Evaluations Keyword: Advanced options Evaluation Area: Cultural affairs, records and archives Education Health Social development, social security & assistance Housing and infrastructure Economic planning and development LED, SMEs & local development projects Population issues Environment, climate change Mining Land & agriculture Labour issues & employment Public service, governance, M&E Local government Trade, industry, enterprises Poverty, socio-economic dev, access to credit Public finance, financial management Business Training, SETAs, FET, higher education Climate change Urban development National Outcome: Improved quality of basic education. (National Outcome 1) A long and healthy life for all South Africans. (National Outcome 2) All people in South Africa are and feel safe. (National Outcome 3) Decent employment through inclusive economic growth. (National Outcome 4) A skilled and capable workforce to support an inclusive growth path. (National Outcome 5) An efficient, competitive and responsive economic infrastructure network. (National Outcome 6) Vibrant, equitable and sustainable rural communities with food security for all. (National Outcome 7) Sustainable human settlements and improved quality of household life. (National Outcome 8) A responsive, accountable, effective and efficient local government system. (National Outcome 9) Environmental assets and natural resources that are well protected and continually enhanced. (National Outcome 10) Create a better South Africa and contribute to a better and safer Africa and World. (National Outcome 11) An efficient, effective and development oriented public service and an empowered, fair and inclusive citizenship. (National Outcome 12) An inclusive and responsive social protection system. (National Outcome 13) Nation building and social cohesion. (National Outcome 14) Commissioned By: Local Provincial National Other Evaluation Types: Rapid Evaluations Diagnostic Design Implementation Impact Economic Evaluation Synthesis Other Evaluation Subjects: Sector Institution Policy Programme Plan Event Project System Other Geographic Scopes: Global International Africa Regional Trans-border National Provincial District Local Ward Functional region Metropolitan Other Search Evaluations Search Results Report for the Evaluation of the "Ke Moja, I'm fine without drugs" Programme This report provides an evaluation of the Western Cape Department of Social Development’s (DSD) “Ke Moja, I’m fine without drugs” drug awareness programme which is located within the Substance Abuse... Evaluation Number: 211 Report Approval: Thursday, 01 October 2009 Score: 3,8 Published: Thursday, 21 February 2013 Initiated By: Western Cape Department of Social Development More information Information Sharing and SMME Financing in South Africa: A Survey of the Landscape This report focuses on the current state of credit access for SMMEs in South Africa. In particular, it examines barriers to credit access and viable near-term solutions to reduce or eliminate those... Evaluation Number: 107 Report Approval: Sunday, 31 August 2008 Score: 4,1 Published: Thursday, 21 February 2013 Initiated By: National Credit Regulator More information Labour Reform in South Africa: Measuring Regulation and Synthesis of Policy Suggestions Perhaps the most prominent representation of the welfare challenges facing post-apartheid South Africa, is the economy’s unemployment rate. Hence, this is an economy although formally categorised as... Evaluation Number: 30 Report Approval: Friday, 01 June 2007 Score: 3,9 Published: Thursday, 21 February 2013 Initiated By: Department of Labour More information The impact of State-of-Rivers reporting on people's attitudes towards river conservation: A case study of the Buffalo and Hartenbos & Klein Brak Catchments in South Africa The primary purpose of this study was to determine the impact of the distribution of SoR reporting: how widely the SoR materials were distributed in the catchments; whether the recipients of the... Evaluation Number: 62 Report Approval: Sunday, 01 March 2009 Score: 3,7 Published: Wednesday, 20 February 2013 Initiated By: Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) More information The cost of credit, access to credit and associated market practices 2011 Prior to the introduction of the National Credit Act (NCA) on the 1st June 2007, aggregate credit extended to households rose by 24% per annum between June 2005 and May 2007. Although exchange... Evaluation Number: 96 Report Approval: Sunday, 31 July 2011 Score: 3,8 Published: Tuesday, 19 February 2013 Initiated By: National Credit Regulator More information Analysing Wage Formation in the