Meine Pieter Van Dijk

Meine Pieter van Dijk is an economist. In 1980 he took his PhD degree from the Free University of Amsterdam for his dissertation on the informal sectors of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso and Dakar, Senegal (2 volumes).. He is professor emeritus of Water Services Management at UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education, visiting professor at the Beijing University for Civil Engineering and Architecture, and professor emeritus of Urban Management at the Institute of Social Studies (ISS) and the Institute of Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS) of the Erasmus University. He published 45 books (3 on China) and 300 professional articles (30 on China), participates in the Graduate schools of TU Delft and Erasmus University and is member of the research schools CERES and SENSE and worked on and in developing countries since 1973 as a consultant for NGOs, the Asian Development Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank, the World Bank, different bilateral donors and UN agencies.

Recent books:

M.P. van Dijk and J. Edelenbos (eds, 2017): Urban governance in the realm of complexity. London: Practical action, Van Dijk, M.P., E.R. Eldon, H. Sawalha and S. Sadeed (eds., 2017); Water issues in Palestine: an overview, Special issue International Journal of Global Environmental issues, Vol. 16, Nos. 1/2/3, pp. 1-216 and with M. Blokland (eds, 2016): Benchmarking for the delivery of water and sanitation services to the urban poor, Int. J. Water, Vol. 10, Nos. 2/3. Earlier books: Achieving the SDGs: public good with private money? The contribution of economics to water and sanitation problems. Delft: Valedictory speech on World Water Day on March 21. Delft: UNESCO-IHE, 56 pages. M.P. van Dijk, J. van der Meer and J. van der Borg (eds., 2013): From urban systems to sustainable competitive metropolitan regions. Enschede: Ipskamp, 214 pages. M.P. van Dijk (ed., 2012): Shifts in urban Water governance paradigms, Special issue International Journal of Water, Vol. 6, No. 3/4, pp. 137- 344.with Samson Kassahun and A. Bongwa (eds): Cities as engines of growth and transformation in Ethiopia. Addis Ababa: Lesan Press, and with J. Trienekens (eds): Global value chains, linking local producers from developing countries to international markets, Amsterdam: University Press. The new presence of China in Africa, Amsterdam: University Press. Managing cities in developing countries (2006 Edward Elgar and the Chinese version with Renmin university press in Beijing).