Ronald R. Kumar works at that University of the South Pacific as a Teaching Assistant. He teaches intermediate level macroeconomics and microeconomics for second year undergraduate programme. Ronald was a Sasakawa Young Leaders scholar (2009-2010) at the School of Government, Development and International Affairs. He has worked in different sectors, including the Reserve Bank of Fiji as a research economist (2005) and at the Australia New Zealand Banking Corporation back office support (Quest Limited) as a Business Analyst for Projects (2005-2007). His short-term work includes the Ministry for National Planning (Government of Fiji) for three months as an Economic Planning Officer in 2011 and as Administration Officer at the South Pacific Board for Educational Assessment in 2009. Ronald was as research scholar at the Kyoto University in 2007-2008 period. Ronald's research focuses on remittances, tourism. technology and migration. Besides these, he also have interest in exploring contemporary drivers of growth for small and developing economics. His masters thesis was on short-term migration in the Pacific, with a case study of Vanuatu. He holds a Master of Commerce (Economics), Master of Arts (Development Studies) and a Bachelor of Science (Maths & Computer Science) qualifications from the University of the South Pacific; and Diploma in Business Studies (Accounting) from Fiji National University. Ronald's publication has appeared in Tourism Economics, Management Decisions, Quality and Quantity, Economic Systems, Global Business and Economic Review, African Journal of Economic and Sustainable Development, and International Journal of Business and Economic Review, among others. He has also reviewed papers from journals like Tourism Management and Sustainability.
Articles
Exploring polarization and uniformity in sectoral and capital vis-à-vis growth: A study of Brazil-led and Mexico-led clusters in the region, Management Decision (2013)
Purpose - The study explores the sectoral contributions defined as agriculture, manufacturing and services value...
Linking remittances with financial development and ICT: a study of the Philippines, International Journal of Economics and Business Research (2013)
Exploring the nexus between tourism, remittances and growth in Kenya, Quality & Quantity (2013)
Recently there has been a surge in remittances inflow to Kenya while tourism receipts appears...
Remittances and economic growth: a study of Guyana, Economic Systems (2013)
Using an augmented Solow framework and an ARDL bounds test for cointegration, we explore the...
Exploring the nexus between urbanisation, services sector expansion, aid and growth in Fiji, International Journal of Economics and Business Research (2013)
The study explores the contributory powers of urbanisation, services sector expansion and development assistance on...
Books
Development Impacts Of Short-Term Migration In The Pacific - A Case Study of Vanautu (2012)
This work sought to explore the development impacts of RSE, particularly the changes in the...
Development on the Move: Measuring and Optimising Migration’s Economic and Social Impacts in Fiji (with Miliakere Kaitani, Manoranjan Mohanty, Tolu Muliaina, Vuki Buadromo, Sunil Kumar, and Vijay Naidu) (2011)
Executive Summary
Although migration come to play an increasingly significant role in Fiji’s economy and...
Contributions to Books
Role of trade openness, Remittances, Capital Inflows and Financial Development in Vanuatu, Migration and Remittances during the global Financial Crisis and Beyond (2012)
Book reviews
Research Praxis from Design to Completion: A Review of Designing and Managing your Research Project – Core Knowledge for Social and Health Researchers, The Qualitative Report (2011)
Thomas and Hodges (2010) have written a very practical and indeed a valuable book on...
Unpublished Papers
Financing human capital development via government debt: a small country case using overlapping generations framework (with Peter J. Stauvermann) (2013)
Using an over-lapping generations (OLG) model, we show how small open economies can enhance their...
MA Thesis - MIGRATION AND DEVELOPMENT: THE DEVELOPMENT IMPACTS OF SHORT-TERM LABOUR MIGRATION OF NI-VANUATU WORKERS TO NEW ZEALAND (2012)
The New Zealand’s Recognised Seasonal Employer (RSE) scheme is a New Zealand Government initiative that...
Impact of trade openness, remittances, capital inflows & fi nancial development on income in Vanuatu, Munich Personal RePEc Archive (2011)
In this study, using bounds approach and annual data for the period 1981-2008, the short...
Role of Financial and Technology Inclusion, Remittances and Exports vis-à-vis growth: A study of Nepal (2011)
Using the ARDL Bounds approach to cointegration technique, we explore the role of financial services,...