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The HSRC Research Data Service provides a digital repository facility for the HSRC's research data in support of evidence based human and social development in South Africa and the broader region. Access to data is dependent on ethical requirements for protecting research participants, as well as on legal agreements with the owners, funders or in the case of data owned by the HSRC, the requirements of the depositors of the data. We facilitate data use by preparing comprehensive metadata and disseminating data and related documents to appropriate target audiences. Data sharing is subject to an End User License agreement. Data sets from the following projects have been curated and are available for use:
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Research data: ECONOMIC GROWTH
2010 South Africa oil import portfolio risks: which way out?
A major consequence of South Africa's strong economic growth since the democratic dispensation of 1994 is the rapid increase in domestic dem...
2010 A technology gap analysis of leading firms in Cape Town
This paper focuses on technology gaps between leading firms in Cape Town and the global frontier. In each sector we establish frontier techn...
Download this report2009 Engineers in a developing country: the profession and education of engineering professionals in South Africa
Economic growth in South Africa depends on engineering capacity to provide state-of-the-art, safe infrastructure for service delivery. At th...
2009 Trouble and chance in the motor industry
The word 'crisis', when written in Chinese, is composed of two characters: one representing danger and the other representing opportunity. W...