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

• 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: Tanzania Country Profile
• World Bank: Tanzania Data Profile

Sources for further reading:

• US Department of State: Investment Climate Statement - Tanzania 2011.
• US Department of State: Human Rights Report - Tanzania 2010.
• Global Integrity: Tanzania Country Report 2010.
• The Bertelsmann Foundation: Transformation Index - Tanzania 2010.
• Freedom House: Countries at the Crossroads - Tanzania Country Report 2010.

UNCAC Status: Signed 9 December 2003. Ratified 25 May 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. The Government of Tanzania participated in a pilot programme to test methodologies for UNCAC implementation review. The corresponding Tanzania UNCAC Pilot Review Programme Implementation Report 2010 is the outcome of a peer review process and assesses the implementation of selected UNCAC articles. Participation in the programme and publication of the report was purely voluntary.

Other Relevant Conventions or Treaties:

• African Union Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption: Signed: 5 November 2003. Ratified 22 February 2005. Deposited 12 April 2005. Read more about the African Union Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption.
• United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime: Signed: 14 December 2000. Ratified 24 May 2006.
  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 Corruption Index (-2.5 - +2.5): 2010: -0.49

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: 6

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: June 2011

Data verified by: Global Advice Network