The document is a curriculum vitae for Peter de Valk, a development economist specializing in industrial policy, strategy development, and project evaluation. It outlines his contact information, areas of professional interest, languages, skills and qualifications, including extensive experience working on development projects in many countries in Africa, Asia, and Europe since the 1970s. It also lists his educational background, including a PhD in Economics, as well as publications and reports related to his work.

1. CURRICULUM VITAE
Peter de Valk
Development Economist
Industrial Policy, Strategy Development
Evaluation of Development Projects and Programs
Contact:
Kortrijksestraat 35
2587VP, The Hague
Netherlands
Tel.: +31 70 3557055 (fixed line)
+31 641170680 (mobile)
E-mail: p.de.valk@hccnet.nl
valk@iss.nl
Bio-data:
Date of birth: 25 November 1946
Place of birth: Rotterdam, Netherlands
Marital status: Married, two children
Specific Professional Interests:
 Industrial Policy Formulation and Implementation in Developing Countries
 Strategy Development
 Organizational Development
 Private sector development
 Socio-economic and Environmental Evaluation of Development Projects and
Programs
 Aid relations
 Decentralization Policy and Implementation
Proficiency in Languages:
Fluent: Dutch, English
Medium: French, German, Papiamentu
Professional Skills
(a) Knowledge of: economics, industry, social sciences, public administration,
agriculture, physics, mathematics, and technology
(b) Planning and Evaluation: policy, program and project formulation and
evaluation
(c) Team leadership: team leader in various international projects in a multi-sectoral
environment
(d) Capacity Building: experience in capacity building projects in the public sector
including public private partnership and dialogue
(e) Research: extensive research experience leading to a PhD and various books and
publications

2. (f) ICT: word processing, spreadsheet modelling, data base management, SPSS,
STATA, and R
(g) Training expertise: worked in education during more than 35 years. Teaching and
training concentrated in the field of economics, industrialization, mathematics,
qualitative and quantitative data analysis (statistics and econometrics) and physics
& mathematics. For the last ten years I have been teaching a course on project
planning MA students of the Institute of Social Studies. This course includes the
Logical Framework Approach, Environmental and Economic Cost Benefit
Analysis, Sensitivity and Risk Analysis, and hands-on computer training using
spreadsheets with various case studies.
Field Experience:
2016 Egypt From Administration towards Development:
Organizational Review Industrial Development
Authority, Egypt
2015-2016 Jordan Industrial Policy 2016-2020; Ministry of Industry,
Trade and Supply, Jordan, EU/BSI, Team leader EU
Capacity Building & Technical Assistance Project
2015 Oman Analytical report on the Industrial sector of Oman
based on the 2012 census; UNIDO
2014 Nepal Monograph Manufacturing Performance based on
Sector Census 1996 to 2011 for the Central Bureau of
Statistics of Nepal; UNIDO; transfer of industrial data
analysis and report writing skills.
