I'm not a big fan of the U.N., but found it curious when a google alert came up pointing me to work citing my 1993 honors thesis on military expenditure. The power of the internet. That work has already been cited by the Atlas Foundation (in 2005 I believe) and several other groups, but I'm surprised at the reach & recognition my 1993 paper has received through my simple republication of it on my website.

The original paper was a statistical cross-sectional analysis and meta-analysis of data relating to how third world nations are impacted economically by military expenditure.

The original is in French, but here's the Google translation of the title.

Paper presented at the International Conference organized by ECA and the
CODESRIA sur le thème : CODESRIA on:
« INSTITUTIONS, CULTURE ET CORRUPTION EN AFRIQUE » "INSTITUTIONS, CULTURE AND CORRUPTION IN AFRICA"
Date : 13 - 15 Octobre 2008 Date: 13 - 15 October 2008
Lieu : Centre de Conférence des Nations Unies, Location: Conference Center of the United Nations,
Addis-Abeba, Ethiopie. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.