Mitarbeiter

Gunther Bensch

Researcher

Gunther Bensch joined the Department "Environment and Resources" at RWI in February 2007. Since that time, he has worked in several consulting and research projects under the umbrella of the Dutch-German energy partnership Energising Development (EnDev) that is being implemented by GTZ. The main issues here are rural electrification and impact monitoring. In summer 2007, he realized a baseline and impact study for a micro-hydropower project in rural Rwanda in cooperation with GTZ. Furthermore, Mr. Bensch supervised two external evaluations in China for the GTZ from the field of renewable energies and energy efficiency. Before his occupation at RWI Essen, he taught a two-month summer school course at the Mozambican National University in Maputo. Mr. Bensch studied economics in Bonn and Lisbon and commenced his graduate studies at RWI Essen in August 2008. His research interest lies in econometric evaluation of development projects as well as structural adjustments in the electricity sector, particularly in Africa.

Research Interests

Energy economics, development economics, applied econometrics