Opportunity Cost of Conflict
A report by Strategic Foresight Group, a think tank in Asia has calculated the opportunity cost of conflict for the Middle East from 1991-2010 at US$12 trillion (12,000,000,000,000). Syria’s share in this is over a $150 billion. The government also spends almost 7% of its GDP on the military, compared to 2% spent on health care.
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