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Dr Kumar Sathiendrakumar, Senior Lecturer- Economics

Brenda Scott-LaddB.Sc. (Agriculture), 1971 (Hon. University of Ceylon Peradeniya, Sri Lanka)
M.A. (Economics), 1979 (University of Manchester)
Ph.D. (Economics), 1988 (University of Newcastle)

Murdoch Business School
Murdoch University
Tel: + 61 (08) 9360 2838
E-mail: R.Sathiendrakumar@murdoch.edu.au

Dr Kumar Sathiendrakumar is a Senior Lecturer in Economics at the Murdoch Business School, where he teaches units in Microeconomics at both the undergraduate and postgraduate level. He has an extensive international record of research and publication in the economics of tourism, sustainable natural resource development and economics, and the economics of waste management. Since 2001 Dr Sathiendrakumar has been Project Leader in the Economics of Waster Management with the Centre for Organic Waste Management at Murdoch University.

Key Publications & Research

Research Interests:

  • Tourism Economics
  • Environmental Economics
  • Economics of Waste Management
  • Natural Resource Economics, including Fisheries and Agriculture Economics
  • Applied microeconomics
  • Development Economics and Project Evaluation

Publications:

Refereed Articles and Publications in Academic Journals

  • "Tourism and the Development of the Maldives", Massey Journal of Asian and Pacific Business, with C.A. Tisdell, Vol. 1, No. 1, 1985, pp. 27‑34.
  • "Fishery Resources and Policies in the Maldives: Trends and Issues for an Island Developing Country", Marine Policy, with C.A. Tisdell, Vol. 10, No. 4, 1986, pp. 279-293.
  • "Artisanal fisheries in LDC's, especially in the Indian sub-continent, and the inappropriateness of the MEY criterion", MARGA Quarterly Journal, with C.A. Tisdell, Vol. 8, No. 4, 1987, pp. 18-33.
  • "Optimal Economic Fishery Effort in the Maldivian Tuna Fishery: An Appropriate Model", Marine Resource Economics, with C.A. Tisdell, Vol. 4, No. 1, 1987 pp.15-44.
  • "Migration from Traditional Rural Communities and Outside Employment: A Study of Maldivian Fishing Villages", The South East Asian Economic Review, with C.A. Tisdell, Vol. 8, No. 2, Aug 87, pp. 121-163.
  • "Towards an Appropriate Effort‑Based Fishery Model for the Tuna Fishery of Maldives", The Indian Journal of Fisheries, Vol. 34, No. 4, 1987, pp. 433-454.
  • The Maldives: Development and Soci-Economic Tensions", with C.A. Tisdell, The South East Asian Economic Review, Vol. 9, No. 2, 1988, pp. 125-162.
  • "International Tourism and the Economic Development of the Maldives", with C.A. Tisdell, ANNALS of Tourism Research, Vol. 16, No. 2, 1989, pp. 254-264.
  • "Determinants of Relative Wealth in Maldivian Fishing Villages", with C.A. Tisdell, Asian Profile, Vol. 17, No. 2, 1989, pp. 155-168.
  • "An Appropriate Management Policy for the Tuna Fishery in the Maldives", Asian Fisheries Science, 2, 1989, PP. 163-175.
  • "Comments on a Note on Optimal Effort in the Maldivian Tuna Fishery", with C.A. Tisdell, Marine ResourceEconomics, 6, 1989, pp. 177-178.
  • "Technological Change and Income Distribution: Findings from Maldivian Fishing Villages", Journal of Economics and International Relations, with C.A. Tisdell, Vol. 3, No. 3. Autumn 1990, pp. 217-240.
  • A Review Article on "Transfer, Adoption and Diffusion of Technology, for Small and Cottage Industries", edited by Rizwanul Islam, Singapore Economic Review, Vol. 37, No. 2, 1992, October, pp. 111-13.
  • "Environmental Management for Sustainable Economic Development: The Singaporean Experience", The International Journal of Environmental Education and Information, Vol. 14, No. 1, 1995, pp.63-74.
  • "An Economic Evaluation of Policy Options Available to Control Industrial Air Pollutants", The International Journal of Environmental Education and Information, Vol. 14, No. 3, 1995, pp.245-258.
  • "Sustainable Development: Passing Fad or Potential Reality?” International Journal of Social Economics, Vol. 23, Nos. 4/5/6, 1996, pp.151-163.
  • "Waste Management: An Evaluation of Economic Instruments Available for Solid Waste Management", Economic Papers, Vol. 15, No. 3, Sept. 1996, pp78-87.
  • "Economic Management of Solid Waste", Proceedings of the Pollution Control '97, Pollution Control Department, Bangkok, 1997
  • "Environmental Management for Sustainable Tourism Development", Economic Papers, Vol. 17, No. 3, Sept. 1998, pp62-71.
  • "Sustainable Tourism Development: The Case of Scotland", Environmental Education and Information, Vol. 17, No. 4, Oct-Dec 1998, pp381-396.
  • “Importance of Marine Tourism and Environmental Protection: in Some Selected Indian Ocean Islands”, Pakistan Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 2, No. 7, July 2002, pp. 739 - 741.
  • “An Evaluation of Fisheries Management Policies Available for Domestic Tuna Fishery in the Maldives”, Pakistan Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 2, No. 8, August 2002, pp. 848 – 852.
  • “Greenhouse Emission Reduction and Sustainable Development”, International Journal of Social Economics, Volume 30, Numbers 11 and 12, 2003, pp. 1233 – 1248.
  • “Multinational Corporations and Foreign Direct Investment in Developing Countries: With Special Emphasis on Sri Lanka”, Journal of Social And Economic Policy, Vol. 2, No. 2, December 2005, pp. 209 – 221
  • “An Evaluation of Fisheries Management Policies Available to Australia for the management of Southern Bluefin Tuna Fishery ”, Applied Economics and Policy Analysis, Vol. 1 No. 1 (2007): 89 – 98.
  • “Foreign Direct Investment and economic Growth Nexus: Empirical Evidence from Sri Lanka” Indian Development Journal, with Jananee Raguragavan, Vol. 5, No. 2, December 2007, pp. 295 - 315

