Innovation Partnership for Rural Development Programme (IPRDP) 2017 Community Impact Assessment Round 1 (CIA1) - Access to public services in four provinces in South Africa

Description:
The data set contains access to basic public services data in selected villages: 11 villages in 4 IPRDP district demonstration municipalities (Amathole, Chris Hani, Capricorn, Gert Sibande); and 4 comparison sites in 2 IPRDP demonstration municipalities (Sekhukhune; Ehlanzeni) and 2 non-demonstration municipalities (Ugu; Alfred Nzo).
Abstract:
The Department of Science and Technology (DST), through its Innovation Partnership for Rural Development Programme (IPRDP), contracted the Human Sciences Research Council (HRSC) to design, construct and implement a customised Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) framework to strengthen technology and innovation capabilities and learning within the targeted marginalised rural districts. The M&E framework specifically aims to assess the effects of the various technologies that have been developed and implemented in these targeted distressed municipalities by various institutions such as the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, the Water Research Commission, and various South African Universities. The technologies, whose objectives are to improve water, sanitation and energy in these marginalised rural districts, include the Corrective Action Request and Report System (CARRS), Point-of-use water filtration, pour flush, the Integrated Algae Ponding System, Water Safety Planning (WSP) and Wastewater Risk Abatement Plans (W2RAP).

As part of this assignment, HSRC conducted impact assessments at rural communities which have been exposed to these technologies through demonstration projects. The Community Impact Assessment (CIA) round 1 collected baseline household level data from a sample of rural settlements regarding access to, and the quality of, basic services (i.e. water, sanitation and energy) as a baseline for the community level impact assessment of the IPRDP technology demonstrations. In addition, data was collected from a sample of non-demonstration municipalities, which have not been exposed to the IPRDP technologies, for control purposes. The instrument also collected administrative and household demographic data.

数据集描述：
本数据集收录选定村庄的基本公共服务可及性相关数据，覆盖两类研究点位：其一为4个农村发展创新伙伴计划（Innovation Partnership for Rural Development Programme, IPRDP）区级示范市政区内的11个村庄，涉及阿马托勒、克里斯·哈尼、摩羯座、格特·西班德4个市政区；其二为2个IPRDP示范市政区（塞库胡内、埃兰泽尼）及2个非示范市政区（乌古、阿尔弗雷德·恩佐）内的4个对比研究点位。

摘要：
南非科学技术部（Department of Science and Technology, DST）通过其农村发展创新伙伴计划（Innovation Partnership for Rural Development Programme, IPRDP），委托人文科学研究理事会（Human Sciences Research Council, HSRC）设计、构建并实施定制化监测与评估（Monitoring and Evaluation, M&E）框架，以强化目标边缘化农村地区的技术创新能力与学习机制。该监测与评估框架旨在评估由科学与工业研究理事会、水研究委员会及多所南非高校等各类机构，在上述受帮扶困境市政区内开发并落地的各类技术所产生的实施效果。

上述技术旨在改善边缘化农村地区的水、环卫与能源状况，具体包括：整改行动申请与报告系统（Corrective Action Request and Report System, CARRS）、现场水过滤装置、冲水式旱厕、综合藻类塘系统、水安全规划（Water Safety Planning, WSP）以及废水风险缓解计划（Wastewater Risk Abatement Plans, W2RAP）。

作为本次委托任务的一部分，HSRC对通过示范项目应用上述技术的农村社区开展了影响评估。首轮社区影响评估（Community Impact Assessment, CIA）从农村定居点样本中采集家庭层面的基线数据，内容涵盖基本公共服务的可及性与服务质量（即水、环卫与能源），以此作为IPRDP技术示范项目社区层面影响评估的基线依据。此外，为设置对照组，项目组还从未参与IPRDP技术示范的非示范市政区样本中收集了相关数据。本次调研工具同时采集了行政数据与家庭人口统计信息。