zaf-2010-uisp-2010-v1
Impact Evaluation of the Upgrading of Informal Settlements Programme 2010
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South Africa | ZAF |
Other Household Survey [hh/oth]
In 2004, the South African National Department of Human Settlements (NDOHS) launched an Upgrading of Informal Settlements Programme with the goal of improving living conditions in informal settlements in the country.
With technical assistance from the World Bank, NDOHS conducted a series of impact evaluations to assess the effects of the Upgrading of Informal Settlements Programme (UISP) interventions in Free State, Limpopo and Gauteng Provinces. The research was designed to reliably identify causal links between the rollout of UISP and the outcomes of interest driven by policy prescriptions (as well as broader concerns) for the programme.
The study areas chosen allow for four comparisons. In Limpopo, the design allows for estimating the impact of relocating households from an informal settlement with no services (Eastern Disteneng), to a formalized greenfield site with comprehensive services and community facilities (Extension 44/76). Household level survey data was collected from a sample of 432 households in Extension 44/76 (treatment group) and 726 households in Disteneng (control group).
In Free State, the relative impact of being provided with a fully serviced stand (Bloemside) to being provided with a partially serviced subsidized house on the site of the original informal dwelling (Grasslands) are compared. By exploiting the phased approach to the study, estimates can also be made for the long-term impact of being provided with a subsidized home, by comparing the situation of Grasslands II residents who have been living in their upgraded homes for three or four years to the neighbouring Grasslands III residents who have had their subsidized homes for one to two years. Researchers surveyed 1,014 households: 370 households from Grasslands II, 289 from Grasslands III and 355 from Bloemside.
In Gauteng, the impact of fully upgrading an area compared to a partial upgrade (less than 50% households receiving housing and electricity) can be estimated. The study exploits the phased roll out of Extension upgrades to compare the extensively upgraded area of Extension 1 (398 household surveyed) with the partially upgraded areas of Extensions 2 and 3 where 905 households were surveyed.
Sample survey data [ssd]
Units of analysis in the survey are households and individuals.
v1: Edited, anonymised dataset for public distribution
The survey collected household demographic data as well as data on the following: Education, economic activity, health, financial data (borrowing, credit and savings), microenterprises, crime and violence, housing and tenure, infrastructure and service delivery, social capital and community participation, satisfaction with municipal services, neighbourhood and local officials, and living conditions.
Limpopo, Free State and Gauteng provinces.
The data is at Provincial level and also at the level of the areas being upgraded.
The survey covered households in the Disteneng and Greenside informal settlements (Disteneng) on the outskirts of Polokwane which were relocated to the nearby greenfield sites of P)Polokwane Extension 44 and 76 (Ext. 44/76) in 2006. Also covered were households in the Grasslands settlement on the outskirts of Bloemfontein in the Free State, where a phased rollout of in situ RDP housing upgrades was conducted. Households in the Chris Hani Settlement in Daveyton, Gauteng were also surveyed, where an upgrading programme was taking place at the time of the survey.
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Sebastian Martinez | Inter-American Development Bank |
Arianna Legovini | World Bank |
Nandini Krishnan | World Bank |
Aidan Coville | World Bank |
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Mulalo Muthige |
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Spanish Impact Evaluation Fund, World Bank |
Since the intention of this pilot impact evaluation was not to conduct a nationally representative study, the sampling strategy aimed at maximizing the internal validity of the study by ensuring that the control and treatment groups were comparable, where external validity was a secondary consideration. As such, the representivity of the results when scaling up to the provincial or national level needs to be done with care.
Detailed information about sampling methodology is available in "Measuring Success in Human Settlements Development" report (p.31-36) in external resources.
The household questionnaire consisted of 14 modules and required approximately two hours to complete. Modules included:
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2010-03 | 2010-06 |
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Vari Consulting |
To ensure accuracy of the data collected, a rigorous quality check and supervision regime was implemented which included the following activities:
While a number of challenges were experienced in the field which resulted in non-responses and quality concerns, all of these stringent measures were put in place to ensure the reliability and validity of collected data which supports and improves the confidence of the results that come from these data.
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World Bank | http://microdata.worldbank.org/index.php/catalog/1041 |
Public use files available from an external repository
Sebastian Martinez, Inter-American Development Bank; Arianna Legovini, World Bank; Nandini Krishnan, World Bank; Aidan Coville, World Bank. South Africa - Impact Evaluation of the Upgrading of Informal Settlements Programme (UISP)2010 [dataset]. Version 1. Washington: World Bank [producer and distributor], 2010.
The user of the data acknowledges that the original collector of the data, the authorized distributor of the data, and the relevant funding agency bear no responsibility for use of the data or for interpretations or inferences based upon such uses.
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Aidan Coville | World Bank | acoville@worldbank.org |
ddi-zaf-uisp-2010-v1.1
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Development Data Group | World Bank | Metadata producer |
2012-07-27
v1.1