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

8.51

4	Democracy	9.2
1	Civil rights	9.7
1	Civil rights	10
1	Political liberties	10
1	Non-discrimination	9
3	Rule of law	9.6
1	Corruption prevention	10
1	Legal certainty	10
1	Judicial review	10
2	Control of corruption	9.93
8	Rule of law	9.62
10	Appointment of justices	8
5	Electoral process	9.3
1	Candidacy procedures	10
2	Party financing	9
4	Media access	9
12	Voting and registration rights	9
9	Access to information	8.3
8	Media freedom	9
4	Access to gov. information	9
13	Media pluralism	7

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3	Economy/Employment	7.7
3	Labor market	8.6
5	Long-term unemployment	9.84
6	Low-skilled unemployment	9.65
1	Labor market policy	9
6	Employment rate	8.38
11	Unemployment	8.19
13	Youth unemployment	7.26
5	Intensity of active LMP	5.76
1	Taxes	8.1
1	Tax evasion	10.00
3	Tax system complexity	9.56
1	Tax policy	9
10	Marginal tax burden (individuals)	5.79
16	Total tax rate	5.78
14	Marginal tax burden (businesses)	4.75
6	Budgets	7.8
2	Soundness of banks	9.70
6	Debt-to-GDP	9.13
5	Budgetary policy	9
3	Debt interest ratio	8.00
13	Net debt ratio	5.05
11	Budget consolidation	1.00
3	Enterprises	7.1
2	Enterprise regulation	9.76
2	Enterprise policy	8
13	Energy costs for enterprises	6.26
12	Unit labor costs	5.78
8	Corporate investment	5.12
15	Real interest rates	4.21
11	Economy	7.1
4	Economic policy	8
14	Product market regulation	7.53
23	Inflation	7.50
15	Competitiveness	6.37
22	GDP per capita	3.12

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2	Social affairs	8.2
6	Families	8.6
1	Fertility rate	10.00
6	Child care density	9.41
4	Family policy	9
6	Spending on family policy	8.26
21	Child poverty	5.10
2	Pensions	8.3
1	Public pension coverage	10.00
1	Senior citizen poverty	10.00
2	Older employment	8.51
8	Pension policy	8
7	Dependency ratio	6.03
1	Integration	8.2
1	Integration policy	9
3	Foreign-born sec. attainment	8.72
17	Foreign-born unemployment	7.19
5	Foreign-born tert. attainment	6.95
23	Foreign-born-to-native empl.	6.92
3	Health care	8.1
4	Spending on pharmaceuticals	9.33
27	Private-to-public HC spending	8.77
23	Infant mortality	8.16
5	Health policy	8
12	Life expectancy-to-HC spending	7.51
3	Preventive HC spending	7.04
8	Social inclusion	7.6
3	Youth not in employ./education	8.81
6	Life satisfaction	8.36
6	Gender equality	8.07
5	Social inclusion policy	8
23	Gini coefficient	6.70
17	Poverty	6.22
8	Social/political participation	4.93

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2	Security	8.9
1	External security	9.5
1	Relations with neighbors	10.00
1	Conflicts fought	10.00
1	External security policy	9
9	Internal security	8.4
10	Homicides	9.32
1	Internal security policy	9
12	Reliability of police services	8.85
13	Costs of crime	7.33
29	Burglaries and robberies	5.35

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7	Resources	6.5
4	Education	7.8
2	Education policy	9
4	PISA results	8.57
2	Tertiary attainment	8.25
17	Upper sec. attainment	6.47
18	Pre-primary education	5.53
11	Continuing education	4.54
12	Environment	6.2
8	Waste management	8.13
20	Energy intensity	8.03
12	Environmental policy	6
20	CO2 emissions	5.91
29	Water usage	5.23
3	Energy mix	4.60
15	R&D	5.6
10	Research and innovation policy	7
18	Broadband internet access	5.55
6	Science degrees	5.39
22	Public R&D spending	4.35
19	Industry R&D personnel	3.66
21	Triad Patents	2.00

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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

7.72

3	Steering capability	8.2
1	RIA	10.0
1	Alternative options	10
1	Needs analysis	10
1	RIA application	10
4	Coordination	8.9
1	Cabinet committees	10
3	Line ministry civil servants	9
7	Senior ministry officials	9
5	GO gatekeeping	9
3	Line ministries	9
3	Informal coordination	9
14	GO expertise	7
8	Consultation	8.0
8	Negotiating public support	8
2	Capacity	7.3
3	Strategic planning	8
7	Scholarly advice	7
3	Medium-term fiscal framework	7.00
16	Communication	7.0
16	Coherent communication	7

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3	Policy implementation	8.3
3	Implementation	8.3
1	Task funding	10
4	Monitoring line ministries	9
1	Monitoring agencies	9
6	Ministerial compliance	9
5	National standards	8
7	Constitutional discretion	8
5	Government efficiency	8
25	Internal auditing	6.00

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4	Institutional learning	8.0
4	Reform capacity	8.0
3	Reform capacity	8
4	Self-monitoring	8
5	Adaptability	8.0
2	International coordination	9
12	Domestic adaptability	7

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7	Accountability	7.3
10	Oversight	8.9
1	Ombuds office	10
1	Audit office	10
1	Summoning experts	10
5	Non-majority leverage	9.05
9	Obtaining documents	9
24	Summoning ministers	8
27	Task area coincidence	6
6	Parties/Associations	8.0
1	Party competence	9
5	Assoc. competence (others)	8
16	Assoc. competence (business)	7
7	Citizens	7.6
4	Policy knowledge	8
11	Voter turnout	7.18
13	Legislature	6.3
1	Number of committees	10.00
17	Committee size	8.88
24	Pro-gvmt. committee chairs	7.14
6	Legislature’s research staff	4.55
28	Deputy expert staff	1.00
9	Media	5.2
6	Media reporting	8
10	Quality newspapers	3.94
15	Newspaper circulation	3.59