In the 1990s […] It was recorded that the estimated annual cost of achieving basic education for all was $6bn; for water and sanitation $9bn; reproductive health for all women $12bn; and for basic health and nutrition $13bn. In comparison, the figures for annual spending on cosmetics in the United States were $8bn, ice-cream in Europe $11bn, and military spending globally $780bn.
Ken Booth, Theory of World Security, 2007
