Financial Risk:
Very High
Score:
19/100
Asset Disposals
Q24
0/100
How effective are controls over the disposal of assets, and is information on these disposals, and the proceeds of their sale, transparent?
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Within the various laws that regulate the activities of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces and other military units, privatization of military property is forbidden (1).…
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Information on maintenance and the disposal of property, weapons and munitions is not available (1). Planning and implementation for this is regulated by internal…
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The public and the parliament are not informed about the financial details and results of disposals. These results are discussed within the MoD (1).
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Q25
0/100
Is independent and transparent scrutiny of asset disposals conducted by defence establishments, and are the reports of such scrutiny publicly available?
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The website of the Chamber of Accounts does not have any information about it (1). No discussions have been held in the parliament in…
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There is no exception to the fact that the audit organization is influenced by the military and executive regarding asset disposals (1, 2).
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Generally, there have been no reports on asset disposals so far (1, 2, 3). There is no nformation on the website of the Chamber…
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Secret Budgets
Q26
0/100
What percentage of defence and security expenditure in the budget year is dedicated to spending on secret items relating to national security and the intelligence services?
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The total amount allocated to national security and intelligence services is reflected in the state budget of Azerbaijan. For example, in the 2018 budget,…
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Q27
0/100
Is the legislature (or the appropriate legislative committee or members of the legislature) given full information for the budget year on the spending of all secret items relating to national security and military intelligence?
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The Law of the Republic of Azerbaijan “On Intelligence and Anti-Intelligence Activity” does not contain any information on accountability to the parliament (1). According…
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Q28
0/100
Are audit reports of the annual accounts of the security sector (the military and intelligence services) subject to parliamentary debate?
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The Chamber of Accounts reports annually to the parliament. However, these reports do not discuss security and defence audits; legislators are not provided audit…
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No audit reports on military structures have been given to the parliament, and there has been no parliamentary debate on any reports. In Azerbaijan,…
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Q29
33/100
In law, are off-budget military expenditures permitted, and if so, are they exceptional occurrences that are well-controlled? In practice, are there any off-budget military expenditures? If so, does evidence suggest this involves illicit economic activity?
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Off-budget expenditure for the military is allowed in Azerbaijan (1). According to the Law on the Armed Forces, financial support of the armed forces…
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Off-budget military expenditures are recorded in the State Budget under the name “Non-budgetary expenses of organizations funded by the state budget for defence sphere”…
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There are substantial off-budget military expenditures recorded in the state budget, and it is legitimate and therefore constitutes a legitimate economic activity. In the…
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Q30
13/100
Are mechanisms for accessing information from the defence sector effective?
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At present, there is no special law in Azerbaijan that provides the mechanisms for accessing information from the defence sector. But in general, several…
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This indicator is not assigned a score in the GDI. The government is developing a system of classification of the information under a legal…
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On August 29, 2014, President Ramiz Mehdiyev, held a meeting of heads of structural divisions and media outlets, where they spoke about strengthening the…
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Q31
100/100
Do national defence and security institutions have beneficial ownership of commercial businesses? If so, how transparent are details of the operations and finances of such businesses?
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There is no official information that the defence and security institutes in Azerbaijan are involved in commercial businesses. The Ministry of Defence Industry, established…
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This indicator has been marked Not Applicable, as there is no official information that the defence and security institutes in Azerbaijan are involved in…
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Military-owned Businesses
Q32
0/100
Are military-owned businesses subject to transparent independent scrutiny at a recognised international standard?
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There is not enough information to score this indicator. In fact, there is no official information that the defence and security institutes in Azerbaijan…
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Audit details are not available to the public, and there is no information on audits of enterprises relating to the Ministry of Defence Industry.…
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Illegal Private Enterprise
Q33
63/100
Is there evidence of unauthorised private enterprise by military or other defence ministry employees? If so, what is the government’s reaction to such enterprise?
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There are legal restrictions on defence institutions or individuals having controlling or financial interests in businesses. According to the Law on the Status of…
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It is no secret that several officials in the defence and security sector are engaged in business activities. However, the authorities do not punish…
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Actual Military Spending
Q77
0/100
Is comprehensive data on actual spending on defence published during the budget year?
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With regards to actual spending, the Ministry of Finance (MoF) publishes reports on the implementation of the state budget at the end of each…
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Since no information on actual defence spending is publicly available, this indicator has been marked Not Applicable (1).
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Since no information on actual defence spending is publicly available, this indicator has been marked Not Applicable (1).
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Since no information on actual defence spending is publicly available, this indicator has been marked Not Applicable (1).
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