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

7.37

8	Democracy	8.6
6	Civil rights	9.0
1	Non-discrimination	9
7	Political liberties	9
4	Civil rights	9
5	Access to information	9.0
1	Media freedom	10
4	Media pluralism	9
8	Access to gov. information	8
11	Electoral process	8.5
20	Candidacy procedures	9
4	Media access	9
6	Party financing	8
25	Voting and registration rights	8
15	Rule of law	8.1
13	Rule of law	9.24
3	Appointment of justices	9
9	Judicial review	9
15	Control of corruption	7.99
17	Corruption prevention	6
23	Legal certainty	6

10

23	Economy/Employment	5.2
13	Taxes	6.6
4	Tax system complexity	9.34
5	Total tax rate	8.12
8	Tax evasion	8.11
16	Tax policy	6
6	Marginal tax burden (businesses)	5.92
20	Marginal tax burden (individuals)	4.82
14	Enterprises	5.9
1	Unit labor costs	10.00
8	Enterprise regulation	8.05
17	Enterprise policy	6
6	Corporate investment	5.71
20	Energy costs for enterprises	4.17
31	Real interest rates	1.00
21	Economy	5.8
1	Inflation	10.00
3	Product market regulation	9.53
18	Competitiveness	5.72
5	GDP per capita	4.98
30	Economic policy	4
27	Labor market	4.8
20	Low-skilled unemployment	8.46
18	Long-term unemployment	7.40
21	Employment rate	5.69
28	Unemployment	4.68
28	Youth unemployment	4.53
27	Labor market policy	4
24	Intensity of active LMP	2.87
29	Budgets	3.1
18	Debt-to-GDP	7.32
21	Debt interest ratio	4.50
28	Budgetary policy	3
29	Soundness of banks	2.20
31	Net debt ratio	1.00
11	Budget consolidation	1.00

10

15	Social affairs	6.6
7	Integration	7.0
1	Foreign-born tert. attainment	10.00
6	Foreign-born-to-native empl.	8.53
10	Integration policy	7
20	Foreign-born unemployment	6.38
24	Foreign-born sec. attainment	2.86
12	Families	6.9
5	Fertility rate	9.27
5	Spending on family policy	8.61
13	Family policy	7
24	Child poverty	4.58
25	Child care density	4.47
24	Health care	6.6
6	Private-to-public HC spending	9.82
9	Infant mortality	9.23
18	Spending on pharmaceuticals	6.36
25	Health policy	6
25	Life expectancy-to-HC spending	5.99
11	Preventive HC spending	4.22
16	Social inclusion	6.5
5	Social inclusion policy	8
11	Youth not in employ./education	7.13
22	Gini coefficient	7.00
20	Gender equality	5.82
24	Life satisfaction	4.55
26	Poverty	3.47
27	Social/political participation	2.35
18	Pensions	6.3
1	Public pension coverage	10.00
4	Dependency ratio	7.13
20	Pension policy	6
18	Older employment	5.06
30	Senior citizen poverty	3.99

10

12	Security	8.1
6	External security	8.6
1	Relations with neighbors	10.00
6	Conflicts fought	8.20
11	External security policy	8
17	Internal security	7.6
24	Homicides	8.43
14	Reliability of police services	8.38
16	Burglaries and robberies	8.02
10	Costs of crime	7.67
18	Internal security policy	7

10

21	Resources	5.4
17	Environment	5.9
1	Energy intensity	10.00
7	Water usage	8.85
7	CO2 emissions	7.34
12	Environmental policy	6
29	Waste management	1.83
27	Energy mix	1.24
17	R&D	5.4
10	Research and innovation policy	7
7	Science degrees	5.37
22	Broadband internet access	4.36
18	Industry R&D personnel	3.91
25	Public R&D spending	3.30
19	Triad Patents	2.28
22	Education	4.8
11	PISA results	7.00
9	Tertiary attainment	6.14
22	Upper sec. attainment	5.98
20	Education policy	5
24	Continuing education	2.76
31	Pre-primary education	1.00

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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

6.33

14	Steering capability	6.6
11	Coordination	8.0
3	Line ministry civil servants	9
7	Senior ministry officials	9
3	Line ministries	9
5	GO gatekeeping	9
8	Informal coordination	8
14	GO expertise	7
20	Cabinet committees	5
8	Communication	8.0
8	Coherent communication	8
14	RIA	6.3
16	RIA application	7
12	Alternative options	6
17	Needs analysis	6
17	Capacity	5.7
14	Scholarly advice	6
12	Medium-term fiscal framework	6.00
20	Strategic planning	5
23	Consultation	5.0
23	Negotiating public support	5

10

28	Policy implementation	5.4
28	Implementation	5.4
1	Internal auditing	10.00
11	National standards	7
19	Monitoring line ministries	7
24	Ministerial compliance	7
16	Task funding	6
19	Constitutional discretion	5
26	Monitoring agencies	5
30	Government efficiency	3

10

12	Institutional learning	6.8
3	Adaptability	8.5
1	Domestic adaptability	9
7	International coordination	8
23	Reform capacity	5.0
20	Reform capacity	5
18	Self-monitoring	5

10

14	Accountability	6.4
20	Oversight	8.0
1	Summoning experts	10
14	Audit office	9
11	Non-majority leverage	8.76
11	Task area coincidence	8
27	Obtaining documents	7
19	Ombuds office	7
31	Summoning ministers	6
15	Parties/Associations	7.3
4	Assoc. competence (business)	8
16	Assoc. competence (others)	7
13	Party competence	7
12	Citizens	6.4
4	Policy knowledge	8
19	Voter turnout	4.88
25	Legislature	5.3
1	Committee size	10.00
23	Number of committees	7.00
26	Pro-gvmt. committee chairs	6.98
15	Deputy expert staff	1.45
27	Legislature’s research staff	1.23
14	Media	4.9
1	Media reporting	9
13	Newspaper circulation	3.90
21	Quality newspapers	1.82