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2017 VISES/UNFPA HEALTH RESEARCH PUBLISHED IN THE LANCET AND PRESENTED IN
WASHINGTON DC
A VISES team in conjunction with UNFPA published research in The Lancet
finding that investing in adolescent health and education could bring
10-fold economic benefit. This generation of young people can transform all
our futures. There is no more pressing task in global health than ensuring
they have the resources to do so. There are 1.8 billion adolescents in the
world today – the largest generation of adolescents in the world’s history.
Investments in adolescent health and wellbeing will not only transform the
lives of girls and boys around the world, but will also generate high
economic returns, especially in low income countries.
Read the new analysis in
The Lancet, published 20 April 2017.
On 20 April 2017, the World Bank discussed adolescents as part of their
flagship event in Washington DC – details
here.
Copies of the Lancet Adolescent Health Commission and the investment case
paper were available at the event. Lancet
media release.
2017 VISES LATEST JOURNAL ARTICLE
The Lancet
Building the foundations for sustainable development: A case for global
investment in the capabilities of adolescents
by P. Sheehan, K. Sweeny, B. Rasmussen et al. 2017.
2015-2016 VISES/UNFPA PROJECT
Investment in Improving Health, Education and other Outcomes for
Adolescents
VISES was granted funding of US$185,658 for this project which documents the
return to interventions to improve the welfare of adolescents in 74
developing countries around the world. Funding was granted by the United
Nations Population Fund that works to ensure universal access to
reproductive health, including family planning and sexual health to all
couples and individuals.
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2017 FINAL REPORT TO NECTAR
The report
Estimating the Value and Impact of Nectar Virtual Laboratories, has been
finalised and published, for the National eResearch Collaboration Tools and
Resources project (Nectar). It studied three Nectar-supported virtual
laboratories across different disciplines.
Nectar Virtual Labs investment has huge economic and research impact: new
report
Go to project page.
OTHER 2016-17 VISES PROJECTS
Mapping and Understanding Bushfire and Natural Hazard Vulnerability
and Risk at the Institutional Scale
Funded by the Bushfire and Natural
Hazard CRC.
New reports 2016:
Mapping and Understanding Bushfire and Natural Hazard Vulnerability and
Risks at the Institutional Scale, Annual Project Report 2015–2016
Institutional Maps of Risk Ownership for Strategic Decision Making
Understanding Values at Risk And Risk Ownership: Workshop Synthesis Report
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2017 VISES PROJECTS
Building Strength and Capability Through Diversity 2017-2019
Funded by the Bushfire and Natural
Hazard CRC.
Go to project page.
Scoping Study: Costs of Climate Change Impacts on the Social
Determinants of Health and Wellbeing 2018
Funded by the Victoria Department of Health and Human Services.
Go to project page.
Regional and Sectoral Vulnerability Assessment for Victoria Phase I
2017
Funded by the Victorian Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning.
Go to project page.
Developing Robust Indicators for Valuing Laneway Greening 2017
Funded by the City of Melbourne.
Go to project page.
Survey on Human Resources per Household: Timor-Leste 2017
Funded by the Government of Timor Leste.
Go to project page.
Provision of Training for Understanding and Applying Risk Ownership to
Natural Hazard Risk 2017
Funded by the Bushfire and Natural
Hazard CRC.
Go to project page.
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2016 WHO/VISES HEALTH RESEARCH PRESENTED IN WASHINGTON DC
WHO/World Bank
The VISES team in conjunction with WHO produced the first global estimate of
potential returns on investing in treatment programs for depression and
anxiety. Results were published in Lancet Psychiatry (Chishom
et al. 2016). The research was also presented and discussed at a
workshop in Washington DC in conjunction with the World Bank and WHO meeting
Out of the Shadows: Making Mental Health a Global Development Priority, on
13-14 April 2016. This resulted in a press release and extensive media
coverage:
WHO & World Bank
New York Times
The Guardian
USA Today
NPR Morning Edition
CNN
Newsweek
Voice of America
Reuters
AllAfrica (UN News)
AllAfrica
CBC.com (Canada)
2016 VISES HEALTH RESEARCH REPORT LAUNCHED BY RANZCP
A VISES report
The Economic Cost of Serious Mental Illness and Comorbidities in Australia
and New Zealand, was published and launched by the Royal Australian and
New Zealand College of Psychiatrists. Funded by RANZCP and the Mitchell
Institute.
RANZCP media release
The Age
Sydney Morning Herald
VISES ADJUNCT PROFESSOR ANNOUNCED 2016 ACT
SENIOR AUSTRALIAN OF THE YEAR
Professor Greg Tegart, VISES Adjunct Professor
is a leading advocate for technology that improves the quality of life of
aged and disabled people.
