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

• International Finance Corporation: Mexico SME Toolkit (in Spanish) 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: Mexico Profile
• World Bank: Mexico Data Profile

Sources for further reading:

• The Bertelsmann Foundation: Transformation Index - Mexico 2010.
• The World Economic Forum: Mexico Competitiveness Report 2009.
• Freedom House: Freedom in the World - Mexico 2009.
• US Department of State: Investment Climate Statement - Mexico 2009.
• KPMG: Encuesta de Fraude y Corrupción en México 2008 (in Spanish).
• Transparency International: Global Corruption Report 2008.
• Transparencia Mexicana: Índice Nacional de Corrupción y Buen Gobierno 2007 (in Spanish).
• CEESP: Encuesta sobre el Costo de la Regulación Para las Empresas en México 2007 (in Spanish).

OECD Anti-Bribery Convention Status: Deposit of Instrument of Ratification 27 May 1999. Entry into Force of the Convention 26 July 1999. Entry into Force of Implementing Legislation 18 May 1999.

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 20 July 2004.

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 27 May 1997.
  Read Transparency International's summary and assessment of the convention.

• United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime: Signed 13 December 2000. Ratified 4 March 2003. Read Transparency International's summary and assessment of the convention.

Transparency CPI: 2011: 100/182 (Score: 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: -0.37

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:

Latest update: June 2011

Data verified by: Global Advice Network