31.   The war against Tamil Tigers fighting for a homeland has swelled military expenditure and slowed down economic progress.

32.   Among the recommendations were reducing military expenditure, raising the savings rate, improving tax collection, diversification of exports and greater efficiency in public spending.

33.   But only around five billion dollars annually was spent on family planning in developing countries, less than five percent of military expenditure, he stressed.

34.   Deployments on the glacier take up major military expenditure for the two rivals.

35.   The war resulted in severe economic disruption due to heavy military expenditure contributing to large budget deficits.

36.   World military expenditure is concentrated in a few countries, SIPRI said.

37.   Some of them have tried to cut military expenditure but the sector still accounts for nearly a third of the budget.

38.   The cuts in military expenditure and in enterprise subsidies, the liberalisation of domestic prices and external trade have changed the incentives facing enterprises and customers radically.