Curriculum Vitae Steen Folke

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1 Curriculum Vitae Steen Folke Address: Frydendalsvej 11, 1 DK 1809 Frederiksberg C Denmark Telephone: Office: Danish Institute for International Studies Department for Development Research Strandgade 56 DK 1401 Copenhagen K Denmark Telephone: Telefax: [email protected] Position: Born Marriage status: Senior Research Fellow 3. October 1940 in Copenhagen Cohabiting Language capability: Danish: mother tongue English: excellent German: good French: good Spanish: fair Professional competence: Economic geography & development research (incl. regional development, international trade, North-South and South-South relations, development strategies, development aid, agriculture and environment, irrigation, industrialisation, rural development, rapid rural appraisal, socio-economic surveys, project and programme evaluation, impact studies). Full time university teaching & research for over 20 years. Involvement in the politics of aid, trade, security and development as member of parliament for 9 years. More than 50 research publications. Consultancy work (national and international). Developing country experience: 25 visits to India since 1959 (total: more than 3 years). Research also in Bangladesh (10 visits), China (2 visits), Tanzania (5 visits) and Zimbabwe. Study tours and shorter visits to Nepal (4 visits), Sri Lanka (3 visits), North Korea, Uganda (2 visits), Kenya (2 visits), Tunisia, Egypt (3 visits), Mexico, Cuba, Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil.

2 Chronological CV Born 1940, Copenhagen. Matriculation 1958 (mathematics & natural sciences). Student at University of Mysore (India) Research in India Awarded gold medal from the University of Copenhagen 1965 for thesis on South Indian plantation districts. Lecturer at the Institute of Geography, University of Copenhagen, Mag.Scient in human geography at the University of Copenhagen (minor subjects: economics & geology-botany-zoology). Conscientious objector (alternative social service). Research fellow at the Institute of Geography, University of Copenhagen, Head of evaluation mission, appointed by DANIDA, evaluating the Danish Mysore Project in India Visiting scholar at Northwestern University, Evanston (Illinois, USA) Assistant professor, Institute of Geography, University of Copenhagen, Associate professor at the Institute of Geography, University of Copenhagen since 1973 (economic geography & development research). Member of the Danish parliament (combined with part time teaching at the University). Delegate at the United Nations general assembly 1977 and Associate professor, full time (research, teaching, supervision of M.Sc. and Ph.d. thesis work). External examiner at Roskilde University Centre (international development studies, geography and basic social sciences) since Head of research team, investigating the South-South dimension of the new international division of labour, supported by the Council for Development Research, Member of editorial board, Antipode - a radical journal of geography (Blackwell) Member of Board, Danish Association for International Cooperation (Mellemfolkeligt Samvirke) Consultant on South Asia for the Great Danish Encyclopedia, Research director at the Centre for Development Research (CDR) February January External examiner at Aalborg University Centre (basic social sciences) since Coordinator of Centre for Research on Sustainable Agriculture in Semi-Arid Africa (SASA) May January 1995 (as part of duty at CDR). Senior Research Fellow at CDR February-July Associate professor, University of Copenhagen, October 1995-January Senior Research Fellow at CDR since February External examiner at University of Copenhagen (geography) since Coordinator of Comparative Study of European Aid for Poverty Reduction in India,

3 Core team member, Danish NGO Impact Study Team leader on Ex post Impact Study of Noakhali Rural Development Project, Bangladesh, (for Danida). Coordinator of Research programme on Aid Impact: Development Interventions and Societal Processes (AID) Team leader on evaluation of Mitraniketan Peoples College, Kerala Team leader on evaluation/impact study of 4 Training Projects for Farm Women in India, (for Danida). Senior Researcher at Danish Institute for International Studies from Workshop leader & teacher: Evaluation of Rural Development Programmes, Carleton University, Ottawa, July 2003 and July 2004 (for IPDET & World Bank). Team leader on evaluation of Community School Project, Comilla, Bangladesh Member of technical committee on aid impact under the EU-NGO co-financing programme, Board member of Mellemfolkeligt Samvirke since Chairman of working group on personnel assistance under MS in the South programme (for Mellemfolkeligt Samvirke), Study tours, research and consultancy work in the South India (graduate student, University of Mysore) Sri Lanka, October Nepal, April Tunisia, July Field work in South India East Pakistan, January Head of evaluation team in Mysore/Karnataka, India, January-June 1968, for DANIDA. Sri Lanka, December India, December 1968 (IGU Congress). China, June 1973 (study tour). India and Bangladesh, March 1980 (Foreign Affairs Committee). North Korea, September 1982 (Parliamentary delegation). Village field work in Karnataka, India, with student group, January-February Research in India, October-November Head of research team in Tanzania and Zimbabwe, January-February Village field work in Sichuan, China, with student group, March Appraisal mission in Uganda, August 1989, for Danish Association for International Cooperation (MS). Review mission in West Bengal, India, November-December 1990, for International Labour Organisation. Field work in West Bengal, India, with student group, January-February Field work in Karnataka, India, with student group, January-February Nepal, June 1992 (for MS). Tanzania, February 1993 (for CDR). 3

