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Contact |
Curriculum Vitae
| Name |
Hidde Pieter
(Hidde) Smit |
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| Adress |
Geertruidahoeve 28
1422 RE Uithoorn
The Netherlands
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| Email |
hiddesmit@rubberforecasts.com
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| Nationality |
Dutch |
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Education |
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1970
1982 |
graduated in Mathematics
and Economics
Ph.D. Thesis: The world rubber economy to the year 2000,
Free University,
Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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Professional career |
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| 2005 - 2009 |
Secretary-General, International
Rubber Study Group, London/Singapore
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| 1979 - 2004 |
Many consultancies
for World Bank, European Union, United Nations' Conference on Trade
and Development, United Nations' Economic and Social Commission
for Asia and the Pacific, Food and Agriculture Organization,
Common Fund for Commodities, Ministries (in The Netherlands and
abroad), Companies
(in The Netherlands and abroad)
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| 1995 - 2004 |
Managing Director,
Economic and Social Institute (ESI),
Free University, Amsterdam,
The Netherlands
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| 1986 - 1995 |
Head of the Economic
Research Division of the ESI,
Free University, Amsterdam, The
Netherlands
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| 1979 - 1986 |
Associate Professor,
ESI and Department of Economics,
Free University, Amsterdam,
The Netherlands
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| 1976 - 1978 |
Expert to United Nations'
Economic and Social Commission for Asia
and the Pacific,
stationed in Bangkok, Thailand
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| 1970 - 1976 |
Associate Professor,
Department of Economics,
Free University,
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Areas of Work until 2004
Research
a) Commodity
markets: modelling commodity markets, price stabilisation, price
risk
management, concentration, globalisation and market structures;
b) General commodity
policy: production and processing policies, marketing policies,
modelling
investment and long-term production
in agriculture,
management information systems for
production, marketing and trade
policies;
c) Macro-economic
modelling: modelling national economies, applied general equilibrium
models,
agricultural sector models.
Teaching
Applied model building and econometrics
a) Department
of Economics, Free University, Amsterdam, 1970-1976, 1979-1988;
b) Special
courses and workshops in Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, India, Côte
d'Ivoire, Nigeria. |
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