2014 Nepal Capacity Building Proposal for the Central Bureau of
Statistics of Nepal; UNIDO
2012 Rwanda Strategy and Implementation Plan for the Chamber of
Agriculture and Livestock
2011 Rwanda Feasibility Study Provincial Industrial Parks in
Rwanda
2009 Netherlands City Development Project Laak Noord, The Hague
2006 Malawi Project design mission ‘Improving Economic for
Governance in ACP Countries’, for the
Commonwealth Secretariat
2005 Nigeria, Ghana, Feasibility mission ‘Improving Economic
Senegal Governance in ACP Countries’, for the
Commonwealth Secretariat
2003-5 Uganda Projects: (a) Research in Macroeconomics of Aid,
Investment, Growth; (b) Training and capacity
building project in macro-economic policy analysis
and impact on poverty; building of SAM
2003 Eritrea Advice on industrial policy and the institutional set-
up of the Ministry Trade and Industries for policy
formulation, implementation and public-private
consultation
2003 Laos, Vietnam Research mission to Vientiane on ‘Learning of Firms
and its institutional environment’ in collaboration
with UNDIDO and Government of Lao DPR;
Research formulation mission to Vietnam

3. 2002 Mozambique Team Leader of Evaluation of Swedish Approach to
Project Aid: Contract Financed Cooperation (KTS)
and the question of ownership by local institutions
2002 Botswana Team leader of Evaluation of Swedish Approach to
Project Aid: Contract Financed Cooperation (KTS)
and the question of ownership by local institutions
2001-2 Nepal Chief Technical Advisor UNIDO Industrial Policy
Formulation Project; leading and coordinating a team
of national and international experts to formulate a
long term industrial perspectives plan for Nepal and
its institutional requirements
2001 Lithuania Evaluation of Swedish Approach to Project Aid:
Contract Financed Cooperation (KTS) and the
question of ownership by local institutions
2001 South Africa Conduct a seminar on Public Sector Reform and
Private Sector Development
2001 Sweden Various visits for the Evaluation of Swedish
Approach to Project Aid: Contract Financed
Cooperation (KTS) and the question of local
ownership
1997 Curacao Informal visit
1997 Turkey GTZ funded Capacity Building Program: Trainer for
State Planning Organization, two-week course in
Project Planning and Evaluation
1996 Papua New Guinea UNIDO Industrial Policy Review mission: industrial
policy review and assessment of institutional aspects
of policy implementation capability of the Ministry of
Industry
1996 The Gambia UNIDO Industrial Policy Mission to review past
policy and draft the new Industrial Policy of The
Gambia, to advise on the process of consultation
between the Government and the private sector, to
advise on the institutional set-up for the consultative
process, and to organize a two-day national workshop
to discuss the draft Industrial Policy
1995 Vietnam Capacity building: Delivering a series of seminars for
staff and students of universities in Hanoi and HMC
on industrialization
1995 Botswana UNIDO Industrial Policy Missions (two) to review
past industrial policy and draft the new Industrial
Development Policy of Botswana, in consultation
with all relevant government departments and the
private sector
1995 Tanzania Joint Evaluation Mission (as Dutch representative) in
the context of the Special Program for Africa to
evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of program
aid
1993 Tanzania Cotton/Textile program Formulation Mission, Dutch
Government

4. 1993 Tanzania Joint Evaluation Mission for the Special Program for
Africa to evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of
program aid
1993 Curacao, Bonaire Informal visit
1993 Tanzania Program formulation mission for UNDP fifth five-
year cycle in the field of private sector development
1987 - 1990 Tanzania Seven research missions in collaboration with the
University of Dar es Salaam on the industrial sector in
Tanzania during the eighties
1990 Zimbabwe Participation in evaluation study on the Dutch Import
Support Program
1989 Curaçao, Informal visit
St. Maarten
1986 Zambia Exploratory mission to design the Senanga Cattle
Development Area Project
1984 - 1986 Zimbabwe Capacity building: Organization and implementation
of a post-graduate program in Rural and Regional
Planning
1979 Curacao, Saba Informal visit
St. Maarten
1979 Sri Lanka Review and evaluation of NOVIB support program
to Sarvodya Shramadana Movement
1979 Sri Lanka Research mission on the issue of Income
Distribution.
1977 Curacao Informal visit
1973 - 1976 Zambia Teacher at a secondary school in Chipepo, Southern
Province.
