Links & Data

external pageToolkit for PhD students in Economics and Related Fields
Tobias Klein says PhD students are seldom taught how to effectively perform certain tasks essential for their work. He compiles a list of sources and links offering insights for PhD students in Economics and related fields on academic writing, publishing, communicating, coding and workflows, and professional advice.

external page"Links round-up" Blog from the Centre for the Study of African Economies
Blog by Ranil Dissanayake with a weekly round-up of links to articles and papers about African Studies and Developent Econonomics.

external pageDevelopment Economics Network Switzerland (DENS)
The Development Economics Network Switzerland was initiated by researchers from five different Swiss universities. DENS links development economists at Swiss universities, fostering exchange between researchers and policymakers and supporting young researchers in the field.

ETH for Development (ETH4D)
ETH for Development (ETH4D) aims to develop innovations that address global challenges and educate future leaders in sustainable development. ETH4D supports research and learning that combines varied knowledge and skills from engineering to social sciences, from natural sciences to the humanities, from scientists to citizens, and from research to practice.

external pageEuropean Development Network
The European Development Network is a European Development Institute service that helps institutions in its network to access grants from the European Union. The institutions within the Network aim to make sustainable contributions to the social, economic and cultural development of Europe and its neighbors through projects and partnerships.

external pageWorld Bank Development Impact
Blog posts by different researchers from the wider World Bank community on news, methods, and insights into impact evaluations.

external pageGapminder
Gapminder, a self-proclaimed fact tank, fights misconceptions about global development. It offers free teaching resources that make our world more understandable with the help of reliable statistics and promotes a fact-based worldview everyone can understand.

external pageOur World in Data
Our World in Data is a data collection from scholars for scholars that makes data and knowledge about the world's big problems accessible and understandable for everybody.

external pageGoogle Dataset Search
Google Dataset Search is a webtool for efficiently searching for publicly accessible datasets made available online.

external pageSDGs Today: The Global Hub for Real-Time SDG Data
SDGs Today is an open access data platform providing timely data on measures of sustainable development around the world with the aim to monitor the SDGs.

external pageThis Week in Africa
This Week in Africa is a weekly bulletin that curates news about democracy, development, and daily life across Africa. They attempt to place the continent’s diversity in its context and to inform the public about the changes taking place across Africa.

ETHZ Research Collection: Data from our projects
The Development Economics Group actively promotes transparency and openness by making the data from the following projects publicly available:
external pageBezzola, S., Brugger, F., Günther, I., & Sebhatu, D. (2022). Do social investments by mining companies harm citizen-state relations? Experimental evidence from Burkina Faso. The Journal of Development Studies, 58(3), 417–435.

external pageBezzola, S., Günther, I., Brugger, F., & Lefoll, E. (2022). CSR and local conflicts in African mining communities. World Development, 158, 105968.

external pageDurizzo, K., Asiedu, E., Van der Merwe, A., Van Niekerk, A., & Günther, I. (2021). Managing the COVID-19 pandemic in poor urban neighborhoods: The case of Accra and Johannesburg. World Development, 137, 105175.(datasets)

external pageVan der Merwe, A., Brugger, F., & Günther, I. (2024). Rising gold prices but lower incomes for gold miners: Evidence on market imperfections from Burkina Faso during COVID-19. Journal of African Economies, 33(1), 92–108.

external pageVan der Merwe, A., Cabernard, L., & Günther, I. (2023). Urban mining: The relevance of information, transaction costs and externalities. Ecological Economics, 205, 107735.