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March 14, 2026Open Access

A Quasi-Experimental Evaluation of Municipal Infrastructure Asset Management System Adoption in South Africa, 2000–2024

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TNThandiwe NkosiPMPieter van der MerweKMK. Mokoena

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Overview

Quasi-experimental analysis reveals asset management adoption improves infrastructure reliability in South Africa, highlighting key factors for success.

Key Points

  • To quantify the causal effect of asset management system adoption on infrastructure performance in South African municipalities.
  • Employed a quasi-experimental difference-in-differences design
  • Analyzed longitudinal panel dataset of municipal engineering records
  • Estimated treatment effect using a two-way fixed effects model.
  • Adoption of formal AMS led to an 18.2 percentage-point reduction in unplanned water infrastructure failures
  • Strong predictors of adoption included financial capacity and institutional stability
  • Political cycles had negligible influence on adoption.

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Nkosi et al. (2003) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69b4ba2718185d8a39802e03https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18972347
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