Educational Record:
1992 PhD (Economics), Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam
1978 MA (Development Economics), Institute of Social Studies,
The Hague
1977 Post-Graduate Diploma Economic Policy and Planning
(with distinction)
1972 MSc (Physics), Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam
1965 Secondary School: Marnix Gymnasium, Rotterdam
Employment Record:
2011 – to date Independent Consultant Development Economics
Industrial Policy, Project Planning and Evaluation,
Strategy Development
1992 – 2011 Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, The Netherlands
Senior Lecturer in MA Development Economics,
teaching courses in ‘Project Planning’,
‘Industrialization in Developing Countries’,
‘Economic Cost Benefit Analysis’, ‘Environmental
Project Planning’, and ‘Logical Framework
Approach’
1978 – 1992 Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, the Netherlands

5. Moving from the position of Assistant Lecturer in
Mathematical Economics to Associate Lecturer in
Quantitative Economics, and to Lecturer in
Development Economics
1973 – 1976 Ministry of Education of the Government of Zambia
Teacher in Physics, Mathematics, and General
Science
Publications and Reports:
1. ‘From Administration towards Development: Organizational Review Industrial
Development Authority’, Cairo: Ministry of Trade and Industry
2. ‘Draft National Industrial Policy of Jordan 2016 – 2020’, Amman: Ministry of
Industry, Trade, and Supply, Brussels: EU, 2016
3. ‘Development of Manufacturing Industries of Oman: Preparing for the Future’,
Vienna: UNIDO; Muscat: Ministry of Commerce and Industry, 2015
4. ‘Industrial Development of Nepal: Current State and Future Challenges’, Vienna:
UNIDO; Kathmandu: Central Bureau of Statistics, 2014
5. ‘Capacity Building Proposal for the Establishment Census and Survey Section of
the Central Bureau of Statistic of Nepal’, for UNIDO, Kathmandu, 2014
6. ‘Strategy for the Rwanda Farmers' Chamber of the Private Sector Federation’,
Kigali: Private Sector Federation; Kigali: Royal Dutch Embassy, 2012
7. ‘Report for the Formulation of a Strategy and Implementation Plan for the
Chamber of Agriculture and Livestock of the Private Sector Federation in
Rwanda’, Kigali: Private Sector Federation; Kigali: Royal Dutch Embassy, 2012
8. ‘Feasibility Study Four Provincial Industrial Parks in Rwanda’, Ministry of Trade and
Industry, Kigali, Rwanda, 2011
9. ‘International Benchmarking Study of the Manufacturing Sector of Rwanda’
Ministry of Trade and Industry, Kigali, Rwanda, 2011
10. ‘How Firms Learn’, Juth Patia: Perspectives of Lao Development, Vol.1 No.2,
2004
11. ‘Eritrea: Integrated Industrial Policy for Sustainable Industrial Development and
Competitiveness, Part I, Industrial Development – An Analytical Framework’
(with others), Vienna: UNIDO, 2004
12. ‘Eritrea: Integrated Industrial Policy for Sustainable Industrial Development and
Competitiveness, Part II, Policy Framework’ (with others), Vienna: UNIDO, 2004
13. ‘How do Firms Learn? With case studies from Lao PDR’, ISS Working paper
Series No. 385, The Hague: ISS, 2003
14. ‘Capacity building for Policy Development and Industrial Governance: Proposal
for a New Institutional Structure of the Ministry of Trade and Industry’, State of
Eritrea, Ministry of Trade and Industries, Asmara 2003
15. Industrial Development Perspective Plan for Nepal, Strategy Paper (co-author),
Draft, Vienna: UNIDO and Kathmandu: HMG/N, 2002
16. Industrial Development Perspective Plan for Nepal, Analytical Report (main
editor), Draft, Vienna: UNIDO and Kathmandu: HMG/N, 2002
17. Review of Industrial Policies in Papua New Guinea, Government of Papua New
Guinea/UNIDO, Port Moresby, 1996
18. African Industry in Decline: The Case of Textiles in Tanzania in the 1980s,
MacMillan, London, 1996
19. Proposal for the National Industrial Policy of The Gambia, Government of The
Gambia/UNIDO, Banjul, 1996

6. 20. Provisional Program of Implementation/Action Plan for the National Industrial
Policy of The Gambia, Government of The Gambia/UNIDO, Banjul, 1996
21. Draft White paper: The Industrial Development Policy of Botswana, Government
of Botswana, Gaborone; UNIDO, Vienna, 1995
22. Proposal for the Industrial Development Policy of Botswana, Government of
Botswana, Gaborone, UNIDO, Vienna, 1995
23. ‘‘Review of Research Literature on Industry under Structural Adjustment in
Africa’ in Structural Adjustment and Beyond, Chapter in: R. v.d. Hoeven, F. v.d.
