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

• International Finance Corporation: Global SME Toolkit
  Guide to sustainable 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: Georgia Data Profile

Sources for further reading:

• The World Bank: Fighting Corruption in Public Services - Chronicling Georgia's Reforms 2012.
• Freedom House: Nations in Transit - Georgia 2011.
• US Department of State: Investment Climate Statement - Georgia 2011.
• Transparency International: National Integrity System - Georgia 2011. 
• The Bertelsmann Foundation: Transformation Index - Georgia 2010.
• OECD: Second Round of Monitoring Report Georgia 2010.
• Global Integrity: Georgia Country Report 2009.

UNCAC Status: Accessed 4 November 2008.

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 Council of Europe Group of States against Corruption (GRECO).
• Member of the OECD Anti-Corruption Network for Eastern Europe and Central Asia.
• Council of Europe Civil Law Convention on Corruption: Signed 4 November 1999. Ratified 22 May 2003.
  Read Transparency International's summary and assessment of the convention.
• Council of Europe Criminal Law Convention on Corruption: Signed 27 January 1999. Ratified 10 January 2008.
  Read Transparency International's summary and assessment of the convention.
• United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime: Signed on 13 December 2000. Ratified 5 September 2006.
  Read Transparency International's summary and assessment of the convention.

Transparency CPI: 2011: 64/182 (Score: 4.1)

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: -0.16

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): 2012: 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: March 2012

Data verified by: Global Advice Network