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

7.63

10	Democracy	8.5
6	Civil rights	9.0
1	Political liberties	10
1	Non-discrimination	9
10	Civil rights	8
7	Access to information	8.7
8	Media freedom	9
4	Access to gov. information	9
8	Media pluralism	8
8	Rule of law	8.6
6	Control of corruption	9.48
11	Rule of law	9.31
5	Legal certainty	9
14	Judicial review	8
17	Appointment of justices	7
12	Corruption prevention	7
18	Electoral process	7.8
1	Candidacy procedures	10
1	Voting and registration rights	10
4	Media access	9
29	Party financing	2

10

10	Economy/Employment	6.8
4	Economy	7.8
5	Product market regulation	9.24
17	Inflation	8.23
7	Competitiveness	8.10
4	Economic policy	8
7	GDP per capita	4.74
6	Labor market	7.8
1	Youth unemployment	10.00
2	Unemployment	9.82
4	Low-skilled unemployment	9.73
4	Employment rate	9.12
13	Long-term unemployment	8.66
9	Labor market policy	7
11	Intensity of active LMP	4.01
8	Taxes	6.9
10	Tax system complexity	8.38
6	Tax policy	8
10	Tax evasion	7.80
12	Marginal tax burden (businesses)	5.06
22	Total tax rate	4.10
25	Marginal tax burden (individuals)	3.83
12	Enterprises	6.0
7	Energy costs for enterprises	7.24
7	Enterprise policy	7
17	Enterprise regulation	6.35
23	Unit labor costs	4.78
9	Real interest rates	4.70
25	Corporate investment	1.84
17	Budgets	5.3
17	Debt-to-GDP	7.40
16	Budgetary policy	6
19	Soundness of banks	5.50
19	Debt interest ratio	4.88
18	Net debt ratio	4.38
11	Budget consolidation	1.00

10

11	Social affairs	7.1
5	Social inclusion	7.9
1	Youth not in employ./education	10.00
2	Life satisfaction	8.91
4	Gini coefficient	8.80
10	Poverty	8.35
5	Social inclusion policy	8
10	Gender equality	7.11
15	Social/political participation	4.18
13	Health care	7.2
16	Infant mortality	8.82
6	Spending on pharmaceuticals	8.54
3	Preventive HC spending	7.04
13	Health policy	7
30	Private-to-public HC spending	6.93
27	Life expectancy-to-HC spending	5.64
13	Pensions	7.0
2	Senior citizen poverty	9.88
8	Pension policy	8
16	Older employment	5.17
14	Dependency ratio	5.04
28	Public pension coverage	3.66
12	Families	6.9
10	Family policy	8
16	Child poverty	6.50
16	Fertility rate	6.27
24	Child care density	5.48
19	Spending on family policy	4.99
12	Integration	6.5
6	Foreign-born unemployment	8.00
5	Integration policy	8
28	Foreign-born-to-native empl.	5.29
22	Foreign-born sec. attainment	3.50
21	Foreign-born tert. attainment	3.39

10

15	Security	7.8
13	Internal security	8.0
8	Homicides	9.41
6	Reliability of police services	9.08
12	Burglaries and robberies	8.38
9	Internal security policy	8
22	Costs of crime	5.33
20	External security	7.7
1	Relations with neighbors	10.00
11	External security policy	8
20	Conflicts fought	4.60

10

18	Resources	5.5
17	Education	5.9
7	PISA results	7.91
16	Upper sec. attainment	6.67
15	Pre-primary education	6.01
13	Education policy	6
15	Tertiary attainment	5.80
25	Continuing education	2.46
18	R&D	5.3
1	Broadband internet access	10.00
11	Public R&D spending	6.02
6	Triad Patents	5.83
19	Research and innovation policy	5
16	Industry R&D personnel	4.63
29	Science degrees	1.56
23	Environment	5.3
14	Energy intensity	8.59
17	Water usage	7.15
16	CO2 emissions	6.11
20	Environmental policy	5
25	Waste management	4.33
25	Energy mix	1.33

10
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

6.84

11	Steering capability	7.4
5	RIA	8.7
3	RIA application	9
5	Needs analysis	9
6	Alternative options	8
8	Consultation	8.0
8	Negotiating public support	8
20	Coordination	7.1
4	Cabinet committees	9
20	Senior ministry officials	8
15	Line ministries	8
15	Line ministry civil servants	7
28	Informal coordination	6
23	GO expertise	6
24	GO gatekeeping	6
16	Communication	7.0
16	Coherent communication	7
12	Capacity	6.3
7	Scholarly advice	7
3	Medium-term fiscal framework	7.00
20	Strategic planning	5

10

13	Policy implementation	7.4
13	Implementation	7.4
1	Internal auditing	10.00
4	Task funding	8
5	Government efficiency	8
12	Monitoring line ministries	8
16	Ministerial compliance	8
11	National standards	7
22	Monitoring agencies	6
26	Constitutional discretion	4

10

21	Institutional learning	6.3
24	Adaptability	6.5
7	International coordination	8
27	Domestic adaptability	5
15	Reform capacity	6.0
8	Self-monitoring	7
20	Reform capacity	5

10

12	Accountability	6.6
13	Oversight	8.8
10	Ombuds office	9
2	Task area coincidence	9
20	Summoning experts	9
9	Obtaining documents	9
15	Summoning ministers	9
15	Non-majority leverage	8.60
18	Audit office	8
6	Parties/Associations	8.0
5	Assoc. competence (others)	8
4	Assoc. competence (business)	8
7	Party competence	8
13	Citizens	6.2
10	Voter turnout	7.34
18	Policy knowledge	5
17	Legislature	6.1
1	Committee size	10.00
18	Number of committees	8.00
25	Pro-gvmt. committee chairs	7.08
9	Legislature’s research staff	3.52
14	Deputy expert staff	1.68
15	Media	4.6
6	Media reporting	8
12	Newspaper circulation	4.40
24	Quality newspapers	1.54