Kraaij (eds.), James Currey, London, 1994
24. ‘Textile Sector Program Proposal’, Program for support of the Tanzanian Textile
Sector, DGIS, The Hague, January 1994
25. ‘Can Firms Adjust to Structural Adjustment Policies? Evidence from Tanzanian
Textile Firms’, Industrial Seminar Paper, Institute of Social Studies, The Hague,
April 1993
26. ‘African Industry under Structural Adjustment’, Paper for Directorate General for
International Co-operation, Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, 1993
27. Five-year National Program of UNDP in the field of Private Sector Development:
Industrial and Trade Policy UNDP, New York, 1993
28. A General Framework for Evaluating LDCs' Textile Enterprises with an
Application to Tanzania under Structural Adjustment (PhD Thesis) ISS, The
Hague, 1992
29. Textile Industry under Structural Adjustment in Tanzania (1980-1988) (with A.
Mbelle), Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, 1990
30. A‘Evaluation of Contract-Financed Technical Co-operation and Local
Ownership: Lithuania Country Study Report’ (with others), The Hague: Institute
of Social Studies, Stockholm: Sida, 2001
31. ‘Survey Report on Training Needs in Development Economics’, Internal Paper,
ISS, The Hague, 2001
32. ‘Book Review’, Development and Change Vol.32,No.2, ‘Public Administration
and Development’, by Paul Colins (1999), 2001
33. ‘Economische analyse van rekening rijden (economic analysis of congestion toll)’,
Internal Paper, ISS, The Hague, 2000
34. ‘Cost-Benefit Analysis and Risk analysis with Monte Carlo Technique in Excel, a
case study’, Internal Paper, ISS, The Hague, 2000
35. ‘Book review’, The International Journal of African Historical Studies, Vol.31,
No.1, 1998: ‘The History of Development: From Western Origins to Global Faith’,
by Gilbert Rist (1997), 1999
36. Adjusting in Lowinca, A Case Study Exercise in Policy Analysis (with others), a
thoroughly revised and updated text of ‘Structural Adjustment in Lowinca (World
Bank 1984), ISS, The Hague, 1997
37. Review of Industrial Policies in Papua New Guinea, Government of Papua New
Guinea/UNIDO, Port Moresby, 1996
38. ‘Program Aid Evaluation: Dutch Practice and a Case for an Economic and
Institutional Approach at Multi-Donor Level’ (with others), IDS Bulletin, Vol.27
No.4, 1996
39. African Industry in Decline: The Case of Textiles in Tanzania in the 1980s,
MacMillan, London, 1996
40. Proposal for the National Industrial Policy of The Gambia, Government of The
Gambia/UNIDO, Banjul, 1996

7. 41. Provisional Program of Implementation/Action Plan for the National Industrial
Policy of The Gambia, Government of The Gambia/UNIDO, Banjul, 1996
42. ‘Evaluation Methodology of the Balance of Payments Support with particular
reference to the Dutch Program Aid’, Workshop Paper, Institute of Social Studies,
1995
43. Draft White paper: The Industrial Development Policy of Botswana, Government
of Botswana, Gaborone, 1995
44. Proposal for the Industrial Development Policy of Botswana, Government of
Botswana, Gaborone, 1995
45. ‘Aid, Control, Evasion, Control, Aid?’, Report on the Joint Evaluation Mission in
Tanzania, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of The Netherlands, The Hague, 1995
46. ‘Review of Research Literature on Industry under Structural Adjustment in Africa’
in Structural Adjustment and Beyond, Chapter in: R. v.d. Hoeven, F. v.d. Kraaij
(eds.), James Currey, London, 1994
