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

6.74

20	Democracy	7.3
9	Electoral process	8.8
1	Candidacy procedures	10
12	Voting and registration rights	9
4	Media access	9
14	Party financing	7
17	Civil rights	7.7
7	Political liberties	9
10	Civil rights	8
21	Non-discrimination	6
19	Rule of law	6.9
9	Judicial review	9
17	Rule of law	8.06
17	Control of corruption	6.85
23	Legal certainty	6
24	Appointment of justices	5
22	Corruption prevention	5
25	Access to information	6.0
18	Access to gov. information	7
23	Media freedom	6
25	Media pluralism	5

10

26	Economy/Employment	5.0
22	Economy	5.6
10	Inflation	8.82
21	Product market regulation	6.41
17	Competitiveness	5.74
25	Economic policy	5
18	GDP per capita	3.72
24	Labor market	5.4
23	Low-skilled unemployment	8.04
23	Unemployment	6.13
19	Employment rate	6.05
24	Long-term unemployment	5.81
23	Youth unemployment	5.56
22	Labor market policy	5
15	Intensity of active LMP	3.57
24	Taxes	5.1
6	Tax system complexity	9.04
7	Marginal tax burden (individuals)	6.66
21	Tax evasion	5.31
22	Tax policy	5
24	Total tax rate	3.51
30	Marginal tax burden (businesses)	1.13
24	Enterprises	4.8
7	Unit labor costs	6.48
19	Enterprise regulation	5.99
23	Enterprise policy	5
18	Real interest rates	3.98
25	Energy costs for enterprises	3.79
19	Corporate investment	3.02
24	Budgets	4.2
13	Soundness of banks	7.00
25	Debt-to-GDP	6.49
23	Debt interest ratio	4.25
24	Budgetary policy	4
24	Net debt ratio	3.51
11	Budget consolidation	1.00

10

16	Social affairs	6.5
2	Families	9.1
1	Family policy	10
1	Child care density	10.00
7	Fertility rate	8.36
6	Child poverty	8.05
15	Spending on family policy	6.26
20	Health care	6.9
10	Private-to-public HC spending	9.76
16	Infant mortality	8.82
13	Health policy	7
15	Spending on pharmaceuticals	6.70
22	Life expectancy-to-HC spending	6.19
22	Preventive HC spending	2.88
20	Social inclusion	6.0
6	Poverty	8.76
10	Gini coefficient	8.50
14	Life satisfaction	7.27
14	Gender equality	6.46
19	Social inclusion policy	6
23	Social/political participation	2.71
28	Youth not in employ./education	2.38
25	Pensions	5.6
1	Public pension coverage	10.00
14	Senior citizen poverty	8.49
24	Pension policy	5
25	Dependency ratio	3.35
25	Older employment	2.85
24	Integration	5.0
15	Foreign-born-to-native empl.	7.54
15	Integration policy	6
28	Foreign-born unemployment	3.50
23	Foreign-born tert. attainment	3.05
26	Foreign-born sec. attainment	2.28

10

18	Security	7.7
11	External security	8.2
1	Relations with neighbors	10.00
1	External security policy	9
20	Conflicts fought	4.60
18	Internal security	7.3
14	Homicides	9.12
18	Reliability of police services	7.92
17	Burglaries and robberies	7.80
18	Internal security policy	7
20	Costs of crime	5.67

10

9	Resources	6.4
9	R&D	6.7
9	Broadband internet access	7.84
6	Public R&D spending	7.17
10	Research and innovation policy	7
2	Science degrees	6.55
7	Industry R&D personnel	6.52
12	Triad Patents	4.19
12	Environment	6.2
4	CO2 emissions	8.77
14	Energy intensity	8.59
13	Water usage	7.55
12	Environmental policy	6
18	Waste management	5.83
16	Energy mix	1.67
14	Education	6.1
4	Pre-primary education	9.46
19	PISA results	6.35
18	Upper sec. attainment	6.11
13	Education policy	6
18	Tertiary attainment	4.84
9	Continuing education	4.68

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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

5.82

17	Steering capability	6.2
1	Communication	9.0
1	Coherent communication	9
9	Coordination	8.3
1	Senior ministry officials	10
1	GO gatekeeping	10
3	Line ministries	9
8	Informal coordination	8
11	Cabinet committees	8
8	GO expertise	8
19	Line ministry civil servants	5
23	Consultation	5.0
23	Negotiating public support	5
28	Capacity	4.5
20	Strategic planning	5
19	Medium-term fiscal framework	4.50
28	Scholarly advice	4
23	RIA	4.0
21	RIA application	5
21	Alternative options	4
23	Needs analysis	3

10

11	Policy implementation	7.6
11	Implementation	7.6
1	Internal auditing	10.00
1	National standards	9
6	Ministerial compliance	9
4	Monitoring line ministries	9
14	Monitoring agencies	7
11	Government efficiency	7
16	Constitutional discretion	6
16	Task funding	6

10

12	Institutional learning	6.8
5	Adaptability	8.0
1	Domestic adaptability	9
19	International coordination	7
19	Reform capacity	5.5
12	Reform capacity	6
18	Self-monitoring	5

10

31	Accountability	4.8
28	Oversight	6.8
1	Summoning experts	10
9	Obtaining documents	9
16	Non-majority leverage	8.51
24	Summoning ministers	8
23	Audit office	7
31	Task area coincidence	3
26	Ombuds office	2
27	Parties/Associations	5.3
21	Party competence	6
18	Assoc. competence (others)	6
29	Assoc. competence (business)	4
28	Legislature	4.8
1	Pro-gvmt. committee chairs	10.00
18	Number of committees	8.00
3	Deputy expert staff	3.25
21	Legislature’s research staff	1.69
31	Committee size	1.00
26	Citizens	4.3
18	Policy knowledge	5
25	Voter turnout	3.66
24	Media	3.3
20	Media reporting	6
22	Newspaper circulation	2.61
28	Quality newspapers	1.35