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

• 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: Country Profiles
• World Bank: Kyrgyzstan Data Profile

Sources for further reading:

• US Department of State: Investment Climate Statement - Kyrgyz Republic 2011.
• Freedom House: Nations in Transit - Kyrgyzstan 2011.
• Freedom House: Freedom in the World - Kyrgyzstan 2011.
• US Department of State: Human Rights Report - Kyrgyz Republic 2010.
• The Bertelsmann Foundation: Transformation Index - Kyrgyzstan 2010.
• Global Integrity: Kyrgyz Republic Country Report 2008.

UNCAC Status: Signed 10 December 2003. Ratified 16 September 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:

• Member of the OECD Anti-Corruption Network for Eastern Europe and Central Asia.
• ADB & OECD Anti-Corruption Initiative for Asia-Pacific Anti-Corruption Action Plan for Asia and the Pacific: Endorsed 30 November 2001.
  Read Transparency International's summary and assessment of the action plan.
• United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime: Signed 13 December 2000. Ratified 2 October 2003.
  Read Transparency International's summary and assessment of the convention.

Transparency CPI: 2011: 164/182 (Score: 2.1)

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: -1.07

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: 7

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: December 2011

Data verified by: Global Advice Network