South African Labour Market: The Role of Bargaining Councils The main objective of this study is to evaluate the role of bargaining councils in wage formation in the South African labour market. Specifically, the study aims to determine what premium is... Evaluation Number: 117 Report Approval: Saturday, 01 September 2007 Score: 3,7 Published: Monday, 18 February 2013 Initiated By: Department of Labour More information Evaluation of the impact of the policy and procedure on incapacity leave and ill-health retirement (PILIR) on sick leave trends in the public service Through this report the PSC aimed to: • Assess the sick leave trends and reasons thereof, in the national departments of Labour, Health, Basic and Higher Education and Training and provincial... Evaluation Number: 228 Report Approval: Wednesday, 31 March 2010 Score: 3,6 Published: Monday, 18 February 2013 Initiated By: Public Service Commission More information Umsombomvu Youth Fund Impact Assessment and Programme Evaluation of the Business Consultancy Service Voucher Programme Umsobomvu Youth Fund (UYF) was established by the South African government and has been operational since January 2001 and the BCSVP implemented in response to the findings commissioned by UYF in... Evaluation Number: 202 Report Approval: Saturday, 01 December 2007 Score: 4,0 Published: Monday, 18 February 2013 Initiated By: Umsobomvu Youth Fund (UYF) More information State of Air Report 2005: A report on the state of the air in South Africa The atmosphere is a shared resource. The quality of air depends on the quantities of natural and human-induced (anthropogenic) emissions to the atmosphere, as well as on the potential for... Evaluation Number: 102 Report Approval: Thursday, 01 January 2009 Score: 3,7 Published: Wednesday, 13 February 2013 Initiated By: Department of Environmental Affairs More information Report of the Ministerial Committee on the Review of the National Student Financial Aid Scheme The purpose of the review of NSFAS is to assess the strengths and shortcomings of the current scheme and to advise the Minister on the short-, medium- and long-term needs for student financial aid to... Evaluation Number: 3 Report Approval: Sunday, 31 January 2010 Score: 3,1 Published: Wednesday, 13 February 2013 Initiated By: Department of Higher Education and Training More information Monitoring and Evaluation Report on the Impact and Outcomes of the Education System on South Africa’s Population: Evidence from household surveys This report has two main aims. Firstly, it represents an attempt to systematically uncover the changes that have occurred within and around the education system as revealed by national household... Evaluation Number: 5 Report Approval: Friday, 15 December 2006 Score: 3,7 Published: Friday, 08 February 2013 Initiated By: Department of Basic Education More information Understanding the causes of defaults in the social housing sector of South Africa To gain an understanding of the underlying reasons on reluctance of end users to meet financial obligations by conducting a tenant survey .” To perform an analysis of the macro and local economic... Evaluation Number: 55 Report Approval: Tuesday, 30 September 2003 Score: 3,7 Published: Friday, 08 February 2013 Initiated By: National Housing Finance Corporation More information Monitoring and Evaluation Status Quo and Recommendations The Local Economic Development Monitoring and Evaluation Unit (LED M&E Unit) within the department contracted Umhlaba Development Services (Umhlaba) in November 2006 to conduct a study aimed at... Evaluation Number: 116 Report Approval: Sunday, 01 July 2007 Score: 3,6 Published: Friday, 08 February 2013 Initiated By: KwaZulu-Natal Department of Economic Development Monitoring and Evaluation Unit More information Report on the Annual National Assessments of 2011 This report describes the 2011 Annual National Assessments (ANA) process and discusses the pointers provided by this programme that should guide the actions of those involved in improving learning... Evaluation Number: 4 Report Approval: Tuesday, 28 June 2011 Score: 3,5 Published: Friday, 08 February 2013 Initiated By: Department of Basic Education More information The Economy-wide Effects of Price-Reducing Reforms in Infrastructure Services in South Africa It is widely believed that many services in South Africa are over-priced. There are frequent complaints in the media by business and consumers about the high cost of telephone calls, the poor quality... Evaluation Number: 42 Report Approval: Wednesday, 01 February 2006 Score: 3,7 Published: Friday, 08 February 2013 Initiated By: Department of Trade and Industry (dti) More