ELEMENTS OF SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY IN NATO MEMBER COUNTRIES
ELEMENTS OF SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY IN NATO MEMBER COUNTRIES
Author(s): Aura Codreanu, Cristina AntonoaieSubject(s): Governance, Economic policy, Military policy
Published by: Regional Department of Defense Resources Management Studies
Keywords: HDI; military expenditures; ratio of education and health expenditure to military expenditure; research and development expenditure;
Summary/Abstract: The Human Development Reports (HDR) are publications of the United Nations Development Programme. Each year the HDR is ranking more than 180 countries according to the Human Development Index (HDI). This is a composite index comprising 3 dimensions – Life expectancy index, Education index, and GNI index. Among the data from the HDR 2020 we can find, as part of the Social sustainability, the Military expenditure (as percentage of the GDP), and the Ratio of education and health expenditure to military expenditure. We took into consideration for this paper also one of the indices from the Economic sustainability – the Research and Development expenditure (as percentage of the GDP). We have analyzed this 3 indices for the NATO Member Countries.
Journal: Defense Resources Management in the 21st Century
- Issue Year: 16/2021
- Issue No: 16
- Page Range: 8-12
- Page Count: 5
- Language: English