4 Egypt, April 1993 (for CDR). Field work in Karnataka, India, November 1993, January 1994, April-May Head of Reconnaisance mission to Tanzania (establishing SASA project), September Field work in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, November 1994, March-April 1995, June Tour of Latin America, June-October Tanzania, May 1996 (for CDR). Coordinating research project, Comparative Study of European Aid for Poverty Reduction in India , involving three visits to India in January, April and September Fieldwork in Bangladesh (Patuakhali and Barguna districts) in December 1998, January-February 1999 and March 1999: In-depth impact study of CARE s LIFT project. Fieldwork in Bangladesh (Noakhali, Lakshmipur and Feni districts) in January- February 2000, January-May Ex post impact study of Danida s Noakhali RDP. Evaluation of Mitraniketan Peoples College, Trivandrum, Kerala, in March August 2002-February Impact study of 4 Danida supported Training Projects for Farm Women in India (in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Orissa, Madhya Pradesh). Evaluation of Community School Project, Comilla, in October Visiting Kenya and Uganda as chairman of working group on MS in the South, September Participant in workshop on MS in the South, Arusha, Tanzania, November Main speaker at five workshops on Training Projects for Farm Women in India in Bhopal, Bhubaneshwar, Chennai, Bangalore and outside Bangalore (inter-state), January-February 2005 (for Danida). Collection of material and interviews for book on 45 years of Indo-Danish development cooperation in India, February 2005 (for Danida) Nepal, February 2005 (for MS) MS representative at the NGO Forum affiliated to the WTO Summit in Hong Kong, December Recent research publications: Conflicts over Water and Land in South Indian Agriculture: A Political Economy Perspective Economic and Political Weekly, XXXIII:7, Feb. 14, 1998, p Swedish Development Cooperation with India - in a Poverty Reduction Perspective. CDR Working Paper 98:1, 1998, 24 pp. Danish Development Cooperation with India - in a Poverty Reduction Perspective. CDR Working Paper 98:2, 1998, 32 pp. 4

5 Evaluering af udviklingsbistandens virkninger. Den Ny Verden 31:1, 1998, p Fattigdom og bistand (w. N. Webster). Den Ny Verden 31:4, 1998, p Fattig bistand til fattige - EU-landes bistand til Indien. Den Ny Verden 31:4, 1998, p Project Impact at the Local Level - A Study of LIFT-Patuakhali (w. P. Sultana). The Danish NGO Impact Study, Bangladesh In-depth Study. Danida, 1999, 156 pp. + annexes. Conflicts over water for irrigation in the Cauvery delta, South India - and some institutional implications. Journal of Social and Economic Development 3:1, 2000, p Do the Poor Matter? A Comparative Study of European Aid for Poverty Reduction in India. (with others). Overseas Development Institute Working Paper 124, 2000, London. 126 pp. Hvad ved vi om NGO bistandens virkninger? Den Ny Verden 33:3, 2000, p Grøntsager mod fattigdom: Virkningerne af et CARE havebrugsprojekt i Bangladesh. Den Ny Verden 33:3, 2000, p Conflicts over Canal Water for Irrigation in Mandya District, South India. Journal of Social and Economic Development 4:2, 2001, p Do the Poor Matter Enough? A Comparative Study of European Aid for Poverty Reduction in India (with others). New Delhi: Concept Publishing Company, pp. In the Wake of a Flagship An ex post Impact Study of the Noakhali Rural Integrated Project, Bangladesh (with others). Main Report. Danida Evaluation, pp. Evaluation of Mitraniketan People s College, Kerala (with others). Centre for Development Research, pp. Kan fattigdom bekæmpes med uddannelse? Den Ny Verden 36:2, 2003, p Evaluation of Protiggya Parishad s Community School Project, Bejoypur Union, Bangladesh (with others). Danish Institute for International Studies, January 2004, 70 pp. 5

6 Farm Women in Development Impact Study of Four Training Projects in India (with others). Main Report. Danida Evaluation, 2004/ pp. The New Poverty Strategies: What have they achieved, what have we learned? (Book review of anthology edited by Anne Booth & Paul Mosley). Development in Practice 14:4, June 2004, p From Training and Visit Extension to Farm Women Groups: Impact in terms of economic benefits, empowerment and institutions of four Danida-supported training projects for farm women in India. Paper delivered at 18th European Conference on Modern South Asian Studies, Lund, Sweden, July pp. Kalter Wind aus Kopenhagen Dänemarks liberal-konservative Regierung und die Entwicklungspolitik. Der Überblick 3/2004, p Farmer Empowerment: Experiences, lessons learned and ways forward (with others). Policy Discussion Paper, Vol. 1 & 2. Danish Institute for International Studies, September & 62 pp. Landbrugsrådgivning for kvinder Virkningerne af fire Danida-projekter i Indien. Den Ny Verden 37:4, 2004, p Impact Concepts and Methods: Application to NGO Activities in the South. Paper for EU-NGO seminar in Paris, December Aid Impact and Poverty Reduction, edited w. Henrik Nielsen. Palgrave-Macmillan, April Introduction to Aid Impact and Poverty Reduction (w. Henrik Nielsen), pp Reaching the poor in an integrated rural development project in Bangladesh. In Aid Impact and Poverty Reduction, pp Den rige mus og den fattige elefant 45 års dansk bistand til Indien, edited w. Jesper Heldgaard. Forlaget Hovedland, June Sådan begyndte det Mysore-projektet og de ulandsfrivillige in Den rige mus og den fattige elefant, pp Kvindelige bønder frem i lyset in Den rige mus og den fattige elefant, pp