Chapters in Edited Volumes

  • Holloway, D. A. (2008 in press), “Ecopreneurship, Corporate Citizenship and Sustainable Decision-Making” in Schaper, M. (ed), Ecopreneurship: New Visions For Sustainable Entrepreneurship, Ashgate Publishing, pp. 1-14.
  • Holloway, D. A. and van Rhyn, D. (2005), “Effective Corporate Governance Reform and Organisational Pluralism: Reframing Culture, Leadership and Followership”, in Lehman, C. R. (ed), Corporate Governance: Does Any Size Fit? , Advances in Public Interest Accounting Volume 11, Elsevier: Oxford, pp. 303-328.

Refereed Conference Proceedings

  • "Issues and Trends in Tourism in a More Remote State: The Case of Western Australia", in C.A. Tisdell, C.J. Aislabie and P.J. Stanton (eds), Economics of Tourism: Case Studies and Analysis, Chapter 7 (pp. 157-179), Institute of Industrial Economics, University of Newcastle, N.S.W., 2308, Australia, 1988.
  • "Economic Importance of Tourism for Small Indian Ocean and Pacific Island States", with C.A. Tisdell, in C.A. Tisdell, C.J. Aislabie and P.S. Stanton (eds), 1988, Economics of Tourism: Case Studies and Analysis, Chapter 9, pp. 205-227, Institute of Industrial Economics, University of Newcastle, N.S.W., 2308, Australia, 1988.
  • "International Tourism and the Economic Development of an Archipelago: The Case of the Maldives", with C.A. Tisdell, in Kaminarides, J., Briguglio, L. and Hoogendonk, H. (eds.). The Economic Development of Small Countries - Problems, Strategies and Policies, Eburon, Delft, The Netherlands, 1989, PP. 107 - 112.
  • "Marine Areas as Tourist Attractions in the Southern Indian Ocean", in Miller, M. L. and Auyong, J. (eds.) Proceedings of the 1990 Congress on Coastal and Marine Tourism, Vol. 1, National Coastal Resources Research & Development Institute, Newport, Oregon, U.S.A., pp. 78-88.
  • "Environmental Management for Sustainable Economic Development: Singaporean Experience", in Kiyoshi Yamazato, Suguru Ishijima, Seizo Sakihara, Hatsuo Taira, Zenko Shimabukuro, Fumio Teruya and Fumiko Nishihira (eds), Development and Conservation in The Asia-Pacific Region, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan, 1995, pp.281-290.
  • "The Green Revolution, Biotechnology and Environmental Concerns: A Case Study of the Philippines" (with K. Norris) in Ahmed I. and Doeleman J.A. (eds), Beyond Rio: The Environmental Crisis, Technological Dilemma and Sustainable Livelihoods in the Third World, I.L.O., Geneva, 1995, pp.195-220.
  • "Problems Faced by Indian Ocean Island Economies: The Case of the Maldives" in R. Gabbay, R.N. Gosh and M.A.B. Siddique (eds), Economics of Small Island Nations, New Age International Ltd., New Delhi, 1996, pp117-131 .
  • "Environmental Management for Sustainable Economic Development in Island Developing Economies: The Maldivian Experience" in Roy, K.C., Blomqvist, H.C. and Hossain, Iftekhar (eds), Development That Lasts, New Age International Ltd., New Delhi, 1997, pp.162-174.
  • "Sustainable Tourism Development: The Case of Scotland", in C.A. Tisell, Kartik C. Roy, Tourism and Development: Economic, Social, Political and Environmental Issues, Nova Science Publishers, Inc. Commack, NY, 1998, pp.193-202.
  • “An Analysis of Economic Instruments that will Minimise the Discharge of Waste onto the Environment”, in Poon, C.S. and Lei, P.C.K. (eds.), Waste Management: The Challenge for Asian Cities – Search for a Sustainable Future, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 2000, Volume 2, pp. 26 – 31.
  • “Waste Management: an Evaluation of Economic Instruments Available for Solid Waste Management” in Vanden Driesen, C. A. and I.H Vanden Driesen (eds), Celebrations Fifty Years of Sri Lanka – Australia Interactions , Sri Lankan Government Publications, 2000, pp. 549 – 556.
  • “The Republic of Maldives” (2001) in Ember, Melvin and Carol R. Ember (eds) Countries and Their Cultures, New York, Macmillan Reference USA.
  • “Tourism and the economic development of the Maldives”, with C. Tisdell in Tourism Economics, the Environment and Development, Edward Elgar , UK, 2001, pp.190 –205.
  • “Municipal Solid waste Management for Sustainable Development: Principles and Policy Instruments”, in Pullammanappallil, P; McComb, A; Diaz, L.F; and Bidlingmaier, W. (eds.) Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference of ORBIT Association on Biological Processing of Organics: Advances for a Sustainable Society, Murdoch University, Western Australia, May 2003, pp. 431 –441.
  • “Optimal Economic Fishery Effort in the Maldivian Tuna Fishery: an Appropriate Model”, in Clem Tisdell (ed.), (2003) Economics and Ecology in Agriculture and marine Production, Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, UK, Chapter 23, pp. 277 – 306.
  • “Successful Globalisation Requires Good Corporate Governance: Some East Asian Experience”, in Clem Tisdell (ed.), 2005, Globalisation and World Economic Policies, Serials Publication New Delhi ( India), Chapter 15, pp 211 - 216

