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

• International Finance Corporation: Brazil SME Toolkit (in Portuguese) and Latin America & the Caribbean SME Toolkit (in Spanish)
  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: Brazil Country Profile
• World Bank: Brazil Data Profile

Sources for further reading:

• The Bertelsmann Foundation: Transformation Index - Brazil 2010.
• Freedom House: Countries at the Crossroads - Brazil 2010.
• US Department of State: Investment Climate Statement - Brazil 2010.
• Chr. Michelsen Institute: Collaboration on Anti-Corruption Norway and Brazil 2008.

OECD Anti-Bribery Convention Status:

Deposit of Instrument of Ratification 24 August 2000. Entry into Force of the Convention 23 October 2000. Entry into Force of Implementing Legislation 11 June 2002.

This field describes the country's status on the OECD Convention on Bribery of Foreign Officials in International Business Transactions. Please note any declarations and reservations made upon ratification. View the list of signatories to the OECD Convention. Read more about the OECD Convention.

UNCAC Status: Signed 9 December 2003. Ratified 15 June 2005.

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:

• Inter-American Convention Against Corruption: Signed 29 March 1996. Ratified 10 July 2002.
  Read Transparency International's summary and assessment of the convention.
• United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime: Signed 12 December 2000. Ratified 29 January 2004.
  Read Transparency International's summary and assessment of the convention.

Transparency CPI: 2011: 73/182 (Score: 3.8)

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: +0.06

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: December 2011

Data verified by: Global Advice Network