Research data
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: GOVERNANCE
2012 Evidence and lessons from Latin America
Over the past decade Latin American countries have implemented successful governance initiatives that had facilitated the various positive s...
Download this report2012 Nuanced balancing act: South Africa's national and international interests and its 'African agenda'
Since apartheid ended, much of South Africa's positioning on the world stage has been informed by what has been described as an Afrocentric ...
Download this report2012 'A better life for all', social cohesion and the governance of life in post-apartheid South Africa
Against the background of rising levels of anxiety around the state of the social fabric in South African society, this paper explores the d...
2011 Reconciling Africa's fragmented institutions of governance: a new approach to institution building: third interim technical report to the IDRC
This third progress report covers the research conducted during the second phase of the project, mainly consisting of fieldwork (Household s...
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