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

6.33

20	Democracy	7.3
11	Electoral process	8.5
1	Candidacy procedures	10
12	Voting and registration rights	9
6	Party financing	8
17	Media access	7
17	Civil rights	7.7
7	Political liberties	9
17	Non-discrimination	7
17	Civil rights	7
12	Access to information	7.7
14	Media freedom	8
8	Access to gov. information	8
13	Media pluralism	7
26	Rule of law	5.4
14	Judicial review	8
19	Legal certainty	7
17	Corruption prevention	6
21	Appointment of justices	6
28	Rule of law	4.91
26	Control of corruption	3.22

10

21	Economy/Employment	5.5
19	Labor market	6.2
26	Low-skilled unemployment	7.58
20	Long-term unemployment	7.10
18	Unemployment	6.92
20	Youth unemployment	6.06
14	Labor market policy	6
4	Intensity of active LMP	5.81
27	Employment rate	4.87
18	Taxes	5.6
4	Marginal tax burden (individuals)	7.73
11	Total tax rate	7.03
16	Tax policy	6
9	Marginal tax burden (businesses)	5.64
23	Tax evasion	4.48
31	Tax system complexity	1.00
21	Enterprises	5.3
7	Enterprise policy	7
8	Unit labor costs	6.41
4	Real interest rates	5.47
28	Energy costs for enterprises	2.74
25	Corporate investment	1.84
29	Enterprise regulation	1.73
19	Budgets	5.2
15	Debt-to-GDP	7.93
16	Budgetary policy	6
21	Soundness of banks	4.90
22	Debt interest ratio	4.38
22	Net debt ratio	3.70
11	Budget consolidation	1.00
28	Economy	5.0
12	Economic policy	7
27	Inflation	6.39
26	Competitiveness	2.13
29	Product market regulation	1.65
28	GDP per capita	1.60

10

29	Social affairs	5.0
19	Pensions	6.2
7	Senior citizen poverty	9.32
13	Pension policy	7
9	Dependency ratio	5.89
25	Public pension coverage	4.58
30	Older employment	1.70
26	Health care	6.0
14	Private-to-public HC spending	9.67
4	Life expectancy-to-HC spending	9.39
25	Infant mortality	7.75
26	Health policy	5
25	Spending on pharmaceuticals	4.38
16	Preventive HC spending	3.42
27	Families	4.6
17	Family policy	6
23	Spending on family policy	3.69
29	Child care density	3.66
25	Fertility rate	2.82
28	Child poverty	2.51
26	Social inclusion	4.6
17	Gender equality	6.14
26	Gini coefficient	5.80
21	Social inclusion policy	5
25	Life satisfaction	4.27
24	Poverty	3.61
19	Social/political participation	3.14
29	Youth not in employ./education	1.89
31	Integration	3.7
9	Foreign-born sec. attainment	5.92
25	Foreign-born unemployment	5.43
23	Integration policy	4
30	Foreign-born tert. attainment	1.18
31	Foreign-born-to-native empl.	1.00

10

28	Security	6.4
18	Internal security	7.3
15	Homicides	9.02
8	Burglaries and robberies	8.65
9	Internal security policy	8
23	Costs of crime	4.67
26	Reliability of police services	4.23
30	External security	5.4
11	External security policy	8
20	Conflicts fought	4.60
29	Relations with neighbors	1.00

10

22	Resources	5.1
17	Environment	5.9
3	Waste management	9.50
8	Water usage	8.74
22	Energy intensity	7.75
12	Environmental policy	6
19	Energy mix	1.50
29	CO2 emissions	1.41
19	Education	5.8
6	Upper sec. attainment	8.30
9	Pre-primary education	7.59
11	PISA results	7.00
13	Education policy	6
22	Tertiary attainment	2.90
26	Continuing education	2.34
26	R&D	3.6
19	Research and innovation policy	5
8	Science degrees	4.64
27	Public R&D spending	2.47
27	Broadband internet access	2.01
30	Industry R&D personnel	1.15
28	Triad Patents	1.01

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

5.79

17	Steering capability	6.2
16	Communication	7.0
16	Coherent communication	7
13	Consultation	7.0
13	Negotiating public support	7
22	Coordination	6.7
5	GO gatekeeping	9
20	Senior ministry officials	8
8	GO expertise	8
20	Line ministries	7
20	Informal coordination	7
26	Cabinet committees	4
27	Line ministry civil servants	4
18	Capacity	5.5
10	Strategic planning	7
7	Scholarly advice	7
26	Medium-term fiscal framework	2.50
21	RIA	4.7
18	RIA application	6
19	Needs analysis	5
24	Alternative options	3

10

27	Policy implementation	5.9
27	Implementation	5.9
1	Internal auditing	10.00
16	Ministerial compliance	8
11	Constitutional discretion	7
11	National standards	7
22	Monitoring agencies	6
24	Task funding	5
25	Monitoring line ministries	5
27	Government efficiency	4

10

12	Institutional learning	6.8
5	Adaptability	8.0
7	International coordination	8
6	Domestic adaptability	8
19	Reform capacity	5.5
12	Reform capacity	6
18	Self-monitoring	5

10

25	Accountability	5.3
5	Oversight	9.4
1	Audit office	10
1	Summoning ministers	10
1	Summoning experts	10
1	Obtaining documents	10
2	Task area coincidence	9
13	Non-majority leverage	8.70
13	Ombuds office	8
21	Legislature	5.9
10	Pro-gvmt. committee chairs	9.30
17	Committee size	8.88
23	Number of committees	7.00
11	Legislature’s research staff	2.66
10	Deputy expert staff	1.90
24	Parties/Associations	5.7
18	Assoc. competence (others)	6
23	Assoc. competence (business)	6
26	Party competence	5
30	Citizens	3.7
18	Policy knowledge	5
29	Voter turnout	2.45
23	Media	3.5
13	Media reporting	7
24	Newspaper circulation	2.13
30	Quality newspapers	1.28