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

7.17

15	Democracy	7.9
11	Electoral process	8.5
1	Party financing	10
12	Voting and registration rights	9
26	Candidacy procedures	8
17	Media access	7
12	Civil rights	8.0
10	Non-discrimination	8
22	Political liberties	8
10	Civil rights	8
12	Access to information	7.7
8	Media freedom	9
18	Access to gov. information	7
13	Media pluralism	7
17	Rule of law	7.4
3	Appointment of justices	9
19	Rule of law	7.99
21	Judicial review	7
12	Corruption prevention	7
19	Legal certainty	7
18	Control of corruption	6.57

10

18	Economy/Employment	5.7
17	Economy	6.3
8	Inflation	8.88
19	Product market regulation	6.53
16	Competitiveness	6.35
20	Economic policy	6
14	GDP per capita	4.28
9	Enterprises	6.2
7	Enterprise policy	7
9	Energy costs for enterprises	6.95
16	Enterprise regulation	6.47
13	Unit labor costs	5.41
9	Corporate investment	4.79
25	Real interest rates	3.74
22	Labor market	5.8
25	Low-skilled unemployment	7.77
17	Unemployment	7.10
14	Labor market policy	6
22	Youth unemployment	5.71
22	Employment rate	5.46
26	Long-term unemployment	4.76
18	Intensity of active LMP	3.31
21	Taxes	5.4
1	Marginal tax burden (businesses)	10.00
11	Tax system complexity	8.15
19	Tax evasion	6.14
22	Tax policy	5
26	Total tax rate	3.44
31	Marginal tax burden (individuals)	1.00
21	Budgets	4.6
27	Debt-to-GDP	5.73
20	Budgetary policy	5
25	Soundness of banks	4.60
20	Net debt ratio	4.08
4	Budget consolidation	4.00
28	Debt interest ratio	2.50

10

13	Social affairs	6.8
2	Health care	8.3
7	Private-to-public HC spending	9.79
11	Infant mortality	9.05
1	Health policy	9
15	Spending on pharmaceuticals	6.70
20	Life expectancy-to-HC spending	6.44
6	Preventive HC spending	5.70
7	Families	8.2
2	Child care density	9.98
4	Family policy	9
10	Child poverty	7.09
15	Fertility rate	6.73
16	Spending on family policy	6.01
11	Social inclusion	7.1
4	Gini coefficient	8.80
6	Life satisfaction	8.36
5	Social inclusion policy	8
15	Poverty	7.60
24	Gender equality	4.86
16	Social/political participation	3.60
24	Youth not in employ./education	3.57
24	Pensions	5.9
1	Public pension coverage	10.00
19	Senior citizen poverty	7.67
20	Pension policy	6
26	Dependency ratio	3.09
28	Older employment	2.21
26	Integration	4.8
15	Integration policy	6
29	Foreign-born-to-native empl.	5.06
13	Foreign-born tert. attainment	4.53
30	Foreign-born unemployment	3.11
30	Foreign-born sec. attainment	1.33

10

15	Security	7.8
2	External security	9.1
1	Relations with neighbors	10.00
1	External security policy	9
6	Conflicts fought	8.20
26	Internal security	6.6
24	Homicides	8.43
18	Reliability of police services	7.92
10	Costs of crime	7.67
18	Internal security policy	7
31	Burglaries and robberies	1.00

10

15	Resources	6.2
9	Education	6.7
7	Pre-primary education	8.51
8	Education policy	7
13	PISA results	6.93
11	Tertiary attainment	6.11
21	Upper sec. attainment	6.03
20	Continuing education	4.07
14	R&D	5.9
13	Broadband internet access	7.42
10	Research and innovation policy	7
9	Industry R&D personnel	6.22
13	Triad Patents	3.77
13	Science degrees	3.63
24	Public R&D spending	3.41
17	Environment	5.9
22	Energy intensity	7.75
17	Water usage	7.15
15	Waste management	6.67
14	CO2 emissions	6.32
12	Environmental policy	6
26	Energy mix	1.32

10
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

6.00

29	Steering capability	4.7
18	Coordination	7.3
1	Line ministries	10
1	Cabinet committees	10
7	Senior ministry officials	9
14	GO expertise	7
28	Informal coordination	6
27	GO gatekeeping	5
27	Line ministry civil servants	4
13	Consultation	7.0
13	Negotiating public support	7
20	Capacity	5.2
10	Strategic planning	7
23	Scholarly advice	5
25	Medium-term fiscal framework	3.50
29	Communication	3.0
29	Coherent communication	3
30	RIA	1.0
29	Alternative options	1
29	Needs analysis	1
30	RIA application	1

10

30	Policy implementation	5.2
30	Implementation	5.2
1	Constitutional discretion	10
7	Monitoring agencies	8
26	Ministerial compliance	6
25	Internal auditing	6.00
25	Monitoring line ministries	5
23	National standards	5
29	Task funding	4
30	Government efficiency	3

10

27	Institutional learning	5.3
13	Adaptability	7.5
7	International coordination	8
12	Domestic adaptability	7
31	Reform capacity	3.0
31	Reform capacity	3
30	Self-monitoring	3

10

9	Accountability	7.0
10	Oversight	8.9
1	Audit office	10
1	Summoning ministers	10
10	Ombuds office	9
20	Summoning experts	9
9	Obtaining documents	9
11	Task area coincidence	8
27	Non-majority leverage	7.17
6	Parties/Associations	8.0
5	Assoc. competence (others)	8
4	Assoc. competence (business)	8
7	Party competence	8
8	Citizens	7.2
3	Voter turnout	9.32
18	Policy knowledge	5
4	Legislature	6.6
1	Committee size	10.00
15	Number of committees	9.00
15	Pro-gvmt. committee chairs	8.64
8	Legislature’s research staff	3.92
15	Deputy expert staff	1.45
19	Media	3.9
13	Media reporting	7
21	Newspaper circulation	2.73
20	Quality newspapers	1.97