Sectors of professional activity: Energy,Health,Macro-Econ. & Public Finance,Micro-finance,Programme & Resource Management,Finance & Accounting,Transport; Spoken languages: English,French,Hebrew,Japanese,Spanish,Tagalog; Citizenships: Israel; Countries of professional experience: Albania,Bosnia and Herzegovina,Botswana,Brazil,Colombia,Dominican Republic,Ecuador,El Salvador,Georgia,Jamaica,Laos,Mozambique,Panama,Philippines,Romania,Sri Lanka,Uganda,UK,USA,Zimbabwe; Description: Rimon Rafiah has been an international economic consultant for more than two decades. During his career, he has performed economic evaluations on proposed transportation investments spanning the USA, Europe (Romania, Scotland, Bosnia, Albania), Latin America (Colombia, Brazil, Ecuador, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, Panama), the Caribbean (Jamaica and the Dominican Republic), Africa (Mozambique, Uganda, Liberia, Nigeria, Botswana, Ethiopia, Zimbabwe), Asia (Lao PDR, Sri Lanka, and the Philippines) and Israel. He has also been responsible for a wide range of energy and environmental projects, and has dealt with health economics and water economics as well. Long-standing partnerships with leading engineering firms has provided Rimon with a keen understanding of road engineering and the use of specific equipment, including the Dynatest Falling Weight Deflectometer, laser profilometers, and GPS devices to create GIS maps and ground penetrating radar devices. Moreover, his knowledge and expertise in using these types of data, has enabled Rimon to incorporate and implement them in economic and engineering models. Rimon is well-versed in understanding and applying complex economic and engineering models in computerized software. He is also knowledgeable in using industry-specific software tools, including HCS, HDM, aaSidra, emme/2 and TREDIS.