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

• International Finance 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: Egypt Country Profile
• World Bank: Egypt Data Profile

Sources for further reading:

• Global Integrity: Egypt Country Report 2010.
• The Bertelsmann Foundation: Transformation Index - Egypt 2010.
• CIPE & Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies: Egypt SME Survey Report: Business Environment for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises in Egypt and SMEs' Interaction with Government Agencies 2009.
• CIPE & Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies: Egypt National Corruption Survey: Egyptian Citizens' Perceptions of Transparency and Corruption 2009.
• Freedom House: Freedom in the World - Egypt 2010.
• Ministry of State for Administrative Development Transparency and Integrity Committee: Second Report: Action Priorities and its Mechanisms 2008.

UNCAC Status: Signed 9 December 2003. Ratified 25 February 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:

• United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime: Signed December 2000. Ratified 5 March 2004.
  Read Transparency International's summary and assessment of the convention here.

Transparency CPI: 2011: 112/182 (Score: 2.9)

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: -0.56

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: 4

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:

Latest update: November 2011

Data verified by: Global Advice Network