Henk A. Meilink

Region of Interest	Africa
Primary Country of Residence	Netherlands
Title	Afrika-Studiecentrum
Affiliation	Leiden University
Email	Meilink@fsw.leidenuniv.nl
Mailing Address	Leiden University P.O. Box 9555 2300 RB Leiden The Netherlands
Phone/Fax Number(s)	phone: +31-71-5273370 fax: +31-71-5273344
Websites	http://asc.leidenuniv.nl
Countries of Specialization	Kenya
Research Interests	main research interests are the social and economic consequences of "structural adjustment programmes" (SAPs) and issues of food security. He is currently working on a Ph.D. on the impact of SAPs on food security at household level in Kenya. He is also interested in Africa's changing position in international trade (Lomi, the Uruquay Rounds, WTO), aid, international investment and the debt problem in Sub Saharan Africa. Structural adjustment and food security at household level: a Kenya case study
Publications	Regional Economic Integration in sub-Saharan Africa. In: A.E. Fernandez Jilberto and A. Mommen (eds.) Regionalization and Globalization in the Modern World Economy. London, Routledge, pp 128-146, 1998. "Maize marketing in Kenya, 1976-1996." In: H.L. van der Laan et al. (eds.) Agricultural marketing in Tropical Africa. Contributions from the Netherlands, Aldershot: Ashgate, ASC Research Series vol. 15, 1999.
Keywords	food security ; international trade ; aid ; debt ; international investment.