UNEAC Affiliated Fellow
| Prof. Geoff Harris School of Economics University of Natal Durban 4041 South Africa Tel: [27 31] 260 1186 Fax: [27 31] 260 2811 Email: harrisg1@nu.ac.za |
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UNEAC Affiliated Fellow
| Prof. Geoff Harris School of Economics University of Natal Durban 4041 South Africa Tel: [27 31] 260 1186 Fax: [27 31] 260 2811 Email: harrisg1@nu.ac.za |
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Geoff Harris is an Australian development economist currently based at the University of Natal, South Africa. He has taught and researched at La Trobe University [1969-71], the University of Papua New Guinea [1972-78], Lincoln University, New Zealand [1978-80] and the University of New England [1980-99]
Research interests and current research projects related to Asia:
Economic aspects of militarisation and military expenditure; Cost effective, non-military ways of building security; Planning and implementing demilitarisation; Recovery from armed conflict; The determinants of military expenditure.
Recent publications:
G.T. Harris (ed), Recovery from armed conflict in developing countries: economic and political perspectives, London, Routledge, 1999, 340 pp. Author or joint author of seven chapters therein.
G. T. Harris, N. Ahai and R. Spence (eds), Building peace in Bougainville, Centre for Peace Studies, University of New England/Papua New Guinea National Research Institute, 1999, 167 pp. One sole authored and one jointly authored chapter.
G.T. Harris, The determinants of defence expenditure in the ASEAN region, Journal of Peace Research 23(1), 1986, 41-49.
G.T. Harris, Social and economic costs of military expenditure in developing countries, in R. Jayaraman (ed.), Perspectives on peace: proceedings of the New England Seminar in Social Science 1987, 37-56 (reprinted in Conflict Resolution Through Non-Violence, eds. K.D. Gangrade and R.P. Misra, Concept Publishing Co, New Delhi, Vol. 2, 1991, 63-76).
G.T. Harris, M. Kelly and Pranowo, Trade-offs between defence and education/health expenditures in developing countries, Journal of Peace Research 25(2), 1988, 165-177.
G.T. Harris, Economic aspects of military expenditure in developing countries: a survey article, Contemporary Southeast Asia 10(1), 1988, 82-102.
G.T. Harris, Military expenditure, arms imports and third world debt during the 1980s, Journal of Interdisciplinary Economics 7(1), 1996, 63-78.
G.T. Harris, Financing the Sri Lankan armed conflict, 1982-93, Public Budgeting and Financial Management , 8(1), 1996, 124-149.
G.T. Harris, Military expenditure and social development in Costa Rica: a model for small countries? Pacifica Review 8(1), 1996, 93-100.
G.T. Harris, Estimates of the costs of armed conflicts: the Iran-Iraq war and the Sri Lankan civil war, in J. Brauer and W. Gissy (eds), Economics of Conflict and Peace, Aldershot, Avebury, 1997, 265-297.
G.T. Harris, The implications of military expenditure in developing countries: future research tasks, Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy 4(3), 1997, 11-20.
G.T. Harris, Peacebuilding and reconstruction after war in developing countries, Journal of Interdisciplinary Economics 10 (2), 1999, 107-122.
G.T.Harris, The economics of landmine clearance in Cambodia, Journal of International Development 12 (4), 2000, 219-225.
G.T. Harris, Cost benefit analysis and landmine clearance, in G. Elliot (ed.), Beyond de-mining. Capacity building and socio-economic consequences, Johannesberg, South African Institute for International Affairs, 2000, 87-97.
J. Kaman and G.T.Harris, Does studying peace make a difference? An experiment at the University of Papua New Guinea, Australian Journal of Adult Learning 40(1), 2000, 83-93.
G.T. Harris, The incompatibility of peacemaking and military power, South African Journal of International Affairs 8(1), 2001, 67-74.
G. Elliot and G.T. Harris, A cost benefit analysis of landmine clearance in Mozambique, Development Southern Africa 18(5), 2001, 625-633.
G.T. Harris, Military expenditure and economic development in Asia during the 1990s, in J.Brauer and P. Dunne (eds.), Arming the south, Ashgate, Avebury, 2002, 71-98.
G.T. Harris, Effects of arms races and war on development, in UNESCO Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (in press)
G. T. Harris, The economics of landmine clearance in Afghanistan, Disasters 26(1), 2002, 49-54.
G. T. Harris, The irrationality of military expenditure in South Africa, African Security Review 11(2), 2002, 75-86.
G. T. Harris, Demilitarizing sub-Saharan Africa, Development Southern Africa (under consideration)