The websites listed below provide useful facts on Serbia as well as contacts and tools for companies operating in Serbia:

• International Financial Corporation: Global SME Toolkit
  Guide to sustainable business management practices for SMEs.
• Business Fighting Corruption
  An online resource centre for business on collective action to avoid corruption which contains a guide and resources for partnerships with companies and other stakeholders to fight against corruption.
• CIA World Factbook: Serbia Profile
• World Bank: Serbia Data Profile

Sources for further reading:

• European Commission: Serbia Progress Report 2009.
• US Department of State: Investment Climate Statement - Serbia 2009.
• Transparency International: Global Corruption Barometer 2009.
• Freedom House: Nations in Transit - Serbia 2009.
• Council of Europe Group of States against Corruption (GRECO): Compliance Report on the Republic of Serbia 2008.
• The Bertelsmann Foundation: Transformation Index - Serbia 2008.
• Global Integrity: Serbia Country Report 2008.
• CMI: Corruption in Serbia 2007.
• Center for Liberal-Democratic Studies: Corruption in Serbia Five Years Later 2007.

UNCAC Status: Signed 11 December 2003. Ratified 20 December 2005.

Status on UNCAC Implementation
This field describes the country's status on the United Nations Convention against Corruption. Please note any declarations and reservations made upon ratification. The list of signatories can be found on the UNODC website. Read more about the UNCAC.

Other Relevant Conventions or Treaties:

• Council of Europe Criminal Law Convention on Corruption: Ratified 18 December 2002.
  Read Transparency International's summary and assessment of the convention.
• Council of Europe Civil Law Convention on Corruption. Signed in 2005. Ratified 9 January 2008.
  Read Transparency International's summary and assessment of the convention.
• United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime: Signed 12 December 2000. Ratified 6 September 2001.
  Read Transparency International's summary and assessment of the convention.
• Cooperates with the OECD Anti-Corruption Network for Transition Economies.
• Member of the Resource Center of Regional Anti-Corruption Initiative for SEE (RAI-SEE).

Transparency CPI: 2011: 86/182 (Score: 3.3)

Transparency CPI
This field consists of the score for the country in question on the Corruption Perceptions Index from Transparency International as well as its ranking.

World Bank CORR Index (-2.5 - +2.5): 2010: -0.21

World Bank Corruption Index
This field consists of the score for the country in question on the 'Control of Corruption' indicator in the World Bank Governance Research Indicator Country Snapshot (GRICS): 1996-2010.

OECD Country Risk Classification (0-7): 2011: 6

Country Risk Classification
The classification of countries by risk category has the aim of providing OECD countries with a basis for calculating the premium interest rate to be charged to cover the risk of non-repayment of export credits. Countries are placed in risk categories 0 - 7, with 0 being the lowest risk category and thus the least expensive. Conversely, premium group 7 is the highest risk category. Each classification is comprised of 2 components: 1) an assessment of the country's economic/financial situation, and 2) its overall political stability. Access the complete list of OECD Country Risk Classification figures.

Data Verification:

Publication date: June 2011

Data verified by: Global Advice Network