47. ‘Textile Sector Program Proposal’, Program for support of the Tanzanian Textile
Sector, DGIS, The Hague, January 1994
48. ‘Macroeconomic Evaluation of Balance of Payments Support Systems in
Tanzania’, Evaluation Report, (with H. Slegtenhorst), DGIS, The Hague, October
1993
49. ‘Can Firms Adjust to Structural Adjustment Policies? Evidence from Tanzanian
Textile Firms’, Industrial Seminar Paper, Institute of Social Studies, The Hague,
April 1993
50. ‘African Industry under Structural Adjustment’, Paper for Directorate General for
International Co-operation, Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, 1993
51. Structural Adjustment and Beyond (co-editor), Pre-conference reader for a Policy
Conference on Structural Adjustment in Sub-Saharan Africa, Directorate General
for International Co-operation, Dutch Government, The Hague, 1993
52. Five-year National Program of UNDP in the field of Private Sector Development:
Industrial and Trade Policy UNDP, New York, 1993
53. A General Framework for Evaluating LDCs' Textile Enterprises with an
Application to Tanzania under Structural Adjustment (PhD Thesis) ISS, The
Hague, 1992
54. Textile Industry under Structural Adjustment in Tanzania (1980-1988) (with A.
Mbelle), Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, 1990
55. Decentralizing for Participatory Planning? (with K. Wekwete, eds.), Gower,
Aldershot, 1990
56. ‘State, decentralization and participation’, chapter in Decentralizing for
Participatory Planning? (with K. Wekwete, eds.), Gower, Aldershot, 1990
57. ‘An analysis of Planning Policy with reference to Zimbabwe’, chapter in
Decentralizing for Participatory Planning? (with K. Wekwete, eds.), Gower,
Aldershot, 1990
58. ‘Challenges to local government in Zimbabwe’, chapter in Decentralizing for
Participatory Planning? (with K. Wekwete, eds.), Gower, Aldershot, 1990
59. ‘Who sets the rules for decentralization? Who wants to play the game?’, chapter in
Decentralizing for Participatory Planning? (with K. Wekwete, eds.), Gower,
Aldershot, 1990
60. ‘Accumulation of Knowledge with Reference to Applied Social Science in Inter-
National Co-operation’, Contekst, Vol.8, No.3, 1989
61. ‘Evaluation of the Dutch Import Support Program in Zimbabwe’, (with others),
Evaluation Report, DGIS, Dutch Government, 1988

8. 62. ‘About Pigs? Decisions, Outcomes and Project Planning’, Journal of Public
Administration and Development (with B. Sibanda), Vol.6, No.4, 1986
63. ‘Going Down the IvoryTower: Training of Planners’, Journal of District Councils,
Vol.1, No.3, 1986
64. ‘A direct test for multicollinearity between two variables’, Internal Paper, Institute
of Social Studies, The Hague, 1986
65. ‘Rural Demand Analysis for Small Income Generating Projects’, Workshop Paper,
Harare, 1985
66. ‘Project Planning in the Context of Provincial Planning’, Workshop paper, Harare,
1985
67. ‘Rural Industries and Growth Centre Policies; Concepts and Issues' (with D.
Gasper), Workshop paper Harare, 1985
68. The State and Income Distribution, with a Case Study of Sri Lanka Research
Report Series No. 10, Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, 1981
69. ‘The Sarvodaya Shramadana Beweging in Sri Lanka’ (with A. van de Wiel), Zuid-
Azia Bulletin No. 4/5, 1979
70. ‘An Evaluation Study of the Sarvodaya Movement in Sri Lanka’ (with others),
Evaluation Report DGIS, Dutch Government, 1979
Signed: Date: 15-11-2016
Peter de Valk