Financial Risk:
High
Score:
39/100
Asset Disposals
Q24
38/100
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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This indicator has not been assigned a score due to insufficient information or evidence. There is a unit that advises and oversees the process…
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Planned disposals are known in advance and are published on the ministry’s website, and in newspapers (1), (2) before a buyer has been identified…
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Although asset disposal is publicly advertised, the financial results and buyers’ names are not advertised (2). Moreover, in the majority of cases, the buyer…
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Q25
25/100
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 State Audit and Administrative Control Bureau, the Department of General Supplies, and the military auditing unit within the MoF control and audit asset…
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The SAACB, and the military auditing unit within the MoF, are independent of the national forces but the SAACB is part of the MOF…
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There are no reports published other than the annual report of the State Audit and Administrative Control Bureau (1). The annual report of 2017…
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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 percentage of secret items is not available to the public, or the information that is published is considered unreliable, as it provides a…
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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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As the legislature has been inactive since 2007, and the executive took over legislative roles, no committee or any member of the legislative are…
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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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Parliament has not met since 2007 (1). Therefore, legislators are not provided audit reports on secret items (even before 2007) and are not publicly…
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This indicator has been marked Not Applicable because Parliament has not met since 2007 (1). Therefore, legislators are not provided audit reports on secret…
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Q29
100/100
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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This indicator has not been assigned a score due to insufficient information or evidence. All military and security-related expenditures are recorded in the official…
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There is a clearly stated manner in which expenditure in the respective line of the budgets is recorded (1), (2). This mechanism is clear…
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No evidence or data proves or shows there is off-budget expenditure (1), (2), (3).
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There is no legislation or guidelines that provide the public, journalists or CSOs access to information, in general, and security/military sector information in particular…
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This indicator is not assigned a score in the GDI. There is no legal framework for the classification of information to ensure adequate data…
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According to Aman reports, the public is rarely able to access information from the security sector, if at all (1). Journalists and CSOs also…
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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 are no businesses owned by the national forces or the security apparatuses. There is no evidence that this type of practice takes place…
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This indicator has been marked Not Applicable, because no businesses or companies are owned by security or intelligence forces. However, this does not mean…
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Military-owned Businesses
Q32
100/100
Are military-owned businesses subject to transparent independent scrutiny at a recognised international standard?
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Q33
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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There is no evidence or information on private businesses or companies operating under the umbrella of the national forces or security apparatuses from 2004…
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There are no private companies managed by the national forces. No high-ranking officers or institutions own businesses (1). Low-ranking officers may operate private enterprises…
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Actual Military Spending
Q77
19/100
Is comprehensive data on actual spending on defence published during the budget year?
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Up to 2016, it was possible to read published reports on the total spending of the military and security apparatuses in the West Bank.…
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According to several AMAN reports and their officials, there is no detailed and comprehensive budget and spendings of the defence expenditures (1). There are…
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There is no defined date or a routine of publishing the budget or reports. According to several sources, there is a need for routine…
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Any new budget includes a section that explains the variations between the actual and the budget amount for the year before (1). However, this…
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