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

5.25

29	Democracy	5.5
18	Electoral process	7.8
25	Voting and registration rights	8
26	Candidacy procedures	8
6	Party financing	8
17	Media access	7
23	Access to information	6.3
19	Media freedom	7
28	Access to gov. information	6
19	Media pluralism	6
30	Civil rights	4.7
27	Non-discrimination	5
29	Political liberties	5
30	Civil rights	4
31	Rule of law	3.1
3	Appointment of justices	9
28	Judicial review	6
30	Legal certainty	4
31	Corruption prevention	2
31	Control of corruption	1.00
31	Rule of law	1.00

10

21	Economy/Employment	5.5
8	Budgets	7.2
2	Debt-to-GDP	9.95
7	Budgetary policy	8
13	Soundness of banks	7.00
7	Net debt ratio	5.88
15	Debt interest ratio	5.25
4	Budget consolidation	4.00
14	Labor market	6.9
1	Long-term unemployment	10.00
1	Intensity of active LMP	10.00
1	Low-skilled unemployment	10.00
6	Youth unemployment	9.21
8	Unemployment	8.55
22	Labor market policy	5
26	Employment rate	4.89
23	Enterprises	4.9
5	Energy costs for enterprises	7.94
2	Real interest rates	6.56
23	Enterprise policy	5
27	Enterprise regulation	3.68
30	Unit labor costs	3.14
19	Corporate investment	3.02
29	Taxes	4.4
1	Marginal tax burden (individuals)	10.00
9	Total tax rate	7.69
11	Marginal tax burden (businesses)	5.16
28	Tax system complexity	5.04
30	Tax policy	3
30	Tax evasion	1.39
29	Economy	4.0
29	Inflation	5.40
25	Economic policy	5
28	Product market regulation	4.06
29	Competitiveness	1.72
31	GDP per capita	1.00

10

27	Social affairs	5.3
16	Families	6.3
5	Fertility rate	9.27
8	Spending on family policy	7.90
21	Child care density	6.78
17	Family policy	6
29	Child poverty	2.23
15	Integration	5.8
1	Foreign-born-to-native empl.	10.00
1	Foreign-born unemployment	10.00
3	Foreign-born tert. attainment	8.10
23	Integration policy	4
27	Foreign-born sec. attainment	2.00
28	Health care	5.3
2	Life expectancy-to-HC spending	9.90
9	Private-to-public HC spending	9.77
26	Health policy	5
14	Preventive HC spending	3.96
30	Spending on pharmaceuticals	2.24
30	Infant mortality	2.07
27	Pensions	5.2
1	Dependency ratio	10.00
17	Older employment	5.16
24	Pension policy	5
29	Senior citizen poverty	4.53
30	Public pension coverage	1.84
29	Social inclusion	3.7
6	Youth not in employ./education	8.64
18	Life satisfaction	6.45
9	Social/political participation	4.73
28	Gender equality	3.25
31	Social inclusion policy	3
30	Gini coefficient	2.80
31	Poverty	1.00

10

30	Security	5.1
24	External security	7.4
1	Conflicts fought	10.00
23	External security policy	7
22	Relations with neighbors	5.50
31	Internal security	2.9
11	Burglaries and robberies	8.40
31	Internal security policy	3
31	Costs of crime	1.00
31	Reliability of police services	1.00
31	Homicides	1.00

10

29	Resources	3.8
20	Environment	5.6
5	Waste management	9.00
16	Energy intensity	8.31
23	Water usage	6.31
22	CO2 emissions	5.50
20	Environmental policy	5
12	Energy mix	1.90
29	Education	3.7
8	Pre-primary education	7.80
11	Continuing education	4.54
25	Education policy	4
25	Tertiary attainment	2.22
29	Upper sec. attainment	1.72
31	PISA results	1.00
31	R&D	2.1
30	Research and innovation policy	3
27	Science degrees	1.68
30	Broadband internet access	1.08
31	Triad Patents	1.00
31	Industry R&D personnel	1.00
31	Public R&D spending	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

5.87

12	Steering capability	7.2
8	RIA	8.3
3	RIA application	9
6	Alternative options	8
9	Needs analysis	8
14	Coordination	7.6
5	GO gatekeeping	9
8	Informal coordination	8
8	GO expertise	8
11	Cabinet committees	8
25	Senior ministry officials	7
20	Line ministries	7
17	Line ministry civil servants	6
13	Consultation	7.0
13	Negotiating public support	7
16	Communication	7.0
16	Coherent communication	7
14	Capacity	6.0
10	Strategic planning	7
7	Scholarly advice	7
20	Medium-term fiscal framework	4.00

10

19	Policy implementation	6.5
19	Implementation	6.5
1	Internal auditing	10.00
12	Monitoring line ministries	8
16	Ministerial compliance	8
11	Constitutional discretion	7
11	Task funding	7
14	Monitoring agencies	7
23	National standards	5
25	Government efficiency	5

10

18	Institutional learning	6.5
17	Adaptability	7.0
19	International coordination	7
12	Domestic adaptability	7
15	Reform capacity	6.0
7	Reform capacity	7
18	Self-monitoring	5

10

29	Accountability	5.0
20	Oversight	8.0
1	Non-majority leverage	10.00
20	Summoning experts	9
18	Audit office	8
24	Summoning ministers	8
21	Obtaining documents	8
13	Ombuds office	8
30	Task area coincidence	5
21	Parties/Associations	6.0
16	Assoc. competence (business)	7
21	Party competence	6
28	Assoc. competence (others)	5
29	Legislature	4.7
4	Pro-gvmt. committee chairs	9.67
17	Committee size	8.88
6	Deputy expert staff	2.35
23	Legislature’s research staff	1.57
31	Number of committees	1.00
27	Citizens	4.2
18	Policy knowledge	5
26	Voter turnout	3.38
29	Media	2.9
25	Media reporting	5
15	Quality newspapers	2.67
30	Newspaper circulation	1.07