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Mailing Address School of Business La Trobe University Victoria 3086 AUSTRALIA

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Countries of Specialization Sri Lanka, Brunei

Education PhD in Accounting and Finance (University of Wollongong, Australia), MBA (Leuven, Belgium), PG. Dip in Population Studies (University of Colombo, Ceylon) B.Com (Hon), (Ceylon), CPA Australia.

Research Interests Specific interests and research publications involve the areas of: . professinalization - Accounting, . Cross cultural issues in accounting, . Accounting education and training, . Accounting in Oil exporting countries. Prem Yapa is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Business, La Trobe University, Australia. He has published in the areas of accounting education and training, accounting in developing countries, professionalization and accounting in oil exporting countries. Prior to joining La Trobe University in 1999, Prem had teaching and research experience in Sri Lanka and Brunei. Prem was (1993-1995) the head of Accounting & Management department at the University of Brunei. He has also actively involved as a consultant on accounting development projects. Some of his work has been with the public and private sectors in Singapore, Brunei, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Sri Lanka and Philippines and Vietnam.

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Publications * Refereed Journal Articles and book chapters 1. Senarath Yapa, P.W.and Perera M.H. B (2004) "Accounting Environment in Sri Lanka" A book chapter in Asian Accounting Hand Book ( forthcoming) 2. Senarath Yapa, P.W. (2003)"Accounting Education and Training in ASEAN: The Western Influence and the Experience of Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Brunei Darussalam" Research in Accounting in Emerging Economies, JAI Press. 3. Senarath Yapa, P.W. and Harvey, D. (2002), The Impact of Goods and Services Tax on SMEs, Australian GST Journal, Vol.1 Issue 8. December/January. 4. Senarath Yapa, P.W (2000), University-Profession partnership in accounting education: The case of Sri Lanka, Accounting Education, An International Journal Vol. 9, No.3, pp 297-307. 5. Senarath Yapa, P.W. and Harvey, D. (2000), Impact of tax reform on local government engagement in the national process, A Discussion Document, Rural and regional Victoria- Challenge for the state government, ISBN - 1864465131, Centre for Sustainable Regional Communities (CSRC).pp. 28-30. 6. Senarath Yapa, P.W.(1999), 'Professional accounting environment in Brunei Darussalam', Accounting, Accountability and Auditing Journal, Vol.13, No3. pp328-339. 7. Senarath Yapa, P.W. (1999), An exploratory study of financial training and development in the construction industry of Brunei Darussalam' Construction Industry Directory, Third Edition, Ministry of Development, Brunei Darussalam pp.144-146. 8. Senarath Yapa,P.W. (1998), 'Accounting Education in Asian Countries: The Sri Lankan Experience', Journal of Asian Profile, Vol.26,No.5,pp.367-384. 9. Wijewardena, H. and Senarath Yapa, P.W. (1998), 'Colonialism and Accounting Education in Developing Countries: The Experience of Singapore and Sri Lanka', The International Journal of Accounting, Vol.33, No.2, pp. 269-281. 10. Wijewardena, H. and Senarath Yapa, P.W. (1998), "Accounting Education in Singapore and Sri Lanka: A Comparative Examination, Economic Review, Vol.35. No.5. pp.24-30 11. Senarath Yapa, P.W.( 1997) 'Human Resource Management in the Private Sector of Brunei Darussalam', Policy and Management Review, Vol. 1. No.1, pp. 78-92. 12. Senarath Yapa, P.W. and Wijewardena,H. (1996), 'The Development of Accounting Systems and Accounting Education in High Income Oil Exporting Countries: An Overview', The International Journal of Accounting and Business Society, Vol. 4. No.1, March, pp.40-54. Recent Conference Papers- Workshops: 1. Senarath Yapa, P.W. (2004) ASEAN Federation of Accountants (AFA): Regional Harmonization in Accounting. Fourth Asia Pacific Interdisciplinary Research in Accounting Conference (APIRA,-2004), Singapore, 4-6 July. Internet conference proceedings: http://www.accountancy.smu.edu.sg/Apira/proceedings.html 2. Senarath Yapa, P.W. and Harvey D (2003) Disclosure of Corporate Environmental Policies in annual reports: Further evidence incorporating a national ideology - an Australian Study. Conference proceedings. Corporate Management, Accounting and National Ideology- A multicultural perspective, Aarhus Business School, Denmark, 11-13 December , 2003 3. Senarath Yapa, P.W. (2003) Accounting History, the Third Accounting History International Conference, Siena, Italy, 17-19 September, -"Cross-border competition and professionalisation of accounting". 4. Senarath Yapa, P.W. (2002) The future of accounting profession in ASEAN- Brunei Darussalam- Before and after financial crisis, Critical Perspectives on Accounting conference, 25 -27 April,2002 Baruch College, CUNY, USA. 5. Senarath Yapa, P.W and Harvey, D (2002),The impact of Goods and Services Tax on the financial performance of small and medium enterprises in regional Victoria, 14th Annual Conference of the Astralasian Tax Teachers' Association - Manukau City, NZ. 19 January. 6. Senarath Yapa, P.W. (2001) Accounting History, the Second Accounting History International Conference OSAKA,8-10 August -"Empowering Accounting Profession in Sri Lanka" This paper is in conference proceedings and it is recognised as DETYA-E1 category recognition criteria for internet publication. 7. Senarath Yapa, P.W. (2000) Accounting Education and Training in ASEAN: The Western Influence and the Experience of Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Brunei Darussalam" 11th International Conference of Accounting Academics (ICAA, Hong Kong, 15,16 June. Lingnan University. 8. Senarath Yapa, P.W. (1998) Management Motivation in Brunei: Some Initial Impressions" a paper presented at a Conference - School of Economics and Management- University of Tianjan, People's Republic of China- June. 9. Senarath Yapa, P.W.(1998) "Professional Accounting Environment in Brunei Darussalam" a paper presented at the AAAJ Asia Issue - Conference, School of Accounting, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, September 28-29. 10. Senarath Yapa, P.W. (1995) 'Management in the Banking Sector of Brunei Darussalam' Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference "Approaching the Third Millennium", The Management Department, James Cook University Townsville, Queensland, Australia, 3-6 December 11. Senarath Yapa, P.W. (1995) 'Promoting Small Entrepreneurship: The Case of Brunei Darussalam' Business Dynamics and Management Challenges in East Asia, International Conference, Sponsored by The Association of Southeast Asian Institutions of Higher Learning and the Department of Management Studies, University of Brunei, 24 -26, November 1995.

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