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

7.22

16	Democracy	7.7
15	Rule of law	8.1
15	Rule of law	9.03
5	Legal certainty	9
13	Control of corruption	8.03
14	Judicial review	8
17	Appointment of justices	7
12	Corruption prevention	7
17	Civil rights	7.7
10	Non-discrimination	8
22	Political liberties	8
17	Civil rights	7
25	Electoral process	7.5
12	Voting and registration rights	9
20	Candidacy procedures	9
18	Party financing	6
24	Media access	6
16	Access to information	7.3
14	Media freedom	8
8	Access to gov. information	8
19	Media pluralism	6

10

14	Economy/Employment	6.4
12	Labor market	7.2
12	Low-skilled unemployment	8.99
17	Long-term unemployment	8.02
11	Employment rate	7.78
15	Unemployment	7.28
9	Labor market policy	7
17	Youth unemployment	6.59
3	Intensity of active LMP	6.22
12	Economy	7.0
1	Product market regulation	10.00
24	Inflation	7.44
12	Economic policy	7
14	Competitiveness	6.65
15	GDP per capita	4.19
8	Taxes	6.9
5	Tax system complexity	9.13
6	Tax policy	8
18	Tax evasion	6.21
14	Total tax rate	6.11
17	Marginal tax burden (individuals)	4.94
25	Marginal tax burden (businesses)	2.63
10	Enterprises	6.1
2	Enterprise policy	8
20	Enterprise regulation	5.86
3	Real interest rates	5.75
16	Unit labor costs	5.22
27	Energy costs for enterprises	3.41
30	Corporate investment	1.08
21	Budgets	4.6
20	Debt-to-GDP	7.21
16	Budgetary policy	6
20	Debt interest ratio	4.75
29	Net debt ratio	2.13
30	Soundness of banks	1.30
11	Budget consolidation	1.00

10

9	Social affairs	7.3
8	Families	8.1
9	Child care density	8.98
4	Spending on family policy	8.69
8	Fertility rate	8.00
10	Family policy	8
11	Child poverty	7.05
7	Pensions	7.5
1	Public pension coverage	10.00
17	Senior citizen poverty	8.18
8	Pension policy	8
11	Older employment	6.01
21	Dependency ratio	3.79
16	Health care	7.1
24	Private-to-public HC spending	9.06
7	Spending on pharmaceuticals	8.43
22	Infant mortality	8.28
15	Life expectancy-to-HC spending	7.07
13	Health policy	7
25	Preventive HC spending	2.75
7	Integration	7.0
3	Foreign-born tert. attainment	8.10
5	Integration policy	8
14	Foreign-born unemployment	7.43
24	Foreign-born-to-native empl.	6.90
29	Foreign-born sec. attainment	1.53
14	Social inclusion	6.8
13	Poverty	7.94
8	Gender equality	7.75
14	Life satisfaction	7.27
12	Social inclusion policy	7
23	Gini coefficient	6.70
17	Youth not in employ./education	5.45
11	Social/political participation	4.34

10

23	Security	7.2
20	External security	7.7
1	Relations with neighbors	10.00
11	External security policy	8
20	Conflicts fought	4.60
24	Internal security	6.7
15	Homicides	9.02
21	Reliability of police services	7.23
18	Internal security policy	7
25	Burglaries and robberies	6.02
27	Costs of crime	3.67

10

11	Resources	6.3
7	Environment	6.8
3	Energy intensity	9.72
4	Water usage	9.58
9	CO2 emissions	7.14
7	Environmental policy	7
21	Waste management	5.33
29	Energy mix	1.14
13	Education	6.2
10	PISA results	7.39
6	Continuing education	6.80
19	Upper sec. attainment	6.06
12	Tertiary attainment	6.04
13	Education policy	6
19	Pre-primary education	5.47
12	R&D	6.0
12	Broadband internet access	7.57
10	Research and innovation policy	7
5	Science degrees	5.69
16	Public R&D spending	4.77
17	Industry R&D personnel	4.02
15	Triad Patents	3.14

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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

6.82

9	Steering capability	7.5
3	RIA	9.3
1	Alternative options	10
1	Needs analysis	10
7	RIA application	8
2	Coordination	9.1
1	GO gatekeeping	10
3	Line ministry civil servants	9
3	Informal coordination	9
7	Senior ministry officials	9
4	Cabinet committees	9
3	Line ministries	9
1	GO expertise	9
8	Communication	8.0
8	Coherent communication	8
7	Capacity	7.0
7	Scholarly advice	7
3	Medium-term fiscal framework	7.00
10	Strategic planning	7
30	Consultation	4.0
30	Negotiating public support	4

10

9	Policy implementation	7.7
9	Implementation	7.7
1	Internal auditing	10.00
4	Monitoring line ministries	9
6	Ministerial compliance	9
5	Government efficiency	8
11	National standards	7
14	Monitoring agencies	7
11	Task funding	7
19	Constitutional discretion	5

10

10	Institutional learning	7.0
7	Reform capacity	7.0
3	Reform capacity	8
13	Self-monitoring	6
17	Adaptability	7.0
7	International coordination	8
22	Domestic adaptability	6

10

16	Accountability	6.2
18	Oversight	8.4
1	Audit office	10
1	Summoning experts	10
19	Non-majority leverage	8.47
21	Obtaining documents	8
24	Summoning ministers	8
19	Ombuds office	7
22	Task area coincidence	7
6	Parties/Associations	8.0
1	Party competence	9
4	Assoc. competence (business)	8
16	Assoc. competence (others)	7
19	Citizens	5.5
9	Policy knowledge	7
24	Voter turnout	3.91
9	Media	5.2
1	Media reporting	9
8	Newspaper circulation	5.03
26	Quality newspapers	1.53
27	Legislature	5.0
17	Committee size	8.88
14	Pro-gvmt. committee chairs	8.87
10	Legislature’s research staff	2.89
6	Deputy expert staff	2.35
30	Number of committees	2.00