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Countries that spend scarce resources to import arms from abroad often require arms sellers to 'reinvest' part or all of the proceeds back into the arms-importing country. These so-called 'arms trade offsets' are therefore thought to enhance domestic economic development. But does this process actually succeed?This book examines the theory and policy applications of arms trade offsets and looks at more than a dozen case studies drawn from across Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Americas. The chapters, based on original research and published here for the first time, are all written by leading

Arms transfers. --- Defense industries. --- Economic development. --- Countertrade. --- 874 Wapenhandel --- 839 Technologie --- 831 Internationale politieke economie --- Compensation trade --- Development, Economic --- Economic growth --- Growth, Economic --- Armaments industries --- Arms sales --- Military sales --- Military supplies industry --- Munitions --- Sale of military equipment --- Arms traffic --- Foreign military sales --- Balance of payments --- Barter --- East-West trade --- International trade --- Economic policy --- Economics --- Statics and dynamics (Social sciences) --- Development economics --- Resource curse --- Industries --- Arms transfers --- Arms race --- Defense industries --- Military assistance --- Countertrade --- Economic development --- 839 Technologie en infrastructuur