Financial Risk:
Very High
Score:
27/100
Asset Disposals
Q24
25/100
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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There are clear regulations and processes within the armed forces that administer the disposal of assets. Federal Decree No. 12 of 1986 regulating Tenders…
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The information available to the public about defence expenditure and budgets generally does not include any information related to asset disposal. Media reports, sometimes…
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The UAE government does not reveal any information about its defence budget, revenues, and or assets to the public. As cases of asset disposal…
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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 external auditing or a body that audits defence expenditure and income from asset disposal. There is an internal reporting mechanism, but…
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This sub-indicator has been marked as Not Applicable, as with the lack of existence of a body to scrutinise defence asset disposal, an assessment…
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This sub-indicator is marked Not Applicable because, in the absence of an entity that is tasked with scrutiny over defence budgets, expenditure and asset…
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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 UAE defence budget that is made available to the public does not contain a breakdown of expenditures. The government announces its annual 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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As the country does not have a functioning legislative council (the FNC is not a functioning parliament that has oversight committees), there is no…
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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 the FNC or any other auditing or reviewing body receiving annual reports about defence expenditure no body receives audit…
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This sub-indicator is marked Not Applicable because there is no evidence of the FNC or any other auditing or reviewing body receiving annual reports…
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Q29
17/100
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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As no law prohibits off-budget military expenditures, sources have confirmed that there are major off-budget military expenditures especially with contractors such as Blackwater and…
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Off-budget military expenditures are not officially recorded in the budget as they are mostly registered as expenditures by the Office of the Crown Prince…
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Off-budget military expenditures occasionally happen, particularly in the last five years. Off-budget expenditures are usually used for strategic purchases from Western countries, mainly from…
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There are no mechanisms or implementing guidelines that clearly stipulate access to information for the defence sector. It has previously been established that accessing…
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This indicator is not assigned a score in the GDI. It has been established that there is no clear legal framework stipulating access to…
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This sub-indicator is not scored. The public is rarely able to access information from the defence sector, if at all. Desk-based research showed that…
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Q31
50/100
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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The Emirati Armed Forces do not own any business as per our sources. Even EBIC, a defence sector business is not owned by the…
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There is no transparency concerning the defence institutions investments in commercial businesses at all. Although audit reports of companies associated (not owned) with defence…
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Military-owned Businesses
Q32
100/100
Are military-owned businesses subject to transparent independent scrutiny at a recognised international standard?
View QuestionIllegal Private Enterprise
Q33
100/100
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
0/100
Is comprehensive data on actual spending on defence published during the budget year?
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There is no evidence that military spending and military purchase reports are made public. Data on military purchases is considered confidential and not published…
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As there is no information on actual spending that is publicly accessible, this indicator is marked Not Applicable.
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As there is no information on actual spending that is publicly accessible, this indicator is marked Not Applicable.
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As there is no information on actual spending that is publicly accessible, this indicator is marked Not Applicable.
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