The Sudan: Military Economic Corporations

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Sudan's military corporations were established at the very time the regime claimed it was interested in privatization. The role of military corporations in the Sudan is examined to provide a case study that would address those issues of civil military relations that bear on privatization of economies; the accountability of armed forces as economic agents; and the impact on the armed forces of their own commercial activities. In the Sudan, actual control of military corporations by central military bodies was difficult to impose. Although accounting procedures were weak and personal profiteering rampant, the corporations were not dumping grounds for redundant soldiers. The corporations did lead to tensions among service branches and individual officers but it would be incorrect to exaggerate these aspects. There were differences among corporations with respect to efficiency and professionalism. In the Sudan, the armed forces' corporations acted according to established Sudanese business practices-seeking trade margins and protection and using personal connections.

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