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

7.65

13	Democracy	8.4
3	Civil rights	9.3
1	Political liberties	10
1	Non-discrimination	9
4	Civil rights	9
9	Electoral process	8.8
1	Candidacy procedures	10
1	Voting and registration rights	10
4	Media access	9
18	Party financing	6
8	Rule of law	8.6
2	Control of corruption	9.93
4	Rule of law	9.83
3	Corruption prevention	9
5	Legal certainty	9
9	Judicial review	9
30	Appointment of justices	2
20	Access to information	7.0
14	Media freedom	8
18	Access to gov. information	7
19	Media pluralism	6

10

17	Economy/Employment	5.9
4	Taxes	7.2
1	Tax evasion	10.00
6	Tax policy	8
3	Marginal tax burden (businesses)	6.51
19	Total tax rate	5.38
27	Tax system complexity	5.17
19	Marginal tax burden (individuals)	4.92
4	Enterprises	7.0
1	Real interest rates	10.00
2	Corporate investment	8.91
6	Enterprise regulation	8.66
7	Enterprise policy	7
11	Unit labor costs	6.03
31	Energy costs for enterprises	1.00
17	Labor market	6.5
2	Low-skilled unemployment	9.97
3	Long-term unemployment	9.93
2	Employment rate	9.92
13	Unemployment	7.52
12	Youth unemployment	7.44
22	Labor market policy	5
25	Intensity of active LMP	2.83
25	Economy	5.3
6	Product market regulation	9.06
20	Economic policy	6
4	GDP per capita	5.05
23	Competitiveness	3.20
31	Inflation	1.00
27	Budgets	3.8
20	Budgetary policy	5
29	Debt-to-GDP	4.62
26	Debt interest ratio	3.63
25	Net debt ratio	2.95
31	Soundness of banks	1.00
11	Budget consolidation	1.00

10

7	Social affairs	7.5
2	Families	9.1
1	Spending on family policy	10.00
2	Fertility rate	9.64
5	Child care density	9.46
4	Family policy	9
7	Child poverty	7.77
6	Social inclusion	7.7
1	Social/political participation	10.00
6	Poverty	8.76
10	Gini coefficient	8.50
7	Youth not in employ./education	8.39
4	Gender equality	8.23
16	Life satisfaction	7.00
12	Social inclusion policy	7
8	Health care	7.6
12	Private-to-public HC spending	9.69
2	Infant mortality	9.59
5	Health policy	8
11	Spending on pharmaceuticals	7.64
18	Life expectancy-to-HC spending	6.66
28	Preventive HC spending	2.34
15	Pensions	6.8
1	Older employment	10.00
8	Senior citizen poverty	9.28
13	Pension policy	7
6	Dependency ratio	6.47
31	Public pension coverage	1.00
14	Integration	6.2
3	Foreign-born unemployment	8.80
17	Foreign-born-to-native empl.	7.28
15	Integration policy	6
14	Foreign-born sec. attainment	4.78
14	Foreign-born tert. attainment	4.44

10

8	Security	8.3
5	Internal security	8.6
1	Costs of crime	10.00
3	Homicides	9.80
3	Reliability of police services	9.54
9	Internal security policy	8
19	Burglaries and robberies	7.60
15	External security	8.1
1	Relations with neighbors	10.00
6	Conflicts fought	8.20
23	External security policy	7

10

7	Resources	6.5
8	Education	7.2
2	Pre-primary education	9.82
4	Education policy	8
20	PISA results	6.22
24	Upper sec. attainment	5.59
16	Tertiary attainment	5.56
11	Continuing education	4.54
8	R&D	6.9
1	Public R&D spending	10.00
6	Broadband internet access	8.63
5	Research and innovation policy	8
10	Industry R&D personnel	6.11
17	Triad Patents	2.54
25	Science degrees	2.17
26	Environment	5.2
1	Energy mix	10.00
5	CO2 emissions	8.57
15	Water usage	7.38
20	Waste management	5.50
27	Environmental policy	4
31	Energy intensity	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

7.23

20	Steering capability	6.0
1	Communication	9.0
1	Coherent communication	9
13	Coordination	7.7
1	GO gatekeeping	10
7	Senior ministry officials	9
8	GO expertise	8
15	Line ministries	8
15	Line ministry civil servants	7
20	Informal coordination	7
20	Cabinet committees	5
13	Consultation	7.0
13	Negotiating public support	7
20	Capacity	5.2
11	Medium-term fiscal framework	6.50
14	Scholarly advice	6
30	Strategic planning	3
30	RIA	1.0
29	Alternative options	1
29	Needs analysis	1
30	RIA application	1

10

8	Policy implementation	7.8
8	Implementation	7.8
1	Constitutional discretion	10
1	Monitoring line ministries	10
6	Ministerial compliance	9
1	Government efficiency	9
4	Task funding	8
5	National standards	8
31	Monitoring agencies	3
28	Internal auditing	1.00

10

7	Institutional learning	7.5
5	Adaptability	8.0
1	Domestic adaptability	9
19	International coordination	7
7	Reform capacity	7.0
7	Reform capacity	7
8	Self-monitoring	7

10

6	Accountability	7.4
15	Oversight	8.7
1	Ombuds office	10
1	Audit office	10
1	Summoning experts	10
15	Summoning ministers	9
21	Obtaining documents	8
22	Task area coincidence	7
29	Non-majority leverage	6.64
2	Citizens	8.5
1	Policy knowledge	9
7	Voter turnout	7.94
11	Parties/Associations	7.7
1	Assoc. competence (others)	9
4	Assoc. competence (business)	8
21	Party competence	6
24	Legislature	5.6
1	Number of committees	10.00
17	Committee size	8.88
30	Pro-gvmt. committee chairs	5.65
16	Legislature’s research staff	2.32
28	Deputy expert staff	1.00
7	Media	5.4
13	Media reporting	7
4	Quality newspapers	6.48
20	Newspaper circulation	2.74