Financial Risk:
Very High
Score:
30/100
24
17/100
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 general, the administration, including the Ministry of Defense, does not sell assets except in the case of the “condemnation for sale of administrative…
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Very little information is available regarding asset sales. The public does not always have information [1][2]. Only people directly linked to the transfer have…
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No information on the financial results of asset disposals is available to the majority of Ministry staff or to the public [1][2].
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25
8/100
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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Financial Control, as an institution, ensures the regularity of acts with financial implications [1]. It is therefore up to it to control the acts…
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The General Directorate of Financial Control is a state institution. It depends on the Ministry of Finance and Budget. Therefore, the executive branch, including…
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Generally, no reports on the acts of disposition of the assets are communicated. The reports of the General Directorate of Financial Control and the…
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26
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 budget allocated to the national security and intelligence services is not known to the public. It is considered by military intelligence officias as…
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27
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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Military intelligence falls almost exclusively within the prerogatives of the executive [1]. Thus, parliamentarians do not have access to information concerning expenditure relating to…
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28
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 legislator does not receive audit reports concerning secret posts. No debate on the question is organized between those responsible for National Defense and…
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Legislators are not consulted regarding secret programs. Defense is still considered a subject reserved for the executive and the military alone [1] [2].
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29
58/100
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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Decree No. 2005-003 relating to general regulations on the accounting of budgetary execution of public bodies, in its article 167, stipulates that “commitments are…
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In practice, however, extra-budgetary spending exists, including in the defence sector. A Ministry like that of Defence can commit public resources even if it…
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Off-budget military expenditures remain occasional and depend on the security context of the moment [1]. It is the government that decides on these expenditures…
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Out of respect for the principle of good governance, since March 2018, the Ministry of Defense has joined the United Nations Systems Peacebuilding Fund…
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This indicator is not assigned a score in the GDI. Decree No. 20.204/2011 on the Code of Conduct of the Malagasy Army of June…
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There is no legislation requiring the armed forces to be transparent about information that concerns them and no specific legislation exists regarding access to…
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31
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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32
100/100
Are military-owned businesses subject to transparent independent scrutiny at a recognised international standard?
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The Malagasy armed forces do not have any companies. Soldiers own them privately but their companies do not engage the state institution. Moreover, several…
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The Malagasy armed forces do not have any companies. Soldiers own them privately but their companies do not engage the state institution. Moreover, several…
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33
50/100
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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77
0/100
Is comprehensive data on actual spending on defence published during the budget year?
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Regarding actual expenditures on defence and security, only those that are included in the finance laws are known. No details and no explanations are…
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Actual expenditure of the Ministry of Defence is not published. [1][2]
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Actual expenditure of the Ministry of Defence is not published. [1][2]
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Actual expenditure of the Ministry of Defence is not published. [1][2]
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0
NA/100
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Asset Disposals
Q24
NA/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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Q25
NA/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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Q26
NA/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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Q27
NA/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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Q28
NA/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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Q29
NA/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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Q30
NA/100
Are mechanisms for accessing information from the defence sector effective?
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Q31
NA/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?
View QuestionMilitary-owned Businesses
Q32
NA/100
Are military-owned businesses subject to transparent independent scrutiny at a recognised international standard?
View QuestionIllegal Private Enterprise
Q33
NA/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?
View QuestionActual Military Spending
Q77
NA/100