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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: LOCAL GOVERNMENT
2020 Public officials' skills and capacity assessment: interim key informant interviews report
Under the 1996 Constitution, South African local government was given a critical mandate to "provide democratic and accountable government f...
Download this report2019 Municipal boundaries demarcations and ward delimitations: impact on service delivery
Ward delimitation is a call that demands interrogation. Issues of ward delimitation and their impact on service delivery are critical. While...
2019 Assessing service delivery: public perception of municipal service delivery in South Africa
Existing research reveals that there has been increasing community impatience related to basic municipal service delivery in developing coun...
2019 A review of spaces of local participation to promote service delivery in South Africa
In many developing countries, there is a continued decline in public participation at the local level which often results in poor service de...