Professor Ronald Duncan
ANU College of Asia and the Pacific
Areas of expertise
- Economic Development Policy 160505
- Economic Models And Forecasting 140303
- Environment And Resource Economics 140205
- Economic Development And Growth 140202
- Agricultural Economics 140201
- International Economics And International Finance 140210
- Applied Economics 1402
Publications
- Duncan, R 2020, 'Book review: The China-US Trade War and Future Economic Relations', Asian-Pacific Economic Literature, vol. 34, no. 1, pp. 84-85.
- Duncan, R 2020, 'Book review: Living with China: A Middle Power Finds Its Way', Asian-Pacific Economic Literature, vol. 34, no. 1, pp. 85-87.
- Duncan, R 2018, 'Land reform in Papua New Guinea: securing individual title to customary owned land', Policy, vol. 34, no. 1, pp. 15-20pp.
- Duncan, R & Banga, C 2018, 'Solutions to poor service delivery in Papua New Guinea', Asia & The Pacific Policy Studies, vol. 5, no. 3, pp. 495-507pp.
- Dornan, M & Duncan, R 2018, 'The Pacific islands in the twenty-first century', Asia & The Pacific Policy Studies, vol. 5, no. 3, pp. 390-392pp.
- Duncan, R & Voigt-Graf, C 2010, Pacific Labour Market Scenarios.
- Dinnen, S, Regan, A & Hegarty, D 2004, Rebuilding State and Nation in Solomon Islands: Policy Options for the Regional Assistance Mission, ANU.
- Duncan, R 2016, 'Sources of Growth Spurts in Pacific Island Economies', Asia & The Pacific Policy Studies, vol. 3, no. 2, pp. 351-365.
- Duncan, R, Allen, M, Batten, A et al 2011, The Political Economy of Economic Reform in the Pacific.
- Duncan, R & Hassall, G 2011, 'How Pervasive is Clientelist Politics in the Pacific', in Ron Duncan (ed.), The Political Economy of Economic Reform in the Pacific, Asian Development Bank, Phillipines, pp. 265-276.
- Duncan, R 2011, 'An Overview of the Research on the Political Economy of Reform in the Pacific', in Ron Duncan (ed.), The Political Economy of Economic Reform in the Pacific, Asian Development Bank, Phillipines, pp. 15-31.
- Duncan, R 2011, 'The Political Economy of Economic Reform', in Ron Duncan (ed.), The Political Economy of Economic Reform in the Pacific, Asian Development Bank, Phillipines, pp. 1-11.
- Yala, C, Chand, S & Duncan, R 2010, 'Making Land More Productive', in Charles Yala (ed.), The Genesis of the Papua New Guinea Land Reform Program: Selected Papers from the 2005 National Land Summit, National Research Institute PNG, Boroko PNG, pp. 11-22.
- Duncan, R 2010, 'Managing natural resource revenues in Papua New Guinea', Pacific Economic Bulletin, vol. 25, no. 3, pp. 261-4.
- Redden, J & Duncan, R 2009, 'Trade Strategies for poverty reduction in small and vulnerable economies', in Andrew L. Stoler, Jim Redden and Lee Ann Jackson (ed.), Trade and Poverty Reduction in the Asia-Pacific Region, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, pp. 595-647.
- Duncan, R 2007, 'A 'Clean Up' Campaign for Fiji's economy', Pacific Economic Bulletin, vol. 22, no. 2, pp. 119-126.
- Azmat, G & Duncan, R 2007, 'Constructing a governance index for Cook Islands, 1985-2005', Pacific Economic Bulletin, vol. 22, no. 2, pp. 104-118.
- Reddy, M & Duncan, R 2006, 'Agricultural Productivity in Pacific Island Countries: Issues and Chanllenges', ICFAI Journal of Agricultural Economics, vol. 3, no. 2, pp. 16-31.
- Duncan, R 2006, 'Troubled Fishing in Pacific Waters', Pacific Economic Bulletin, vol. 21, no. 3, pp. 98-105.
