The websites listed below provide useful facts about the United Arab Emirates as well as contacts and tools for companies operating in the United Arab Emirates:

• 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: United Arab Emirates Profile

Sources for further reading:

• US Department of State: Investment Climate Statement - UAE 2011.
• Freedom House: Freedom in the World - United Arab Emirates 2011.
• The Bertelsmann Foundation: Transformation Index - United Arab Emirates 2010.
• Carnegie Endowment: Arab Political Systems: Baseline Information and Reforms - UAE 2008.

UNCAC Status: Signed 10 August 2005. Ratified 22 February 2006.

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 9 December 2002. Ratified 7 May 2007.
  Read Transparency International's summary and assessment of the convention.
• Founding member of the Middle East and North Africa Financial Action Task Force, a voluntary regional association to combat money laundering and terrorist financing. Established 30 November 2004.

Transparency CPI: 2011: 28/182 (Score: 6.8)

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: 0.98

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: 3

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: April 2012

Data verified by: Global Advice Network