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

5.48

28	Democracy	5.8
18	Electoral process	7.8
1	Candidacy procedures	10
25	Voting and registration rights	8
17	Media access	7
18	Party financing	6
28	Civil rights	6.0
17	Civil rights	7
28	Political liberties	7
30	Non-discrimination	4
30	Access to information	5.0
19	Media pluralism	6
29	Access to gov. information	5
29	Media freedom	4
28	Rule of law	4.5
21	Appointment of justices	6
27	Rule of law	5.02
29	Judicial review	5
27	Legal certainty	5
25	Control of corruption	3.39
28	Corruption prevention	3

10

26	Economy/Employment	5.0
8	Taxes	6.9
4	Total tax rate	8.15
6	Tax policy	8
6	Marginal tax burden (individuals)	7.07
5	Marginal tax burden (businesses)	5.94
29	Tax system complexity	3.91
25	Tax evasion	3.46
25	Economy	5.3
16	Inflation	8.29
20	Economic policy	6
27	Product market regulation	5.35
25	Competitiveness	2.99
26	GDP per capita	2.11
17	Budgets	5.3
7	Debt-to-GDP	8.92
6	Soundness of banks	8.50
11	Debt interest ratio	5.63
20	Budgetary policy	5
21	Net debt ratio	3.81
11	Budget consolidation	1.00
29	Enterprises	4.0
4	Corporate investment	8.49
21	Enterprise regulation	5.50
22	Unit labor costs	4.84
21	Real interest rates	3.81
30	Enterprise policy	3
30	Energy costs for enterprises	2.09
30	Labor market	3.6
25	Employment rate	5.10
29	Unemployment	4.62
30	Youth unemployment	4.12
27	Labor market policy	4
21	Intensity of active LMP	3.06
31	Low-skilled unemployment	1.00
31	Long-term unemployment	1.00

10

26	Social affairs	5.4
17	Pensions	6.4
9	Senior citizen poverty	9.09
13	Pension policy	7
5	Dependency ratio	6.88
27	Public pension coverage	4.09
24	Older employment	2.95
23	Families	5.4
10	Spending on family policy	7.53
20	Child care density	7.10
15	Child poverty	6.73
23	Family policy	5
30	Fertility rate	2.18
30	Health care	5.1
8	Life expectancy-to-HC spending	8.62
27	Infant mortality	7.57
5	Preventive HC spending	6.91
26	Health policy	5
29	Spending on pharmaceuticals	2.31
31	Private-to-public HC spending	1.00
24	Integration	5.0
1	Foreign-born sec. attainment	10.00
8	Foreign-born-to-native empl.	8.11
23	Integration policy	4
29	Foreign-born unemployment	3.32
25	Foreign-born tert. attainment	2.33
22	Social inclusion	5.0
4	Gini coefficient	8.80
11	Poverty	8.08
19	Gender equality	5.98
21	Social inclusion policy	5
18	Social/political participation	3.34
28	Life satisfaction	2.36
30	Youth not in employ./education	1.40

10

27	Security	6.5
20	Internal security	7.1
5	Burglaries and robberies	8.93
20	Homicides	8.83
10	Costs of crime	7.67
18	Internal security policy	7
29	Reliability of police services	3.08
28	External security	6.0
23	External security policy	7
22	Relations with neighbors	5.50
20	Conflicts fought	4.60

10

28	Resources	4.1
23	Environment	5.3
1	Waste management	10.00
2	Water usage	9.81
24	Energy intensity	7.47
25	CO2 emissions	4.68
27	Environmental policy	4
22	Energy mix	1.40
26	Education	4.1
4	Upper sec. attainment	8.39
24	PISA results	5.83
22	Pre-primary education	5.30
8	Continuing education	4.78
29	Education policy	3
26	Tertiary attainment	1.79
28	R&D	2.9
26	Research and innovation policy	4
15	Science degrees	3.44
28	Broadband internet access	1.84
30	Public R&D spending	1.63
28	Industry R&D personnel	1.31
27	Triad Patents	1.04

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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

4.75

30	Steering capability	4.2
29	Coordination	5.4
8	Informal coordination	8
25	Senior ministry officials	7
19	Cabinet committees	6
27	GO gatekeeping	5
19	Line ministry civil servants	5
29	GO expertise	4
30	Line ministries	3
23	Consultation	5.0
23	Negotiating public support	5
29	Capacity	4.3
3	Medium-term fiscal framework	7.00
31	Scholarly advice	3
30	Strategic planning	3
25	RIA	3.3
24	RIA application	4
24	Alternative options	3
23	Needs analysis	3
29	Communication	3.0
29	Coherent communication	3

10

29	Policy implementation	5.3
29	Implementation	5.3
1	Internal auditing	10.00
16	Task funding	6
19	Constitutional discretion	5
26	Monitoring agencies	5
25	Government efficiency	5
27	National standards	4
30	Monitoring line ministries	4
30	Ministerial compliance	4

10

31	Institutional learning	3.8
28	Reform capacity	4.0
29	Reform capacity	4
26	Self-monitoring	4
31	Adaptability	3.5
31	Domestic adaptability	4
31	International coordination	3

10

27	Accountability	5.1
22	Oversight	7.8
2	Task area coincidence	9
21	Non-majority leverage	8.27
13	Ombuds office	8
30	Summoning experts	8
24	Summoning ministers	8
23	Audit office	7
31	Obtaining documents	6
20	Parties/Associations	6.3
5	Assoc. competence (others)	8
23	Assoc. competence (business)	6
26	Party competence	5
17	Legislature	6.1
13	Pro-gvmt. committee chairs	9.07
15	Number of committees	9.00
17	Committee size	8.88
9	Deputy expert staff	2.13
26	Legislature’s research staff	1.29
29	Citizens	3.8
18	Policy knowledge	5
28	Voter turnout	2.60
29	Media	2.9
25	Media reporting	5
25	Newspaper circulation	2.05
24	Quality newspapers	1.54