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: INFRASTRUCTURE DELIVERY
2020 Lived realities of urban peripheries: building infrastructures of change
Apartheid was enacted spatially through infrastructural investment to support institutionalised racism and class inequality. Post-apartheid ...
Download this report2012 The role of infrastructure in accelerating service delivery: lessons learnt from South Africa and China
The primary aim of the project was to investigate municipalities whose record in the delivery of basic services stand out as instances of go...
Download this report2012 Infrastructure and service delivery - lessons from SA and China
The HSRC conducted a collaborative study with the Chinese Academy of Social Science (CASS) to explore aspects of best practice in service de...
Download this report2011 Unconventional housing provision: reflections on health aspects: a case study of Zimbabwe
When the Zimbabwean government embarked on the countrywide destruction of unconventional urban housing settlements code-named ``Operation Mu...