- Duncan, R & Sing, Y 2009, 'The Failure of Agricultural Policymaking in Fiji', Pacific Economic Bulletin, vol. 24, no. 2, pp. 168-84.
- Batten, A, Guoy, J & Duncan, R 2009, 'Papua New Guinea Economic Survey: from boom to gloom?', Pacific Economic Bulletin, vol. 24, no. 1, pp. 1-26.
- Duncan, R 2009, Kiribati's Political Economy and Capacity Development, Asian Development Bank, the Philippines.
- Duncan, R 2008, Pacific Trade Issues, Asian Development Bank, Manila.
- Wang, X & Duncan, R 2008, 'Rural-urban income disparity and WTO impact on China's agricultural sector: policy considerations', in Chunlai Chen and Ron Duncan (ed.), Agriculture and Food Security in China, ANU ePress, Canberra Australia, pp. 85-103.
- Duncan, R 2008, 'Governance and Development', in Shailendra Singh and Biman Prasad (ed.), Media and Development in the Pacific, Fiji Institute of Applied Studies, Lautoka Fiji, pp. 111-128.
- Duncan, R & McMaster, J 2008, 'Impact of ICT on University Education in Small Island States: The Case of the University of the South Pacific', in Edgardo M. Favaro (ed.), Small States, Smart Solutions: Improving Connectivity and Increasing the Effectiveness of Public Services, The World Bank, Washington DC, USA, pp. 193-212.
- Duncan, R 2008, 'Cultural and Economic Tensions in Pacific Islands' Futures', International Journal of Social Economics, vol. 35, no. 12, pp. 919-29.
- Chen, C & Duncan, R, eds, 2008, Agriculture and Food Security in China, ANU ePress, Canberra Australia.
- Chen, C & Duncan, R 2008, 'Achieving Food Security in China: Implications of WTO Accession', in Chunlai Chen and Ron Duncan (ed.), Agriculture and Food Security in China, ANU ePress, Canberra Australia, pp. 1-26.
- Duncan, R, Rees, L & Tyers, R 2008, 'Revisiting the Economic Costs of Food Self-sufficiency in China', in Chunlai Chen and Ron Duncan (ed.), Agriculture and Food Security in China, ANU ePress, Canberra Australia, pp. 203-228.
- Yala, C & Duncan, R 2008, 'Microeconomic Reform in Papua New Guinea: the big challenge', Pacific Economic Bulletin, vol. 22, no. 1, pp. 1-13.
- Marin, Y & Duncan, R 2007, 'Competitiveness: an essential ingredient for growth in Asian and Pacific developing countries in a globalizing world', Asia-Pacific Development Journal, vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 125-44.
- Duncan, R 2007, 'Governance, Civil Society and Economic Development: a view from the Pacific', in Helen James (ed.), Civil Society, Religion and Global Governance: Paradigms of power and persuasion, Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, London and New York, pp. 175-186.
- Gani, A & Duncan, R 2007, 'Measuring Good Governance Using Time Series Data: Fiji Islands', Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy, vol. 12, no. 3, pp. 367-85.
- Duncan, R & McLeod, R 2007, 'The State and the Market in Democratic Indonesia', in Ross H McLeod and Andrew MacIntyre (ed.), Indonesia: Democracy and the Promise of Good Governance, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS), Singapore, pp. 73-92.
- Gani, A & Duncan, R 2007, 'Constructing a Governance Index for Cook Islands, 1985-2005', Pacific Economic Bulletin, vol. 22, no. 2, pp. 104-18.
- Duncan, R 2007, 'Enhancing the Labour Absorption Capacity of Pacific Agriculture', Pacific Economic Bulletin, vol. 22, no. 1, pp. 164-74.
- Duncan, R & Sharma, A 2005, 'Private Crime Prevention Expenditure in Fiji', Agenda: a journal of policy analysis and reform, vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 47-56.
- Duncan, R 2005, 'A Common Currency for the Pacific Island Economies?', in Satish Chand (ed.), Pacific Islands Regional Integration and Governance, Asia Pacific Press, Canberra, pp. 105-18.
