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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2009 South African governance in review: anti-corruption, local government, traditional leadership

South Africa's fourth non-racial democratic election in 2009 caps fifteen years of state transformation. This period has been marked by unpr...

2009 Reviewing South Africa's efforts to combat corruption in its bureaucracy: 1994-2009

This paper reviews efforts by the South African government to reduce corruption in its bureaucracy. It is based on a research study that co...

2009 Reviewing municipal capacity in the context of local government reform: 1994-2009

Municipal capacity is the catalyst in this entire scenario. This begs the question: do municipalities have the requisite capacity to fulfil ...

2009 Reconciling Africa's fragmented institutions of governance: a new approach to institution building: interim technical report to the IDRC

This first progress report reports on the research conducted during the first phase of the project, mainly consisting of a planning workshop...

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