Conference Papers and Seminar Papers (last 5 years only)

  • Presented a paper entitled “Municipal Solid Waste Management for Sustainable Development: Principles and Policy Instruments”, at the Fourth International Conference of ORBIT Association on Biological processing of Organics: Advances for a Sustainable Society, held at the Sheraton Hotel, in Perth, Western Australia, 30 April – 2 May 2003.
  • Presented a paper entitled “An evaluation of fisheries management policies available to Australia for the management of Southern Blue Fin Tuna” at the 2006 Economists Conference held at the Curtain University, Western Australia, 25 th September – 27 th September 2006.
  • Chaired a session on Environmental economics issues at the 2006 Conference of Economists held at Curtain University, Western Australia, 25 th September – 27 th September 2006.

Teaching

Units Taught

Dr Sathiendrakumar is currently the Unit Coordinator for:

  • BUS208 Quantitative Methods for Business and Economics
  • BUS361 Micro-Economics B
  • MBS556 Economics and Business Strategy
  • MBS666 Economics and Business Strategy

Teaching Development and Awards

Received a Citation of Excellence with the Highest quality rating by ANBAR Electronic Intelligence in 1997 for the article "Sustainable development: passing fad or potential reality?” International Journal of Social Economics, Vol. 23, Nos. 4/5/6.

Invited by Macmillan Reference USA to write a Chapter on the Maldives in Their Countries and Culture Encyclopaedia published in May 2001.

University and Community Service

Dr Kumar Sathiendrakumar has taught Agricultural Economics for the Post Graduate Diploma Course in Rural Area Development conducted by the University of Colombo in collaboration with the Netherlands Universities Foundation for International Co-operation, and has previously held the position of Lecturer in Economics at Murdoch University (1989-98). He has been British Council Scholar at the University of Manchester (1976-78) and a Visiting Fellow at the National University of Singapore (1992-93), the Universities of Dundee, Strathclyde and Birmingham (1995-96), and at the University of the South Pacific, Fiji (2000). During his career he has also been an Economist to the Sri Lanka Sugar Corporation, a Consultant to the International Labour Organisation, and a Consultant to the Asian Development Bank. Dr Sathiendrakumar has been a Parish Council Member of both St. Phillips Anglican Church, Waratah, NSW (1985-86) and St. Basil’s Anglican Church, Murdoch, WA (1997-98), has been Warden of St. Basil’s Anglican Church 91997-99), and has served as Vice-President of the West Australian Tamil Christian Congregation (1999-2000). Three times he was elected to the Academic Council at Murdoch university. Currently he is an elected member of the Academic Council at Murdoch university from July 2008 to June 2011

 

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