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2016 WHO/VISES HEALTH RESEARCH PRESENTED IN WASHINGTON DC
US Chamber of Commerce
Bruce Rasmussen was invited by the USCC to present a VISES
report they published
Health and the Economy: The Impact of Wellness on Workforce Productivity in
Global Markets, at their Global Initiative on Health and Economy meeting
in Washington DC on 15 April 2016. The
USCC media release stated the report was "the first of its kind to
examine productivity losses that arise from absenteeism, presenteeism and
early retirement".
2015-16 LATEST JOURNAL ARTICLES AND CHAPTER
Lancet Psychiatry 2016
Scaling-up
treatment of depression and anxiety: A global return on investment analysis
by D. Chisholm et al.
The Lancet 2016
Reductions in stillbirths: More than a triple return on investment
By P. ten Hoope-Bender, K. Stenberg and K. Sweeny.
DCP3 2016 book chapter
Returns
on investment in the continuum of care for reproductive, maternal, newborn,
and child health
By K.Stenberg, H. Axelson, P. Sheehan, P. I. Anderson, A,M, Gülmezoglu, M.
Temmerman, E. Mason, H. Friedman, Z.A. Bhutta, J.E. Lawn, K. Sweeny, J.
Tulloch, P. Hansen, M. Chopra, A. Gupta, J. Vogel, M. Ostergren, B.
Rasmussen, et al.
Disease Control Priorities, 3rd Edition
(DCP3) World Bank.
Economic Modelling 2015
Revisiting sulfur Kuznets curves with endogenous breaks modeling:
Substantial evidence of inverted-Us/Vs for individual OECD countries’
by B. Liddle and G. Messinis
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2016 VISES PROJECTS
Mapping and Understanding Bushfire and Natural Hazard Vulnerability and
Risk at the Institutional Scale 2017-2017
Funded by the
Bushfire CRC.
New reports 2016:
Mapping and Understanding Bushfire and Natural Hazard Vulnerability and
Risks at the Institutional Scale, Annual Project Report 2015–2016
Institutional
Maps of Risk Ownership for Strategic Decision Making
Understanding Values at Risk And Risk Ownership: Workshop Synthesis Report
Go to project page.
The Economic Benefits of
Cultural Diversity 2016
VISES was granted funding of $97,000 by the Department of Premier
and Cabinet (Victoria). Primary research outcomes for the project are to
identify benefits and costs of cultural diversity and develop a framework
for future monitoring.
1.1. To identify and present evidence of the material economic benefits that
cultural diversity brings to the state;
1.2. To identify and present evidence of the costs associated with poor or
degraded social cohesion to Victorian communities.
2. Development of a framework and methodology for longitudinal monitoring,
analysis and reporting.
view details.
Measurement Framework for Economic and Social Costs of NCDs 2015
Funded by WHO
and Mitchell Institute
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2015 LAUNCH OF GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE ECONOMIC
FRAMEWORK FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT
On 12 November 2015, VISES
launched the Green Infrastructure Economic Framework report at a breakfast
function hosted by the VU Chancellor George Pappas.
The purpose of the
framework is to help local government value the benefits of green
infrastructure, especially for adapting to climate change.
This framework contributes
to the project Assessing the Economic Value of Green Infrastructure. It was
led by the City of Melbourne, with partner councils from the cities of
Banyule, Kingston and Moonee Valley, and supported by funding from the
Victorian Government.
View project page and download reports.
Prof. Roger Jones at breakfast launch of Green
Infrastructure Economic Framework report, Melbourne, November 2015. |
2015 VISIT TO BRAZIL In December 2015,
Prof. Bruce Rasmussen was invited to Brazil to participate in an event on
healthcare cooperation organized by the Brazil-US Business Council in
Brazilia. He presented findings from research he had done titled ‘Economic
Costs of Absenteeism, Presenteeism and Early Retirement Due to Ill Health: A
Focus on Brazil’ at the Conference on the Impact of Health and
Productivity (Brazilia, 8 December 2015). He also met with various stakeholders
in the health care sector and government officials including the Minister for Health, Mr Marcelo Castro OR Mr Alberto Beltrame, Secretary, Ministry of Health, Brazil.
Download presentation.
Prof. Bruce Rasmussen presenting at Conference, Brazilia, December 2015. |
VISES ADJUNCT PROFESSOR NOMINATED 2016 ACT
SENIOR AUSTRALIAN OF THE YEAR
Professor Greg Tegart, VISES Adjunct Professor
is a leading advocate for technology that improves the quality of life of
aged and disabled people.
Read more. 2015 VISES REPORT
The Academic Performance of First Year Students at Victoria University by
Entry Score and SES, 2009-2013
This report to the National Centre for Student Equity in Higher
Education (NCSEHE) at Curtin University was released this year.
By G. Messinis & P. Sheehan 2015.
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2014 VISES RESEARCH IMPACT
VISES joint modelling work on child and
maternal health with WHO, published in The Lancet (Stenberg et al.
