Fred Lafeber, personal information, interactive CV
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  My name is Frederik Nicolaas Lafeber. I was born 30 October1964 in Gouda,
  The Netherlands.
  Education: I graduated in economics in 1988 (Erasmus University Rotterdam)
  Languages: 6
  Employment: At present I am working in the ministry of Finance, dealing with the introduction of the euro. 
Before that I was employed both in the ministry of economic affairs and foreign affairs as well as the
  Erasmus University Rotterdam
  Experience: I have experience with doing reserach, coordination of courses, lecturing, working abroad, government policy and coordinating big IT-projects
  Computer skills: enough
  Hobbies: composing music, visiting cinema, painting, sporting
  Personality (according to a cd-rom horoscope)

Employment
2000-present: Ministry of Finance: euro dept.
1996-2000: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, North America Department
1993-1995: Ministry of Economic Affairs, Netherlands. Dealing with energy industry, European affairs and sub-contracting. 
1988-1993: Research Assistant, Growth Dynamics University Institute at Erasmus University Rotterdam.

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Experience

- industrial policy for the mechanical engineering sector in the Netherlands. 
-  energy sector and 
- sub-contracting and outsourcing
- foreign policy for North America
- country information system for the Netherland om the internet.

Erasmus University
- Short-term consultancy missions to Poland, Hungary, Rumania and Bulgaria.
- Lecturing in one-week course on National Accounting in Bucarest, May 1992 for staff from Ministries, Academy of Sciences and Central Statistical Office
- Coordination of and lecturing in courses on Human Resource Development and Industrial Development and Planning for fellows from developing countries.
- Short-term missions to Islamabad, Pakistan, lecturing and design of tracer studies
- Construction and analysis of Social Accounting Matrices (SAM's) for the Netherlands, Poland, Hungary, Rumania, Bulgaria and Czechoslovakia.

During this research period I have published some papers/publications

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Papers/Publications

- (Co-author) "An Investigation of Household Manufacturing in Rural and Urban Areas in Pakistan", paper presented at the EUR/ILO Workshop, Rotterdam, 1989.
- (Co-author) "Informal Sector Employment in Selected Asian Countries, paper presented at the EUR/ILO Workshop, Rotterdam, 1989.
- "Poland's Future: Europe or Latin America?", paper presented at the EACES conference, Verona, 1990
- (Co-author) "The Shadow Economy in Poland, Nature and Trends in the Light of the Changing Economic Structure, paper presented at the EUR/ILO Workshop, Rotterdam, 1990.
- "The Polish and Hungarian stock exchange". ESB 29-4-1992 (in Dutch), p. 417-421.
- "Micro-economic behaviour in transitions from a planning to a market oriented economy". GD Discussion Paper No. 92/3
- "Gradualism versus shock-therapy with respect to enterprise restructuring". GD Discussion Paper No. 92/3.
- "Patterns of Economic Restructuring for Eastern Europe". Edited by S.I. Cohen. Co-author of 3 chapters. 1993, Avebury.
- "Economic transition, environmental constraints and the energy sector in Eastern Europe and the former USSR". Journal of cleaner production, vol 1, no. 1., 1994

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Languages

Fluent: Dutch, English
Understanding:
French (6 years highschool plus additional course)
Polish (practical experience)
German (6 years highschool)
Spanish (2 courses from Elsevier, in 1996 and 1998)

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Education

M.Sc. Economics, Faculty of  Economics, Centre for Development Programming, Erasmus University Rotterdam, 1988.
VWO, Ashram College, Alphen a/d Rijn, 1977-1983.

Other courses:
- Postdoctoral course on 'Monetary developments in Europe'. April 1992.
- Internal management course on Influence, policy and skills. March-June 1994.

Specializations/skills:
economic development theory
project appraissal
labour market analysis
survey analysis and computers

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Computer skills

1. Languages: Basic, HTML
2. Wordprocessing: Word, Word Perfect, Chi-Writer
3. Spreadsheets and integrated: Excel, Lotus 123, Quattro Pro.
4. Data bases: Dbase, Reflex, Q&A, MS-Access
5. Other: Lindo, TSP, SPSS.
6. Hardware: Personal computers,  VAX/VMS, DEC mainframes

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Hobbies and activities: Please take a look around on the pages of this site. You may find reviews of movies, travel stories, etc.

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My Birth Analysis .

Sub Title: Ascendant In Virgo
Key Word: LIFE-PATH: Efficiency
One of your better qualities is your self-deprecating nature. You are often willing to put others first and are generally quite content to take on a low-profile role, in which you concentrate on getting everyday life to function smoothly for all concerned. You are both critical and self-critical, and may often feel that life is hard work - a never-ending stream of tasks waiting to be done. In contrast your partners seem to let things just flow along in a disorganised, even lazy manner. This is of course a natural consequence of your own over-diligent manner, in which you tend to take on the duties of others. You can learn a lot from partners by being content with, and accepting, things as they are. It can be a great satisfaction for you to develop greater health consciousness during the course of your life, as you have natural abilities as regards nutrition and the influence of thoughts and emotions on physical health.

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