SGI – Sustainable Governance Indicators 2011

To ensure comparability, observed values are transformed into scores on a scale from 1 to 10. The lowest value translates into score 1, the best value into score 10, and remaining values are transformed according to the original data distribution.

Hierarchy tree

Score 2011

Status Index

6.86

18	Democracy	7.4
10	Rule of law	8.5
2	Rule of law	9.86
3	Appointment of justices	9
12	Control of corruption	8.20
14	Judicial review	8
14	Legal certainty	8
12	Corruption prevention	7
18	Electoral process	7.8
1	Candidacy procedures	10
12	Voting and registration rights	9
17	Media access	7
23	Party financing	5
22	Civil rights	7.3
7	Political liberties	9
17	Civil rights	7
21	Non-discrimination	6
25	Access to information	6.0
18	Access to gov. information	7
23	Media freedom	6
25	Media pluralism	5

10

16	Economy/Employment	6.0
10	Labor market	7.4
6	Youth unemployment	9.21
5	Unemployment	8.97
13	Low-skilled unemployment	8.96
12	Long-term unemployment	8.76
9	Employment rate	8.04
9	Labor market policy	7
20	Intensity of active LMP	3.10
15	Economy	6.8
13	Inflation	8.62
12	Economic policy	7
13	Competitiveness	6.77
21	Product market regulation	6.41
8	GDP per capita	4.67
19	Enterprises	5.6
10	Energy costs for enterprises	6.68
17	Enterprise policy	6
7	Corporate investment	5.37
22	Enterprise regulation	5.14
19	Unit labor costs	4.97
16	Real interest rates	4.19
15	Budgets	5.5
11	Soundness of banks	7.60
18	Debt-to-GDP	7.32
16	Budgetary policy	6
12	Net debt ratio	5.09
23	Debt interest ratio	4.25
11	Budget consolidation	1.00
27	Taxes	4.8
16	Tax evasion	7.02
23	Tax system complexity	6.27
22	Tax policy	5
25	Total tax rate	3.47
27	Marginal tax burden (individuals)	3.35
22	Marginal tax burden (businesses)	3.13

10

19	Social affairs	6.3
10	Health care	7.5
16	Private-to-public HC spending	9.61
14	Infant mortality	8.88
5	Health policy	8
10	Spending on pharmaceuticals	7.86
26	Life expectancy-to-HC spending	5.79
25	Preventive HC spending	2.75
10	Social inclusion	7.3
4	Poverty	9.11
4	Gini coefficient	8.80
5	Social inclusion policy	8
12	Life satisfaction	7.55
12	Youth not in employ./education	7.03
10	Social/political participation	4.41
30	Gender equality	2.93
19	Pensions	6.2
1	Public pension coverage	10.00
13	Senior citizen poverty	8.76
20	Pension policy	6
23	Dependency ratio	3.68
23	Older employment	3.21
17	Families	6.2
5	Child poverty	8.61
19	Child care density	7.29
14	Spending on family policy	6.31
17	Family policy	6
23	Fertility rate	3.00
28	Integration	4.6
16	Foreign-born-to-native empl.	7.47
19	Foreign-born unemployment	6.41
10	Foreign-born sec. attainment	5.64
23	Integration policy	4
31	Foreign-born tert. attainment	1.00

10

12	Security	8.1
10	Internal security	8.2
2	Homicides	9.90
4	Costs of crime	9.33
16	Reliability of police services	8.15
9	Internal security policy	8
26	Burglaries and robberies	5.93
15	External security	8.1
1	Relations with neighbors	10.00
6	Conflicts fought	8.20
23	External security policy	7

10

17	Resources	5.6
10	Environment	6.4
7	Energy intensity	9.44
12	Water usage	7.89
6	CO2 emissions	7.75
12	Environmental policy	6
24	Waste management	5.00
5	Energy mix	3.70
20	Education	5.2
11	Upper sec. attainment	7.53
12	Pre-primary education	6.33
22	PISA results	6.09
20	Education policy	5
9	Continuing education	4.68
24	Tertiary attainment	2.63
19	R&D	5.1
3	Public R&D spending	7.59
8	Industry R&D personnel	6.42
19	Broadband internet access	5.18
19	Research and innovation policy	5
11	Triad Patents	4.67
22	Science degrees	2.51

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Management Index To ensure comparability, observed values are transformed into scores on a scale from 1 to 10. The lowest value translates into score 1, the best value into score 10, and remaining values are transformed according to the original data distribution.
# Hierarchy tree Score 2011

Management Index

6.39

21	Steering capability	5.9
4	Consultation	9.0
4	Negotiating public support	9
14	RIA	6.3
13	Needs analysis	7
12	Alternative options	6
18	RIA application	6
26	Communication	5.0
26	Coherent communication	5
30	Coordination	4.9
8	Informal coordination	8
28	Senior ministry officials	6
19	Line ministry civil servants	5
20	Cabinet committees	5
27	GO gatekeeping	5
31	GO expertise	3
31	Line ministries	2
29	Capacity	4.3
23	Scholarly advice	5
20	Medium-term fiscal framework	4.00
24	Strategic planning	4

10

13	Policy implementation	7.4
13	Implementation	7.4
1	Internal auditing	10.00
1	Monitoring agencies	9
7	Constitutional discretion	8
4	Task funding	8
11	Government efficiency	7
19	National standards	6
26	Ministerial compliance	6
23	Monitoring line ministries	6

10

27	Institutional learning	5.3
24	Adaptability	6.5
19	International coordination	7
22	Domestic adaptability	6
28	Reform capacity	4.0
20	Reform capacity	5
30	Self-monitoring	3

10

12	Accountability	6.6
15	Oversight	8.7
1	Ombuds office	10
1	Audit office	10
1	Summoning experts	10
22	Non-majority leverage	8.02
24	Summoning ministers	8
11	Task area coincidence	8
27	Obtaining documents	7
11	Parties/Associations	7.7
5	Assoc. competence (others)	8
4	Assoc. competence (business)	8
13	Party competence	7
10	Citizens	6.5
12	Voter turnout	7.06
14	Policy knowledge	6
26	Legislature	5.1
1	Committee size	10.00
27	Pro-gvmt. committee chairs	6.41
29	Number of committees	5.00
14	Legislature’s research staff	2.49
15	Deputy expert staff	1.45
12	Media	5.1
6	Media reporting	8
6	Newspaper circulation	5.61
22	Quality newspapers	1.71