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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: UNEMPLOYMENT
2012 An assessment of skills development interventions in South Africa: skills development for the unemployed: the national skills fund and training of the unemployed
International studies on the impact of training for the unemployed have reported mixed results; some found that training has increased emplo...
Download this report2011 An assessment of the implementation of the Employment Services of South Africa (ESSA)
The aim of this study was to identify challenges in the implementation of ESSA and to identify and make recommendations on areas of improvem...
Download this report2010 Facing the nation: South Africa's most important challenges
In this article BEN ROBERTS, JARE STRUWIG and STEPHEN RULE examine the relative ranking by the South African public of challenges facing our...
2009 Learnerships and skills development in South Africa: a shift to prioritise the young unemployed
Much is expected from the new learnership system implemented in South Africa a mere seven years ago as a key component in putting a multi-pr...