2014) played a role in the recent establishment of a multi-billion dollar
Global Financing Facility (GFF) by the UN, USAID and the governments of
Norway and Canada (see
press release). Commitments to the GFF include Norway ($600m) and Canada
($200m) with an expected total of $4 billion.
The article reported on the proposal of a Global Investment Framework for
Women's and Children's Health which is quoted in the GFF
Concept Note (see pp. 7, 13, 14, and Annexes 3 and 4). Peter Sheehan
participated in the Lancet Commission on Investing in Health which adapted
our modelling work to reach its conclusions. VISES was responsible for
modelling the ‘benefits’ and the financial evaluation.
2014 VISES REPORT
The Academic
Performance of First Year Students at Victoria University by Entry Score and
SES, 2009-2013
This report to the National Centre for Student Equity
in Higher Education (NCSEHE) at Curtin University was released this year.
By G. Messinis & P. Sheehan 2014.
Go
to project page. |
2014 NEW VISES PROJECTS
Mapping and Understanding Bushfire and Natural Hazard Vulnerability and
Risk at the Institutional Scale 2014-2017
Project funded by the
Bushfire CRC
Go to project page. Assessing the
Economic Value of Green Infrastructure 2014-2015
Project funded by City of Melbourne.
Go to project page. Treatment
of Mental Health 2015
Funded by Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists
and Mitchell Institute
Go to project page.
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2014 LATEST JOURNAL ARTICLES
Nature Climate Change 2014
China’s response to the air pollution shock
by P. Sheehan et al.
The Lancet 2014
Advancing social and economic development by investing in women's and
children's health: a new Global Investment Framework
By K. Stenberg et al.
The Economic Record 2014
Equity markets and economic development: does the primary market matter?
By Andriansyah and G. Messinis
China Agricultural Economic Review 2014
The demand for credit, credit rationing and the role of microfinance:
Evidence from poor rural counties of China
by E. Cheng and A. Ahmed
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2014 CSES BECOMES AN INSTITUTE The
transition of the Centre for Strategic Economic Studies (CSES) to a
University Institute was recently approved by Victoria University Council.
The new Victoria Institute of Strategic Economic Studies (VISES) is
led by former Director of CSES Professor Bruce Rasmussen, and incorporates
the Centre for Policy Studies (CoPS). CoPS will continue to operate in a
semi-autonomous manner, led by Professor James Giesecke. Our vision is to focus on the study of the fundamental economic, social and
technological changes that are recasting the global economy, and to develop
effective policy responses to them. As a world leader in computable general
equilibrium modelling, CoPS will help to give effect to these ambitions.
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2014 NEW ACIAR PROJECT
VISES has been awarded funding of more than $900,000 over three years by
the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) for a
project titled 'Enabling Agricultural Policies for Benefitting Smallholders
in Dairy, Citrus and Mango Industries of Pakistan'.
Go to project page.
Project team
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2013 NEW JOURNAL ARTICLES
The Lancet online 2013
Advancing social and economic development by investing in women's and
children's health: a new Global Investment Framework
by K. Stenberg et al. Go to
project page.
Nature Climate Change 2013
Uncertainty in temperature projections reduced using carbon cycle and
climate observations
By R. Bodman et al.
Go to project page.
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2013 RESEARCH DATA CENTRE
STUDIES
John Houghton (VISES) and Neil Beagrie (Charles Beagrie Ltd) recently
completed a series of studies exploring the value and impact of research
data curation and sharing. The studies cover the Economic and Social
Data Service (ESDS), the Archaeology Data Service (ADS), and the British
Atmospheric Data Centre (BADC).
Economic Impact Evaluation
of the Economic and Social Data Service (ESDS) (2013)
The Value and Impact of the British Atmospheric Data Centre (BADC)
(2013)
The Value and Impact of the Archaeology Data Service (ADS) (2013)
Primary re-use of ADS data
Go to project page.
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2013 NCCARF PROJECT REPORT
Valuing Adaptation Under Rapid Change: Final Report
By Roger Jones, Celeste Young, John Handmer, Adriana Keating,
Gayathri Mekala and Peter Sheehan
(NCCARF, RMIT University and Victoria University, 2013)
Project poster:
The scientific origins of the gradualist adaptation narrative and how to
move beyond it
Project poster:
Adaptation and innovation: reframing adaptation implementation
Project poster handout:
Adaptation and innovation: reframing adaptation implementation
Project workshop report:
Beyond the Mean
Guidance notes for reading the IPCC summary for policymakers
Go to project page |
2013 REPORT TO MEDICINES AUSTRALIA
The Impact of Further PBS Reforms, VISES report to Medicines
Australia, was released on 20 May 2013.
The report's author, Dr Kim Sweeny said, 'The report
demonstrates that PBS reforms are working and will deliver as
much as $18 billion in savings'. Read more at
http://medicinesaustralia.com.au/.
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