CDU Researcher Profile

• Research interests
• Publications
• Current projects
• Recent completions supervised

Research Interests

Ram's research interests include:

• Health Economics
• Macroeconomic Management
• South-East Asian Economics
• Role of Indigenous Knowledge in decision-making
• Economics of Education and
• Natural Resource Economics including Waste Management, Economic Impact Assessment and Sustainable Development
  

Recent Publications

Books and book chapters

1. Vemuri, S.R., Book Review, "Climate Impact and Adaptation Assessment", Martin Parry and Timothy Carter, Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal, Vol. 16, No.4, p.330.
2. Vemuri, S. R. & J. Perfect. (1992). Is Conservation an antonym for Development?. In: Moffatt, I. and Webb, A. (eds). Conservation and Development issues in Northern Australia. Australian National University Press, Chapter 3.
3. Vemuri, S. R. (1992). Economics of Southeast Asia. Little Gem Publications, Darwin, Australia.
4. Vemuri, S. R. (1991). Low Income Countries of Asia and Africa in 2000 A.D.: A Macroeconomic Scenario. In: Proceedings of the 33rd International Congress of Asian and North African Studies, Vol.1, Edwin Mellon Press.
5. Vemuri, S. R. , Attal, S. and Yasser, M. (1985). Design and Evaluation of Nonfungible Development Project in Jordan. In: Vriethoff, W., Visser, C. and Boerma, H. (eds). Project Management: Clarity for the 90's. Vol.1, North Holland.
6. Vemuri, S. R. (1984). Patterns of Growth of Jordanian Economy. In: Badran, A. and Khader, B. (eds). Economic Development of Jordan. C.E.R.M.A.C., University of Louvain, Belgium.
7. Vemuri, S. R. , Badran, A., Ahlawat, K. and Baidoun, E. (1984). Some reflections about the future issues concerning Economic Development of Jordan. In: Badran, A. and Khader, B. (eds). Economic Development of Jordan. C.E.R.M.A.C., University of Louvain, Belgium, 1984.

Journal articles

1. Vemuri, S. R. , Xiao, J., and Lee, A. H. (1999). Mixture Distribution Analysis of Length of Hospitality Stay for Efficient Funding. Socio-Economic Planning Science, 33, pp 39-59.
2. Lee, A. H., Xiao, J., Vemuri, S. R. and Zhao, X. (1998). A Discordancy test approach to identify outliers of Length of Hospital stay. Statistics in Medicine, 17, pp 2199-2206.
3. Vemuri, S. R. (1997). A quest for a theory of Sustainable Development. Asia Pacific Journal of Accounting, 4 (2), pp 255-271.
4. Xiao, J., Douglas, D., Lee, A. H. and Vemuri, S. R. (1997). A Delphi Evaluation of the influencing factors of the Length of Stay. The International journal of Health Planning and Management, 12 (3).

Conference proceedings

1. Bandias, S., Vemuri, R. (2003, 22/06/2003). Sustainable Development of Information Infrastructure in Rural and Remote Communities. ITS Asia-Australasian Regional Conference, Perth, WA, Australia.
2. Vemuri, S. R. (1998). Managing Environmental Impacts. Our Natural Environment: Interdisciplinary Interactions, IEA Proceedings, July 1998. pp 139-145.
3. Vemuri, S. R. (1998). Participatory Models of IA in New Zealand. Indigenous Peoples and Effectiveness of Environmental Assessments, IAIA Proceedings, April 1998. pp 19-21.

Book reviews

1. Vemuri, R. (2004) Implications for Environmental Education from Wildlife Valuations.  In Phillips, C. (Ed), Environmental Justice and Global Citizenship (pp3-10) Oxford, United Kingdom: Inter-Disciplinary Press.
2. Vemuri, S. R. Review Climate Impact and Adaptation Assessment, Parry, M. and Carter, T. Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal, 16 (4), pp 330.
3. Vemuri, S. R. Review Conflict Resolution: Cross-Cultural Perspective, Avruch, K., Black, P. W. and Scimecca, J. A. (eds). Impact Assessment, 11 (3).

Reports

1. Vemuri, S. R. Consulting Indigenous People for Effective Environmental Policy Development. Asia-Europe Environmental Technology Centre (accepted for publication).
2. Vemuri, S. R. Sustainibility of Recycling in the NT. Beverage Industry Environment Council (accepted for publication).
3. Vemuri, S. R. A methodology to design and evaluate institutions from an Indigenous perspective. Review, Impact Assessment Bulletin (accepted for publication).
4. Vemuri, S. R. Commonwealth Parliamentarians and the International Trading System. Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (accepted for publication).
5. Vemuri, S. R. Holistic Health Impact Assessment. Review Impact Assessment Bulletin (accepted for publication).
6. Vemuri, S. R. & Kelly, P. Income Inequality and Health. Cooperative Research Centre for Indigenous Health (accepted for publication).
7. Vemuri, S. R. & C. Beaver. Nursing and Economics: Is there an ethical Dilemma? Royal College of Nursing, Australia, pp. 69 -91, 1990.

Current Projects

Role of Parliamentarians in Macroeconomic Management The project is an analysis of the ability of parliamentarians to manage large budgets.

Recent Completions Supervised

PhD

Jianguo Xiao : Shortening length of stay in the public hospitals of the Northern Territory. Lodged: 25/11/98.