Van der Hoeven, Rolph (Mr.)

Work Unit	INTEGRATION/POLICY COHERENCE GROUP
Name	Rolph van der Hoeven
Title	Director, Policy Coherence Group
Phone	+41 22 799 7855
Fax	+41 22 799 6201
Email	hoeven@ilo.org

Educational and Professional background

University of Amsterdam: B.Sc. in Econometrics
M.Sc. in Econometrics (Drs.)
Free University of Amsterdam: Ph.D. in Development Economics (Dr.)

Work in Progress

• Policy Coherence Initiative

Past experience

• Director, Policy Coherence Group, Integration and Statistics Department, ILO, Geneva, 2005-present
• Manager, Technical Secretariat, World Commission on the Social Dimension of Globalization (Established by the ILO) Geneva, 2002-05
• Chief, Macroeconomic and Development Policies Group, Employment Sector, ILO, Geneva1999-01
• Manager, Action Programme on Structural Adjustment, ILO, Geneva, 1997-99
• Head, Employment and Policy Unit, ILO, Geneva, 1994-96
• Manager, Interdepartmental Project on Structural Adjustment, ILO Geneva, 1991-94
• Economic Advisor, UNICEF, New York, 1988-91
• Senior Research Economist, World Employment Programme, ILO, Geneva, 1982-88
• Research Economist at World Employment Programme, ILO, Geneva, 1978-82
• Team member of Jobs and Skills Programme for Africa, ILO, Addis Ababa, 1976-78
• Associate Expert, ILO Area Office, Lusaka, Zambia, 1974-76
• Research Officer, "Stichting Economisch Onderzoek", University of Amsterdam, 1972-73

Major publications (selection)

• Growth, Inequality and Poverty (Oxford, Oxford University Press,2004) (editor with Anthony Shorrocks).
• Perspectives on Growth and Poverty (Tokyo, UNU Press, 2003) (editor with Anthony Shorrocks).
• Adjustment, Employment and Missing Institutions in sub-Saharan Africa (ILO, James Currey 1999) (editor with W. van der Geest).
• Lessons from Privatization. Labour Issues in Developing and Transition Countries (ILO, 1997) (editor with G. Sziraczki).
• The Poverty Agenda: Trends and Policy Options (International Institute for Labour Studies, 1995) (editor with G. Rodgers).
• Structural Adjustment and Beyond (London, James Currey, 1994) (editor with F. van der Kraaij).
• Poverty Monitoring: An International Concern (London, Macmillan, 1993) (editor with R. Anker).
• Africa's Recovery in the 1990s: From Stagnation and Adjustment to Human Development: Policy Conflicts and Alternatives (London, Macmillan, 1992) (editor with A. Cornia and T. Mkandawire).
• Planning for Basic Needs: A Soft Option or a Solid Policy? A Basic Needs Simulation Model Applied to Kenya (Aldershot, Gower, 1988).

ARTICLES (in English)

• "What is the scope for Public Policies on Redistribution and Poverty reduction for developing Countries in a Globalizing World? " in Bulletin de la Société d’Etudes Economiques et Sociales Vol 63 no 4 Décembre 2005
• "The social dimension of Globalization : A review of the Literature", in International Labour Review, Vol.143, No. 1-2, Jan –March 2004 (with B.G. Günther).
• "Poverty Reduction with Growth and Redistribution" in Development and Change, Vol 33, No 3, June 2002 (with H Dagdeviren and J Weeks).
• "Labour Markets and Economic Reform under the Washington Consensus: what happened to income equality" in the Indian Journal of Labour Economics, special issue Vol. 44, no 3, July-September 2001
• "Assessing Aid and Global Governance" in the Journal of Development Studies, Vol 37, no.6, August 2001.
• "Introduction: Structural Adjustment ,Labour Markets and Employment :Some considerations for Sensible people", in the Journal of Development Studies, Vol. 36, No. 4, April 2000 (with Lance Taylor).
• "Computable General Equilibrium Models, Adjustment and the Poor in Africa" in World Development, Vol.27, No. 3, March 1999 (with L. de Maio and F. Stewart).
• "Manufacturing output, employment and real wages in the 1980s: Labour’s loss until century’s end" in Journal of Development Studies, Apr. 1996, Vol. 32, No. 4 (with A. Amsden).
• "Adjustment with a human face: Record and relevance", Editor's Introduction in World Development, Dec. 1991, Vol. 19, No. 12 (with R. Jolly).
• "Adjustment with a human face: Still relevant or overtaken by events?", in World Development, Dec. 1991, Vol. 19, No. 12

CHAPTERS (in edited books)

• "Welfare State, Redistribution, Growth and Poverty reduction" in Development and Equity. Kochendörfer,G and Pleskovic,B (eds) ( Berlin, Washington ,INWENT ,World Bank ,2006)
• "Employment impacts of Privatization" in Limits to Privatization, How to avoid too much of a good thing. E. von Weizsäcker et al. (eds.), (London ,EarthScan 2005). ( with H.Hoppe)
• "Labour Market Institutions and Income Inequality: What are the insights after the Washington Consensus?" in Inequality, Growth and Poverty in an Era of Liberalization and Globalization. G.A. Cornia (ed.), (Oxford ,OUP 2004).
• "Poverty and structural Adjustment: Some remarks on the tradeoffs between equity and growth" in New poverty strategies, What have they achieved, What have we learned? P. Mosley and A. Booth (eds.), (London, MacMillan 2003).
• "Employment and Labour Market Policies in an era of Structural Adjustment" in C Kirkpatrick et al: Hand Book on Development Policy and Management, (Cheltenham, UK, Edward Elgar, 2002) (with Lance Taylor).
• "Into the 21st Century: Assessing Social and Political Concerns" in H van Ginkel et al (eds): Human Development and the Environment: Challenges for the United Nations in the New Millennium (Tokyo, UNU Press, 2002).
• "Assessing Aid and Global Governance" in N. Hermes and R. Lensink (eds.): Changing the conditions for Development Aid. A New Paradigm (Frank Cass, London 2001).
• "The Missing Institutions of Africa’s Adjusted Labour Markets" in K. Wolmuth et al (Eds.) Empowerment and Economic Development in Africa): African Development Perspectives Yearbook Vol. 7 (LIT Verlag Münster 1999).
• "Human resources, new growth theory and adjustment, implications for human resources projects" in F.A. Wilson (ed.) Towards Sustainable Project Development (Cheltenham, Edward Elgar 1997).
• "Privatization and Labour Issues in the context of economic reform" in T.H. Kanaan (ed.) : The Social Effects of Economic Reform in Arab Countries (IMF, Washington, D.C., 1997) (with G. Sziraczki and M. Karshenas).
• "External Dependence, Structural Adjustment and Development in Sub-Saharan Africa" in K. Jansen and R. Vos (eds.): External Finance and Adjustment. Failure and Success in the Developing World (London, MacMillan, 1997).
• "Social Development during Periods of Structural Adjustment in Latin America in P. van Dijk (ed.): The Transformation of Industrialization Policies in Small Latin American Countries (London, MacMillan, 1997). (with F. Stewart),
• "Globalization and Poverty, Implications for macro-economic policies" in C.P. Thakur, C.S. Venkata Ratnam and P. Sinha (eds.) Economic Transition with a Human Face, Delhi, Global Business Press, in association with Indian Industrial Relations Association, 1996.
• "Can Macroeconomic Policy Reduce Poverty during Structural Adjustment" in K. Wolmuth and F. Messner (eds.) Active Labour and Employment Policies in Africa. African Development Perspective Yearbook, vol. 4 1995 (Hamburg, LIT Verlag. 1996).