civil unrest. No studies for Rwanda had been published, regardless of the growing military expenditure. A range of factors such as economic, political, or strategic conditions can drive the demand for defence expenditure. This paper employs a general model of demand for military expenditure and estimates it using the Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) approach, over the period 1973 to 2022. The results provide strong evidence that trade openness, foreign direct investment (FDI), democracy, genocide and real GDP per capita play a crucial role in determining military expenditure in Rwanda. According to the conclusions drawn from the study, government initiatives should prioritize trade openness to result in less government spending on the defence sector, which in turn frees up funds for other government projects. Additionally, efforts to attract FDI should be intensified, as FDI inflows can lower the intensity of global conflict, promote cooperation and result to a reduced level of military spending. DA - 2025 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town KW - Military Expenditure, Arms Race View, Neoclassical Perspective, Economic Factors, Political Factors, Strategic Factors, ARDL, Rwanda LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2025 T1 - The determinants of military expenditure in Rwanda TI - The determinants of military expenditure in Rwanda UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/41571 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/41571
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationDlamini N. The determinants of military expenditure in Rwanda. []. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,School of Economics, 2025 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/41571en_ZA
dc.language.isoen
dc.language.rfc3066eng
dc.publisher.departmentSchool of Economics
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Commerce
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subjectMilitary Expenditure, Arms Race View, Neoclassical Perspective, Economic Factors, Political Factors, Strategic Factors, ARDL, Rwanda
dc.titleThe determinants of military expenditure in Rwanda
dc.typeThesis / Dissertation
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationlevelMCom
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