- Duncan, R, Rees, L & Tyers, R 2005, 'Revisiting the Economic Costs of Food Self-sufficiency in China', The Icfaian Journal of Management Research, vol. IV, no. 1, pp. 48-61.
- Duncan, R & Wang, X 2003, 'The Impact of Urbanisation on Economic Growth', in Ross Garnaut and Ligang Song (ed.), China: New Engine of World Growth, Asia Pacific Press, Canberra, pp. 217-230.
- Wang, X & Duncan, R 2003, 'Agricultural Development and Poverty Reduction in China: Policy Considerations', Development Bulletin (Canberra), vol. 61, pp. 62-64.
- Tyers, R, Duncan, R & Martin, W 2003, 'Trade, Technology snd Labour Markets: General Equilibrium Perspectives', in Sir Hans Singer, Neelambar Hatti, Rameshwar Tandon (ed.), Globalization, Technology and Trade in the 21st Century, B.R. Publishing Corporation, New Delhi, pp. 767-808.
- Duncan, R 2003, 'Agricultural and resource economics and economic development in Aboriginal communities', Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, vol. 47, no. 3, pp. 307-324.
- Duncan, R & Pollard, S 2002, 'A framework for establishing priorities in a country poverty reduction strategy', ADB (ERD) Economics Working Paper Series, no. 15, pp. 1-24pp.
- Duncan, R 2002, 'The economics of pitch invasions', Agenda: a journal of policy analysis and reform, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 179-180.
- Duncan, R 2002, 'Dollarising the Solomon Islands economy', Pacific Economic Bulletin, vol. 17, no. 2, pp. 145-146.
- Chand, S & Duncan, R 2002, 'The economics of the Arc of Instability', Asian-Pacific Economic Literature, vol. 16, no. 1, pp. 1-9.
- Duncan, R 2002, 'Food Security and the World Food Situation', Handbook of Agricultural Economics, vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 2191-2213.
- Chand, S, Duncan, R & Quang, D 2001, 'The Role of Institutions in the Development of Vietnam', Asean Economic Bulletin, vol. 18, no. 1, pp. 276-288.
- Duncan, R 2001, 'PNG Economic Survey: A Scorecard for the Morauta', Pacific Economic Bulletin, vol. 16, no. 2, pp. 1-14.
- Duncan, R 2000, 'Constraints on Poverty Reduction in Papua New Guinea', Pacific Economic Bulletin, vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 37-42.
- Duncan, R & Xu, X 2000, 'Should Papua New Guinea adopt a stronger exchange rate regime?', Pacific Economic Bulletin, vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 36-45.
- Duncan, R & Yang, Y 2000, 'The impact of the Asian Crisis on Australia's primary exports: why it wasnt so bad', Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, vol. 44, no. 3, pp. 369-391.
- Duncan, R 2000, 'A Changing Global Food Market: Implications for China', in Yang, Y; Tian, W. (ed.), China's Agriculture at the Crossroads, Macmillan Publishers Ltd, Houdmills, pp. 34-47.
- Huang, Y & Duncan, R 1999, 'Did competition drive down the profitability in China's state industry?', MOCT-MOST: Economic Policy in Transitional Economies, vol. 9, pp. 49-60.
- Huang, Y, Duncan, R & Woo, W 1999, 'Understanding the decline of China's state sector', MOCT-MOST: Economic Policy in Transitional Economies, vol. 9, pp. 1-15.
- Bosworth, M, Duncan, R & Cuthbertson, S 1999, 'Pursuing economic reforms in the Pacific', in (ed.), Pursuing economic reform in the Pacific, Asian Development Bank, Philippines, pp. 242pp.
- Duncan, R, Chand, S, Graham, B et al 1999, Exchange Rate Policy in Papua New Guinea, Institute of National Affairs, Port Moresby, Port Moresby, PNG.
- Duncan, R 1999, 'Development Lessons For East Timor', Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies, vol. 35, no. 1, pp. 129-132.
- Duncan, R 1999, 'China's Inter-Provincial Disparities: An Explanation', Communist And Post-Communist Studies, vol. 32, pp. 211-224.
