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

8.34

5	Democracy	9.0
2	Rule of law	9.7
1	Judicial review	10
1	Appointment of justices	10
2	Control of corruption	9.93
2	Rule of law	9.86
3	Corruption prevention	9
5	Legal certainty	9
1	Electoral process	9.5
1	Voting and registration rights	10
1	Candidacy procedures	10
2	Party financing	9
4	Media access	9
5	Access to information	9.0
4	Access to gov. information	9
4	Media pluralism	9
8	Media freedom	9
12	Civil rights	8.0
7	Political liberties	9
10	Civil rights	8
17	Non-discrimination	7

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4	Economy/Employment	7.5
2	Labor market	8.7
5	Low-skilled unemployment	9.71
7	Long-term unemployment	9.32
5	Employment rate	9.10
1	Labor market policy	9
9	Youth unemployment	8.85
10	Unemployment	8.25
8	Intensity of active LMP	4.85
7	Economy	7.7
4	Competitiveness	8.86
8	Product market regulation	8.71
19	Inflation	8.03
4	Economic policy	8
13	GDP per capita	4.37
2	Enterprises	7.2
1	Enterprise regulation	10.00
2	Enterprise policy	8
4	Energy costs for enterprises	7.96
7	Real interest rates	5.09
17	Unit labor costs	5.09
13	Corporate investment	4.20
10	Budgets	7.0
11	Debt-to-GDP	8.27
7	Budgetary policy	8
15	Soundness of banks	6.70
8	Debt interest ratio	6.00
10	Net debt ratio	5.31
4	Budget consolidation	4.00
12	Taxes	6.7
4	Tax evasion	8.86
8	Tax system complexity	8.69
6	Tax policy	8
15	Marginal tax burden (businesses)	4.64
26	Marginal tax burden (individuals)	3.37
31	Total tax rate	1.00

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4	Social affairs	7.9
2	Social inclusion	9.1
1	Life satisfaction	10.00
1	Poverty	10.00
1	Gini coefficient	10.00
2	Social inclusion policy	9
3	Youth not in employ./education	8.81
3	Gender equality	8.39
6	Social/political participation	7.89
5	Families	8.7
1	Child poverty	10.00
7	Child care density	9.00
4	Family policy	9
11	Spending on family policy	7.37
13	Fertility rate	7.36
3	Health care	8.1
7	Private-to-public HC spending	9.79
3	Spending on pharmaceuticals	9.63
1	Health policy	9
18	Infant mortality	8.70
21	Life expectancy-to-HC spending	6.24
29	Preventive HC spending	2.07
10	Pensions	7.3
1	Pension policy	9
16	Senior citizen poverty	8.25
11	Older employment	6.01
17	Dependency ratio	4.34
29	Public pension coverage	3.54
13	Integration	6.3
13	Foreign-born unemployment	7.47
10	Integration policy	7
12	Foreign-born sec. attainment	5.61
30	Foreign-born-to-native empl.	4.88
11	Foreign-born tert. attainment	4.81

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14	Security	7.9
12	Internal security	8.1
2	Reliability of police services	9.77
15	Homicides	9.02
6	Costs of crime	8.67
9	Internal security policy	8
30	Burglaries and robberies	5.16
20	External security	7.7
1	Relations with neighbors	10.00
11	External security policy	8
20	Conflicts fought	4.60

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4	Resources	7.3
5	Education	7.4
2	Continuing education	9.68
3	Pre-primary education	9.66
8	Education policy	7
15	Upper sec. attainment	6.96
18	PISA results	6.41
9	Tertiary attainment	6.14
6	R&D	7.3
2	Broadband internet access	9.98
3	Industry R&D personnel	8.62
5	Research and innovation policy	8
12	Public R&D spending	5.92
9	Triad Patents	5.00
12	Science degrees	3.80
4	Environment	7.1
2	Water usage	9.81
3	Energy intensity	9.72
1	Environmental policy	8
9	CO2 emissions	7.14
9	Energy mix	2.89
30	Waste management	1.50

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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

7.90

6	Steering capability	8.1
4	Consultation	9.0
4	Negotiating public support	9
6	Coordination	8.6
3	Line ministry civil servants	9
7	Senior ministry officials	9
4	Cabinet committees	9
5	GO gatekeeping	9
3	Line ministries	9
8	Informal coordination	8
14	GO expertise	7
8	Communication	8.0
8	Coherent communication	8
10	RIA	7.7
5	Needs analysis	9
7	RIA application	8
12	Alternative options	6
4	Capacity	7.2
3	Strategic planning	8
2	Scholarly advice	8
13	Medium-term fiscal framework	5.50

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3	Policy implementation	8.3
3	Implementation	8.3
22	Internal auditing	9.00
1	National standards	9
6	Ministerial compliance	9
7	Constitutional discretion	8
4	Task funding	8
7	Monitoring agencies	8
12	Monitoring line ministries	8
5	Government efficiency	8

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2	Institutional learning	8.5
2	Adaptability	9.0
2	International coordination	9
1	Domestic adaptability	9
4	Reform capacity	8.0
1	Self-monitoring	9
7	Reform capacity	7

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4	Accountability	7.5
5	Oversight	9.4
1	Summoning ministers	10
1	Ombuds office	10
1	Audit office	10
2	Non-majority leverage	9.73
20	Summoning experts	9
9	Obtaining documents	9
11	Task area coincidence	8
4	Parties/Associations	8.3
1	Party competence	9
5	Assoc. competence (others)	8
4	Assoc. competence (business)	8
5	Citizens	8.2
4	Voter turnout	8.49
4	Policy knowledge	8
23	Legislature	5.7
1	Committee size	10.00
20	Pro-gvmt. committee chairs	8.37
23	Number of committees	7.00
24	Legislature’s research staff	1.52
15	Deputy expert staff	1.45
9	Media	5.2
13	Media reporting	7
11	Newspaper circulation	4.59
8	Quality newspapers	4.06