Financial Risk:
Critical
Score:
2/100
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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In relation to defence assets disposal, there seems to be no clear formalised process in Jordan. In sectors other than defence, there seems to…
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Information about assets disposal within the civil ministries as well as the military are published online on the websites and in newspapers. However, it…
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There is very little information available about the financial results of defence asset disposals, other than those available through the media [1, 2, 3].…
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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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There is no evidence that asset disposal within the defence sector is scrutinised by an oversight body of any form. In fact, the list…
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This sub-indicator has been marked Not Applicable because, as explained in the previous sub-indicator, there is no audit body overseeing asset disposal within the…
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This sub-indicator has been marked Not Applicable because in Jordan there is no entity/unit within the Government that is responsible for reporting or oversight…
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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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There is a secret defence budget, which mostly comes from the businesses owned by the armed forces, foreign donations or from other sources [1,2].…
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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 legislature in Jordan is expected to receive forecasted budgets by the end of the year to approve spending for the next financial year,…
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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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There is no evidence of any governmental audit reports being subject to parliamentary debates. Whereas the overall forecasted budget is debated and approved by…
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This sub-indicator has been marked Not Applicable because, as previously explained, Parliament does not receive audited reports of the annual accounts of the security…
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Q29
0/100
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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There are no laws that limit military or defence expenditures, and in fact parliamentary recommendations have historically encouraged further defence expenditures [1]. The fact…
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As explained in the previous sub-indicator, there is evidence that off-budget expenditure occurs within military institutions, if not through central Government funds, then through…
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There is no official data on any off-budget expenditure (see sub-indicators 29 A & C). However, there is evidence that the lack of oversight…
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Jordan was the first country in the region to pass an access to information law [1], which was endorsed in 2007 and measures were…
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This indicator is not assigned a score in the GDI. Although Jordan has an access to information law [1, 2], Article 13 of the…
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There are no legal provisions that allow the public access to information from the defence sector, and in fact access to information law in…
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Q31
25/100
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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Defence and security institutions have beneficial ownership of commercial businesses in Jordan. The armed forces website lists a number of these business and they…
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Businesses owned by the defence sector are publicly declared, however, details of their operations and finances are not transparent. As previously demonstrated, the armed…
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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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Military-owned businesses are not subject to any scrutiny or auditing processes. There is no evidence at all of any of the military businesses, mentioned…
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None of the military-owned businesses are subject to an external audit, and thus there is no financial information publicly available about them. The businesses…
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Illegal Private Enterprise
Q33
0/100
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 is myriad of evidence and examples of defence personnel being involved in defence-related private enterprises, as well as corruption related to them [1,…
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Defence employees are engaged in unauthorised private enterprises to the extent that some industries are majority captured. The majority of defence-related businesses in Jordan…
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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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It has been established throughout this assessment that Jordan does not make its general defence expenditure public. The official webpage of the House of…
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This sub-indicator has been marked as Not Applicable as Jordan does not provide information about its actual defence spending, neither does the defence sector…
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This sub-indicator has been marked as Not Applicable as Jordan does not provide information about its actual defence spending, neither does the defence sector…
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This sub-indicator has been marked as Not Applicable as Jordan does not provide information about its actual defence spending, neither does the defence sector…
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