text: 58. A recent cornprehensive survey of the resources consumed by norld-wide nilltary actlvities is providecl by the study on the relationship between disarmament and developrent (A/36/3561 . Besides recounting some of the nore familiar aspects of financial outlays, the study also conveys the magnitude of hunan and material resources claimed by the arms race. Although the globat aggregates provided by this stutty conseal signifcant regional and national variations andr in several cases, were prepared on the basis of data available for only a few countries, they do portray the enormity of resources consuned ' as shown by the following: (a) By 1982, the vtorld military expenditure represenhed a nearly fourfold escalation over the post-war period and was in excess of a twenty-f ive-fo1d escalation since the beginning of this century. In current prices, it amounted to an expenditure of roughly $110 for every man, wonan and chitdl it was comParable to the cornbihed gross nacional products of all the countries of Africa and tatin Arnerlca and was nearly 19 tines as large as hhe official development assistance M37 /386 Engl ish Annex Page 28 Provided by the Oxganisation for Econonic Co-operation and Developnent (oEcD), tothe poorer countries- per capita. the niritar| expenditures of the deveropedcountries h'ere of a nuch higher magnitude than those of the dereloping countries.At the sane tirG, it needs to be noted that the real burden of milita;yexpenditures in different countries cannot be measured entirery on the basis of per capita outlays.
analysis: The text discusses the financial and resource implications of military activities on a global scale, highlighting the significant amount of resources consumed by the arms race. The study also compares the military expenditures of developed and developing countries, emphasizing the disproportionate burden on the latter. This suggests that the text is related to economic development, as it examines the impact of military spending on the global economy and its distribution among countries.