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Evert-jan Quak

Quak Evert-jan
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Evert-jan Quak works for The Broker as an editor. He is a freelance journalist specialized in international economics, corporate social responsibility and trade issues. He has a degree in international economics and economic geography from the University of Utrecht, the Netherlands. He is the author of the book Het onzichtbare label (The invisible label - KIT Publishers, 2009). He has extensively researched the opportunities and risks associated with free trade and the soya sector in Latin America. Besides writing about development issues, he worked for the Dutch development organization ICCO as an Economic Justice policy advisor, and as a freelance journalist in the Dutch parliament for many years. To read more articles by the author, visit the Global Issues website.