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Policy Performance and Governance Capacities in the OECD

3 SGI 2011 design – Status Index

Sustainable policy outcomes in a democratic context

Total: 100 qualitative and

quantitative indicators

4 SGI 2011 design – Management Index

Executive capacity in a participatory environment

Total: 47 qualitative and

quantitative indicators

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6 Conclusions

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2

3

Strong positive relation between „Institutional Learning“ (esp. Reform capacity) and

Policy Performance in the SGI

Constant review of political institutions as well as systemic adaptation to external and

international pressures seem to enhance policy performance

„Institutional Learning“ only one important feature of „good and coherent governance“ –

other important elements covered in the SGI (e.g.):

Capacities for strategic planning in the phase of drafting policies

Regulatory Impact Assessments in order to detect incoherencies during the phase of policy

development

Inter-ministerial coordination and ministerial compliance in the phases of policy

implementation

Next edition SGI 2014 more PCD-sensitive, either explicitly with new indicator(s) or

implicitly by reshaping existing indicators

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8 SGI: Five stages of data review

All regional

coordinators meet

to compare and

calibrate the results

for each region.

4. Inter-regional

calibration

The SGI Board

evaluates and

approves the

final results.

5. Results

validated

The 1st expert

establishes a first

country report, a

combination of a

written assessment

and personal scores.

1. Data

Collection

The 2nd expert

reviews and edits the

country report and

provides his own

personal scoring.

2. Review

The regional

coordinator evaluates

and establishes a

final report upon the

provided data.

3. Regional

calibration

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Relation between Status Index and Management Index

4 5 6 7 8 9 10

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5

6

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8

9

10

Sta

tus In

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x

Management Index

4 5 6 7 8 9 10

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

LUX USA

GBR

TUR

CHE

SWE

ESP

KOR

SVK

PRT

POL

NOR NZL

NLD

MEX

JPN

ITA

IRL

ISL

HUN

GRC

DEU

FRA

FIN

DNK

CZE

CHL

CAN

BEL

AUT

AUS

10 Effective Implementation and Policy Performance

y = 0.7168x + 1.3743 R² = 0.6473

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4.00

5.00

6.00

7.00

8.00

9.00

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Effective Implementation Score

Explaining policy performance with effective implementation

OECD countries

Linear (OECD countries)

11 Organizational Reform Capacity and Policy Performance

y = 0.4717x + 3.5017 R² = 0.4661

2.00

3.00

4.00

5.00

6.00

7.00

8.00

9.00

2.0 4.0 6.0 8.0 10.0

Po

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Sc

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Organizational Reform Capacity Score

Explaining policy performance with organizational reform capacity

OECD countries

Linear (OECD countries)

12 Regression Analysis: Implementation comes first, reform capacity second

Model 2 Model 1

Model 3

Effective Implementation

Organizational Reform

Capacity

Inter-ministerial coordination

Evidence-based instruments

Strategic capacity

Adaptability

0,58***

(0,18)

0,09

(0,15)

-0,01

(0,15)

0,02

(0,06)

-0,05

(0,19)

0,10

(0,13)

0,36**

(0,15)

0,07

(0,17)

0,07

(0,06)

-0,11

(0,22)

0,18

(0,15)

0,10

(0,19)

0,12*

(0,07)

0,11

(0,22)

0,23

(0,16)

R²

N

0,66

31

0,52

31

0,41

31

* p ≤ 0,10; ** p ≤ 0,05; *** p ≤ 0,01

13 „Commitment to International and Supranational Law“ (M7.NEW)

Does the government commit to international and supranational law?

This question studies whether a government shows commitment to international and supranational law. Commitment does

not only imply the adoption of international rules in domestic law but also the control of its application and its effective

enforcement where the law is violated. Relevant international or supranational law includes public international law

(e.g. human rights, war, criminal, climate treaty law) as well as supranational law of regional entities (e.g. EU/Mercosur

law).

• The government commits to an extensive set of international and supranational law. Its commitment is characterized

by effective and consistent adoption, application and enforcement. (10/9)

• The government commits to an extensive set of international and supranational law. In some cases, its commitment

lacks consistent application or enforcement. (8/7/6)

• The government commits to international and supranational law on a partly selective basis. (5/4/3)

• The government does not commit to international and supranational law or any adoption on paper lacks coherent

application or enforcement in practice. (2/1)

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14 New Indicators for the coming SGI 2012 round:

15 New formulation for the Indicator „International and Supranational Law“

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High democratic standards support policy performance

4 5 6 7 8 9 10

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Quality of Democracy

4 5 6 7 8 9 10

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GBR

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PRT

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