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Ivory Coast
Index
From 1976 to 1985, Ivoirian military expenditures
averaged less
than 2 percent of GNP and ranged between 4 and 6 percent
of the
government's budget. As measured in constant 1983 United
States
dollars, the country's arms imports multiplied sevenfold
from about
US$15 million a year during 1976 and 1977 to between US$90
and
US$130 million per year from 1978 to 1981, when Côte
d'Ivoire
acquired several costly ships and aircraft. Expenditures
then
declined abruptly to an annual average of only US$22
million from
1982 to 1985, a period of austerity for the country
(see Growth and Structure of the Economy
, ch. 3). At least a portion of
Côte
d'Ivoire's arms imports from France was furnished on a
grant basis
during this period.
The government's operating budget for FY 1986 amounted
to CFA F433.62 billion (for value of
CFA F--see Glossary), of
which CFA F31.3 billion (7.2 percent) was allocated to the Ministry
of
Defense. Although this represented almost an 11 percent
increase
from the ministry's 1985 budget, defense allocations were
still a
distant second to the budget of the Ministry of National
Education
and Scientific Research. Personnel costs absorbed about
two-thirds
of the defense budget, while materials and operating
expenses each
absorbed about one-fifth of the budget. In addition, for
FY 1986
the Ministry of Maritime Affairs received CFA F1.1 billion
(a
substantial reduction from CFA F3.8 billion in 1985),
bringing the
total defense operating budget for 1986 to CFA F32.4
billion.
Data as of November 1988
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