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| Current Employer : |
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA)
The Netherlands |
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| Position: |
Evaluator,
Inspector |
| Education: |
Economics, Ph.D (1983) |
| Specialization: |
Economics of African countries
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| Regional specialization: |
West Africa, notably Liberia |
| Experience abroad: |
16
years residence in West Africa
2 years residence in the USA
1 year residence in Bolivia
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| Evaluation work: |
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Evaluation
of the Netherlands' 'Africa Policy' 1998 -2006, (bilateral
evaluation; 2008).
Summary (pdf.file)
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Evaluation of the Netherlands Research Policy 1992 -
2005: Experiences with a new approach in six
countries: Bolivia, Ghana, Mali, South Africa, Tanzania
and Vietnam (bilateral evaluation; 2007).
Summary (pdf.file)
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Evaluation of General Budget Support (joint
evaluation; 2006, member of Steering and Management
Groups)
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Evaluation of the Cofinancing between the Netherlands and the World Bank 1975-1996 (bilateral evaluation; 1999)
Keysheet
Evaluation
main report.
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| Research interests: |
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Dutch participation in the trans-Atlantic slave trade |
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Dutch traders, investors and missionaries in Africa |
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Black people in the Netherlands (16th c.) |
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Black people
in children's literature |
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Political and Economic History of Liberia
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| Fred van der Kraaij (1946) was born in Den Bosch, the Netherlands. He obtained a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Tilburg (with honors, 1983). His dissertation on the role of foreign investments in the development of Liberia 1900-1977 was published as “The Open Door Policy of Liberia – An Economic History of Modern Liberia” (Bremen, 1983). He wrote extensively on West Africa where he lived for over 16 years.
He maintains a web site on Africa's oldest republic:
'Liberia Past and Present' as well as a blog:
'Liberian Perspectives', commenting on events in Liberia and
Liberia related events. CV
Scientific and other publications
Publications on Liberia
Country Experience Liberia
Past and Present
Liberian Perspectives
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| Country
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Africa: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Côte d’Ivoire,
Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, the Gambia, Ghana, Guinea Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Libya, Mali, Mauretania, Morocco, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of South Africa,
Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda, Togo, Tunesia;
Asia: Pakistan;
North America: U.S.A.;
South America: Argentine, Bolivia, Brasil, Chile, Uruguay;
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CURRICULUM VITAE - SUMMARY
- Personal data: Name: VAN DER KRAAIJ, Fred; born in Den Bosch, the Netherlands, on 26 July, 1946.
- Professional data (1970-present): Specialized in political, social and economic development in Africa after a brief specialization on Latin American affairs (1968-75). After a six-month working visit to four Sahelian countries (1972) I resided in West Africa for over 16 years (1975-91). In 1983 I obtained a doctorate (Ph.D.), with distinction, in development economics, on the Open Door Policy and Economic History of Liberia. Between 1991 and 1999 I worked in the Netherlands at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Policy Preparation Section, 1991-95, and the Policy and Operations Evaluation Department. 1995-99) with special assignments in North, Eastern and West Africa. From 1999 till 2001 I was employed by the World Bank, Washington DC, USA, working for the Global Coalition for Africa. As from 2001 I am again employed by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs where I was chief economist for the Africa region before rejoining the Policy and Operations Evaluation Department in 2003. Also, during 1992-98, I taught 'Industrialisation in Sub-Saharan Africa' at the University of Twente,
the Netherlands. I published on Africa in general and some countries
of Sub-Sahara Africa in particular (see below).
- Fields of interest: African history and African art; economics of Africa; politics, democratisation, and human rights in Africa; development cooperation;
- Working visits and experience (1970-present):
- Professional experience: study and research (Senegal, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger); university teaching and research (Liberia); planning and evaluation of rural development projects (Burkina Faso); technical assistance (Mali); advisor Royal Netherlands Embassy
(Cape Verde, The Gambia, Guinea Bissau, Mali, Mauretania,
Senegal); consultant (Ethiopia); evaluator (Ghana, Uganda); international conferences and policy dialogue (Mali, Namibia, Nigeria);
- Working relations with World Bank (1980-84; 1995-99; 1999-2001);
European Commission (1985-87); Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1987-99; 2001-present);
- Publications, papers presented, book reviews and other reports:
- Africa (general; economic reforms, human rights, higher education, urbanization);
- West Africa (regional cooperation);
- Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Sierra Leone, Uganda (political development, foreign investments, economic reforms, rural and urban development; regional cooperation);
- Website “Liberia – Past and Present of Africa’s Oldest Republic”;
- Blog "Liberian Perspectives -
Comments on Events in Liberia and Liberia Related Events".
- Research areas:
- Dutch role in trans-Atlantic slave trade
- Dutch expansion overseas
(Africa)
- Black people in the Netherlands
in the 16th century
- Political and Economic History of Liberia
- Languages: English, French, German, Spanish, Dutch.
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