information The Impact of Exchange Rate Movements on Employment: The Economy-wide Effect of Rand Appreciation This review will first look at those studies that analyze the relationship between exchange rate volatility and trade. The rationale for the latter is that, since labour demand in most cases is a... Evaluation Number: 28 Report Approval: Saturday, 01 July 2006 Score: 4,0 Published: Friday, 08 February 2013 Initiated By: Human Sciences Research Council More information Accelerated Shared Growth Initiative South Africa and economic growth: Implications for skills development This document contains a sectoral analysis of the agro-processing sector in South Africa with reference to the implications for skills development. It is one of six skills development projects... Evaluation Number: 14 Report Approval: Friday, 14 December 2007 Score: 3,6 Published: Thursday, 07 February 2013 Initiated By: Department of Labour More information VAT Treatment of Merit Goods and Services 2005 Prior to the introduction of value-added tax (“VAT”) in South Africa in October 1991, a policy decision was taken to introduce a broad-based VAT system, with concessions restricted to a minimum and... Evaluation Number: 120 Report Approval: Thursday, 15 December 2005 Score: 3,9 Published: Thursday, 07 February 2013 Initiated By: National Treasury More information The status of the Language of Learning and Teaching in South African Public Schools Language is commonly described as the means by which a person learns to organise experiences and thoughts. It stands at the centre of the many interdependent cognitive, affective and social factors... Evaluation Number: 135 Report Approval: Wednesday, 15 December 2010 Score: 4,0 Published: Thursday, 07 February 2013 Initiated By: Department of Basic Education More information External Summative Evaluation Study of the Social Responsibility Programme The Department of Environmental Affairs (and Tourism) (DEA)1 launched the Social Responsibility Programme (SRP) in 2004 under the auspices of the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP). SRP was to... Evaluation Number: 212 Report Approval: Wednesday, 01 February 2012 Score: 4,1 Published: Thursday, 07 February 2013 Initiated By: Department of Environmental Affairs: Chief Directorate, Social Responsibility Policy and Projects More information Summative evaluation of the West Coast College The evaluation was undertaken as part of the roll out of DANIDA’s support of the Education and Skills Development, Phase II (SESD II). The SESD programme aimed to support transformation in the FET... Evaluation Number: 2 Report Approval: Sunday, 01 March 2009 Score: 3,2 Published: Thursday, 07 February 2013 Initiated By: DANIDA More information Schools that Work The Ministerial Committee on Schools that Work was tasked with carrying out a pilot study on a sample of schools in middle quintiles that succeeded in achieving good Senior Certificate results, while... Evaluation Number: 1 Report Approval: Saturday, 13 October 2007 Score: 4,2 Published: Thursday, 07 February 2013 Initiated By: Department of Basic Education More information Documenting Lessons and Outcomes of the Business Enabling Fund (BEF) of the Gijima KwaZulu-Natal Local Economic Development Support Programme The purpose of the evaluation as set out in the Evaluation Terms of Reference and, as a product of subsequent engagement with the client and the Programme Steering Committee (PSC), refined... Evaluation Number: 92 Report Approval: Wednesday, 01 June 2011 Score: 4,0 Published: Wednesday, 06 February 2013 Initiated By: KwaZulu-Natal Department of Economic Development and Tourism More information National Credit Regulator- Evaluation 2010 This report documents the details of the 2009/2010 Impact Assessment. This is a tracking study that has been conducted annually since 2008, and this is the third tracking assessment. The main aim of... Evaluation Number: 124 Report Approval: Thursday, 29 April 2010 Score: 3,9 Published: Wednesday, 06 February 2013 Initiated By: National Credit Regulator More information Diagnostic Review of Early Childhood Development The Department of Performance Monitoring and Evaluation (DPME) in the Presidency and the Inter-Departmental Steering Committee for Early Childhood Development (ECD) commissioned a Diagnostic Review... Evaluation Number: 134 Report Approval: Wednesday, 30 May 2012 Score: 4,1 Published: Friday, 01 February 2013 Initiated By: Department of Performance Monitoring and Evaluation , the Inter-departmental Committee on Early Childhood Development and UNICEF More information Showing 101 to 125 of 141 results« First‹ Previous› Next» Last