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farmers, land transfers may reduce agricultural output and impair national food security. This is an important issue for the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform. Municipal Innovation EPD, in partnership with the University of KwaZulu- Natal and the South African Local Government Association (SALGA), has embarked on the second phase of the Municipal Innovation Maturity Index (MIMI). MIMI is a policy tool which encourages municipalities to think of innovative solutions and to develop a culture of continuous improvement in service delivery. It is a knowledge management tool relevant to promoting innovation in the public sector more broadly. The DST is supporting a sector-wide scaling up of MIMI across the two municipal tiers, via an online platform. The digitisation project will continue for two years. Municipal user inputs will be incorporated and stakeholders will be encouraged to share their experiences at regular learning forums. Access to the City EPD completed a national evaluative study for the Department of Human Settlements on the theme ‘Access to the City’. A highly qualitative, people-centred approach was adopted, to improve understanding of the dynamics of housing development from the perspective of the poor. It considered how people navigate their way into cities and how they find suitable places to live that they can afford. The work was undertaken in collaboration with graduate students at five South Africa universities: Nelson Mandela University, University of the Free State, Pretoria University, Unisa and University of Fort Hare. PART B: PERFORMANCE OVERVIEW Figure 6: Reach and output Reach 2014/15–2018/19 Output 2014/15–2018/19 144 Peer-reviewed journal articles 56 Chapters in monographs 12 Books 11 Policy briefs 44 Research reports for clients 13 Journal articles with 10+ citations in Scopus 30 Journal articles with 10+ citations in Google Scholar 37 Journal articles with 1-10 citations in Scopus 32 Journal articles with 1-10 citations in Google Scholar Top 10 journal articles have been cited 208 times in Scopus and 226 times in Google Scholar Top 5 book chapters have been cited times 68 times in Google Scholar Researcher Rating 3 NRF Rated Scientists out of 16 in the HSRC 10 Researchers with a H-index of 5 or more on Google Scholar 5 Researchers with H-index of 5 or more on Scopus 22 / HSRC INTEGRATED ANNUAL REPORT 2018/19