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

7.89

10	Democracy	8.5
5	Electoral process	9.3
1	Candidacy procedures	10
1	Voting and registration rights	10
4	Media access	9
6	Party financing	8
6	Civil rights	9.0
1	Non-discrimination	9
7	Political liberties	9
4	Civil rights	9
10	Rule of law	8.5
10	Rule of law	9.48
3	Corruption prevention	9
9	Judicial review	9
8	Control of corruption	8.93
14	Legal certainty	8
24	Appointment of justices	5
16	Access to information	7.3
8	Media freedom	9
18	Access to gov. information	7
19	Media pluralism	6

10

8	Economy/Employment	7.1
4	Economy	7.8
4	Product market regulation	9.35
12	Inflation	8.69
6	Competitiveness	8.21
4	Economic policy	8
12	GDP per capita	4.43
9	Labor market	7.6
6	Long-term unemployment	9.47
21	Low-skilled unemployment	8.22
10	Employment rate	8.01
5	Labor market policy	8
11	Youth unemployment	7.65
20	Unemployment	6.86
28	Intensity of active LMP	2.51
5	Enterprises	6.9
1	Energy costs for enterprises	10.00
5	Enterprise regulation	8.91
7	Enterprise policy	7
9	Unit labor costs	6.35
12	Real interest rates	4.51
15	Corporate investment	3.94
12	Budgets	6.8
1	Soundness of banks	10.00
7	Budgetary policy	8
22	Debt-to-GDP	6.69
10	Debt interest ratio	5.75
16	Net debt ratio	4.45
11	Budget consolidation	1.00
15	Taxes	6.5
7	Tax system complexity	8.87
13	Tax evasion	7.59
12	Tax policy	7
13	Total tax rate	6.60
23	Marginal tax burden (individuals)	4.32
26	Marginal tax burden (businesses)	2.52

10

5	Social affairs	7.7
1	Pensions	8.4
1	Public pension coverage	10.00
5	Senior citizen poverty	9.40
1	Pension policy	9
10	Older employment	6.03
9	Dependency ratio	5.89
1	Integration	8.2
4	Foreign-born-to-native empl.	9.30
2	Foreign-born tert. attainment	9.06
1	Integration policy	9
9	Foreign-born unemployment	7.71
21	Foreign-born sec. attainment	3.58
3	Health care	8.1
1	Preventive HC spending	10.00
2	Private-to-public HC spending	9.98
24	Infant mortality	8.05
5	Health policy	8
17	Spending on pharmaceuticals	6.40
23	Life expectancy-to-HC spending	6.16
13	Social inclusion	6.9
6	Life satisfaction	8.36
18	Gini coefficient	7.30
12	Social inclusion policy	7
12	Gender equality	6.95
15	Youth not in employ./education	6.44
7	Social/political participation	5.84
19	Poverty	5.40
14	Families	6.8
10	Family policy	8
16	Child care density	7.71
17	Fertility rate	5.27
22	Child poverty	5.06
22	Spending on family policy	4.20

10

9	Security	8.2
7	Internal security	8.5
6	Reliability of police services	9.08
1	Internal security policy	9
20	Homicides	8.83
20	Burglaries and robberies	7.42
17	Costs of crime	6.33
18	External security	7.9
1	External security policy	9
6	Conflicts fought	8.20
22	Relations with neighbors	5.50

10

11	Resources	6.3
2	Education	8.1
1	Tertiary attainment	10.00
2	Education policy	9
5	PISA results	8.37
5	Upper sec. attainment	8.34
7	Continuing education	6.17
25	Pre-primary education	3.51
12	R&D	6.0
11	Broadband internet access	7.60
10	Research and innovation policy	7
10	Industry R&D personnel	6.11
14	Public R&D spending	5.60
18	Science degrees	3.11
16	Triad Patents	2.84
29	Environment	4.6
7	Waste management	8.17
30	Energy intensity	5.78
20	Environmental policy	5
30	Water usage	3.04
11	Energy mix	2.67
28	CO2 emissions	1.82

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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

7.04

8	Steering capability	7.7
1	Communication	9.0
1	Coherent communication	9
6	Coordination	8.6
1	Senior ministry officials	10
1	GO expertise	9
3	Line ministries	9
5	GO gatekeeping	9
9	Line ministry civil servants	8
11	Cabinet committees	8
20	Informal coordination	7
8	Consultation	8.0
8	Negotiating public support	8
4	Capacity	7.2
3	Strategic planning	8
2	Scholarly advice	8
13	Medium-term fiscal framework	5.50
18	RIA	6.0
13	Needs analysis	7
18	RIA application	6
16	Alternative options	5

10

2	Policy implementation	8.5
2	Implementation	8.5
1	Internal auditing	10.00
1	Monitoring line ministries	10
1	Ministerial compliance	10
4	Constitutional discretion	9
4	Task funding	8
5	Government efficiency	8
5	National standards	8
14	Monitoring agencies	7

10

6	Institutional learning	7.8
5	Adaptability	8.0
7	International coordination	8
6	Domestic adaptability	8
6	Reform capacity	7.5
4	Self-monitoring	8
7	Reform capacity	7

10

18	Accountability	6.1
17	Oversight	8.6
1	Summoning experts	10
4	Non-majority leverage	9.13
15	Summoning ministers	9
9	Obtaining documents	9
14	Audit office	9
11	Task area coincidence	8
22	Ombuds office	6
11	Parties/Associations	7.7
5	Assoc. competence (others)	8
4	Assoc. competence (business)	8
13	Party competence	7
9	Legislature	6.4
17	Committee size	8.88
22	Pro-gvmt. committee chairs	8.24
23	Number of committees	7.00
4	Legislature’s research staff	5.07
4	Deputy expert staff	2.80
22	Citizens	4.7
14	Policy knowledge	6
27	Voter turnout	3.37
17	Media	4.4
6	Media reporting	8
18	Newspaper circulation	2.92
16	Quality newspapers	2.32