Joel van der Beek EconoVision   Zonnebloemstraat 5 A Rotterdam, 3051 SP The Netherlands   jb@econovision.nl   http://www.econovision.nl/html/index_en.html   Biographical Sketch: EconoVision was established in 2005 by Joel van der Beek. Its office is located in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Joël van der Beek has more than ten years of experience in economic research. He studied Economics at the Erasmus University in Rotterdam, where he specialised in development and international economics. Since 1994 Joël van der Beek has worked as a consultant with various international consultancy firms. Amongst others he worked with the Netherlands Economic Institute, where he focussed on international (applied) macro- and sector economics. During his years with Policy Research Corporation, he has built up experience in strategic management, mainly in the oil and gas sector, the ports and transport industries. Joël van der Beek has published on various themes: social cost-benefit analysis, economic processes in spatial and town-planning, de Dutch oil- and gas industry, and maritime economics.   Primary Research Focus: Development economics Welfare economics Traansport economics, Economics of Violent Conflict   JEL Areas: O2 : Development Planning and Policy: General Q3 : Nonrenewable Resources and Conservation: General