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

8.52

1	Democracy	9.4
1	Access to information	10.0
1	Access to gov. information	10
1	Media pluralism	10
1	Media freedom	10
1	Civil rights	9.7
1	Civil rights	10
1	Political liberties	10
1	Non-discrimination	9
7	Electoral process	9.0
1	Voting and registration rights	10
1	Media access	10
1	Candidacy procedures	10
18	Party financing	6
6	Rule of law	8.8
1	Control of corruption	10.00
1	Legal certainty	10
6	Rule of law	9.69
3	Corruption prevention	9
9	Judicial review	9
29	Appointment of justices	3

10

6	Economy/Employment	7.3
1	Economy	8.1
1	Economic policy	9
5	Competitiveness	8.47
12	Product market regulation	7.94
21	Inflation	7.83
11	GDP per capita	4.46
5	Budgets	7.9
5	Budgetary policy	9
5	Soundness of banks	8.80
14	Debt-to-GDP	8.23
5	Debt interest ratio	7.63
9	Net debt ratio	5.46
4	Budget consolidation	4.00
6	Taxes	7.1
1	Tax policy	9
5	Tax evasion	8.83
14	Tax system complexity	7.69
19	Marginal tax burden (businesses)	4.34
27	Marginal tax burden (individuals)	3.35
28	Total tax rate	1.86
15	Labor market	6.8
19	Low-skilled unemployment	8.49
14	Long-term unemployment	8.41
14	Employment rate	7.21
9	Labor market policy	7
18	Unemployment	6.92
21	Youth unemployment	5.79
19	Intensity of active LMP	3.21
8	Enterprises	6.6
4	Enterprise regulation	9.03
2	Enterprise policy	8
18	Energy costs for enterprises	5.47
6	Real interest rates	5.23
29	Unit labor costs	3.58
23	Corporate investment	2.60

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7	Social affairs	7.5
3	Health care	8.1
4	Infant mortality	9.53
18	Private-to-public HC spending	9.40
5	Health policy	8
2	Preventive HC spending	7.99
13	Spending on pharmaceuticals	7.45
16	Life expectancy-to-HC spending	7.06
9	Families	8.0
3	Child poverty	9.40
4	Family policy	9
14	Fertility rate	7.00
12	Spending on family policy	6.80
26	Child care density	4.43
4	Social inclusion	8.0
2	Life satisfaction	8.91
4	Gini coefficient	8.80
9	Poverty	8.63
4	Social/political participation	8.50
6	Gender equality	8.07
5	Social inclusion policy	8
18	Youth not in employ./education	5.35
4	Pensions	7.9
1	Public pension coverage	10.00
1	Pension policy	9
18	Senior citizen poverty	7.69
15	Older employment	5.69
22	Dependency ratio	3.76
20	Integration	5.3
14	Foreign-born-to-native empl.	7.65
10	Integration policy	7
22	Foreign-born tert. attainment	3.30
25	Foreign-born sec. attainment	2.64
31	Foreign-born unemployment	1.00

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4	Security	8.6
5	Internal security	8.6
1	Reliability of police services	10.00
2	Costs of crime	9.67
7	Burglaries and robberies	8.81
27	Homicides	8.04
9	Internal security policy	8
6	External security	8.6
1	Relations with neighbors	10.00
6	Conflicts fought	8.20
11	External security policy	8

10

1	Resources	8.0
1	Education	8.9
1	Education policy	10
1	PISA results	10.00
4	Continuing education	8.95
10	Upper sec. attainment	7.58
5	Tertiary attainment	7.14
20	Pre-primary education	5.39
2	R&D	8.1
2	Industry R&D personnel	9.85
1	Research and innovation policy	9
2	Public R&D spending	7.80
14	Broadband internet access	6.68
5	Triad Patents	6.09
4	Science degrees	5.80
5	Environment	7.0
11	Water usage	8.00
1	Environmental policy	8
27	Energy intensity	6.91
16	Waste management	6.33
24	CO2 emissions	5.09
6	Energy mix	3.64

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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

7.79

2	Steering capability	8.7
1	Consultation	10.0
1	Negotiating public support	10
3	RIA	9.3
1	Needs analysis	10
3	Alternative options	9
3	RIA application	9
2	Coordination	9.1
1	Senior ministry officials	10
1	Cabinet committees	10
3	Line ministry civil servants	9
3	Line ministries	9
1	GO expertise	9
3	Informal coordination	9
18	GO gatekeeping	8
8	Communication	8.0
8	Coherent communication	8
7	Capacity	7.0
3	Strategic planning	8
3	Medium-term fiscal framework	7.00
14	Scholarly advice	6

10

6	Policy implementation	8.2
6	Implementation	8.2
1	Government efficiency	9
4	Constitutional discretion	9
6	Ministerial compliance	9
23	Internal auditing	8.00
7	Monitoring agencies	8
12	Monitoring line ministries	8
11	National standards	7
16	Task funding	6

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3	Institutional learning	8.3
2	Reform capacity	8.5
1	Self-monitoring	9
3	Reform capacity	8
5	Adaptability	8.0
7	International coordination	8
6	Domestic adaptability	8

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8	Accountability	7.2
1	Oversight	9.7
1	Audit office	10
1	Ombuds office	10
1	Task area coincidence	10
1	Summoning experts	10
1	Obtaining documents	10
1	Summoning ministers	10
25	Non-majority leverage	7.58
6	Parties/Associations	8.0
5	Assoc. competence (others)	8
4	Assoc. competence (business)	8
7	Party competence	8
2	Media	7.5
3	Newspaper circulation	8.10
6	Media reporting	8
5	Quality newspapers	6.46
7	Legislature	6.5
1	Committee size	10.00
1	Number of committees	10.00
17	Pro-gvmt. committee chairs	8.57
12	Legislature’s research staff	2.61
15	Deputy expert staff	1.45
17	Citizens	5.8
9	Policy knowledge	7
21	Voter turnout	4.51