Jeroen Smits

Social researcher with a passion for database building

Database Developing World Use

The datasets included in the DDW were provided by their owners/distributers for specific research projects. The datasets themselves or parts of them cannot be made available to others. Researchers interested in the raw datasets can obtain them directly from the providers. Their websites are mentioned on the Sources page.

The DDW is the major source of data used by the Global Data Lab (GDL) team for scientific research and developing instruments for measuring and analyzing progress of societies. These instruments include:

DevDat can develop instruments or do analyses on the DDW data for others. Please contact us if you are interested in this option.