CV OF TARUN KANTI DAS, PH.D.

FOR INTERNATIONAL EXPERT

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EMAIL Address: das.tarun@hotmail.com

Summary of Bio Data

(a) Tarun Kanti Das has 40 years experience as Fiscal/ Financial Sector Expert with
specialisation in fiscal-monetary-financial reforms and policies, Macro-Fiscal Modelling,
Medium Term Budgeting Framework (MTBF), Medium Term Expenditure Framework
(MTEF), Public Financial Management Reforms (PFMR), Medium Term Strategic
Business Planning (MT-SBP), Program Budgeting, Management of Public Debt, External
Debt and Contingent Liabilities, Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) of Public Investment
Program (PIP), Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and Poverty Reduction and
Growth Strategy (PRGS) and Transport Modelling.
(b) Worked as a Consultant to the African Development Bank, UN Economic Commission
for Africa (UN-ECA), World Bank, Asian Development Bank, Commonwealth Secretariat,
IMF, UNCTAD, UNDP, UN-ESCAP, UNITAR, UN-SIAP and Global Development
Network (GDN) in 20 countries in Asia, Africa, Europe and USA.
(c) Worked as Consultant in Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Ethiopia, the Gambia, India,
Indonesia, Japan, Laos PDR, Malaysia, Mongolia, Nepal, Philippines, Samoa, Senegal,
Singapore, Switzerland, Thailand, United Kingdom and United States.
(d) Also visited Belgium, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Morocco, New Zealand, Tonga, and
UAE to attend international conferences.
(e) Possesses diversity in skills in development research, teaching, training, policy planning
and macro-econometric and fiscal modeling.

1. Proposed Position- Technical Expert for Financial/ Monetary/ Fiscal Sector

Reforms Management
2. Name of Firm: [Insert name of firm proposing the expert]: NIL
3. Name of Expert: Tarun Kanti Das
4. (a) Present Address- Apartment-B4, House-1, Road-36, Gulshan-2, Dhaka-1212.
Mobile: 019398967 E-Mail Address: das.tarun@hotmail.com
(b) Permanent Address:
10/14 First Floor, East Patel Nagar, New Delhi-110008. India.
Telephone No.: (91-11) 25884540 Mobile: (+91) 9818024569
5. Date of Birth: 19 August 1947

Citizenship: India

6. Education: [Indicate college/university and other specialized education of expert, giving

names of institutions, degrees obtained, and dates of obtainment]:
(a) BA Hons (Economics with Statistics and Mathematics), Presidency College, First Class,
Calcutta University, 1967.
(b) MA (Economics with Econometrics, Statistics and Mathematical Economics), First
Class, Calcutta University, 1969.
(c) Ph.D. (Impact of Demographic Transition on Poverty and Inequality in UK, USA and
India), as Commonwealth Scholar, University of East Anglia, England, 1977.
7. Other Credentials/ Membership in Professional Associations:
(a) Member, UNCTAD Ad-Hoc Working Group on Non-Debt Creating Financial Flows,
1993-1995, Switzerland, Geneva.
(b) Government Nominee Director, Industrial Investment Bank of India (1993-1995),
Allahabad Bank (1996-1998), Corporation Bank (1999-2001), Bank of Maharashtra
(2002-2004), India.
(c)
Member, Indian Economic Service Assocation, Government of India.
(d)
Life Member, Indian Economic Association,
(e)
Life Member. Indian Association for Research on Income and Wealth,
(f)
Reviewer, Asia-Pacific Development Journal, UN-ESCAP, Bangkok,
(g)
Referee, African Journal on International Marketing Management.
8. Other Trainings [Indicate significant training since degrees under 6 were obtained]:
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
(g)
(h)
(i)
(j)

IMF Role for Mitigation of Financial Crisis, IMF, Washington, 5-7 Nov 2001.
Expert Group Meeting on Revised GFS, IMF, Washington, 5-9 February 2001.
Workshop on Contingent Liabilities, World Bank, Washington D.C., 9-11 Nov 2000.
Visits to Public Debt Offices of England and Ireland, 16-20 October 2000.
Management of contingent liabilities, Commonwealth Secretariat London, June 2000.
Workshop on Sovereign Debt, World Bank, Washington D.C., 28 Mar-4 April 2000.
Workshop on External Debt, IMF Regional Training Institute, Singapore, March 2000.
Forum on Sovereign Debt, World Bank, Washington D.C., 1-4 Nov. 1999.
Study Team on Economic Crisis, APC, Tokyo, 15-18 Dec 1998.
Regional Workshop on the Public Expenditure on Basic Social Services, jointly conducted
by UNDP and UNICEF at Bangkok, Thailand, 30 July-3 Aug 1998.
(k) Linking Planning with Budgeting, IMF Regional Training Institute, Singapore, Aug 1998.
(l) Workshop on Population Growth and Economic Development, jointly conducted by UNDP
and Harvard Institute at Dhaka, Bangladesh, 22-26 April 1998.

9. Countries of Work Experience: [List countries where expert worked in the last ten years]:
Country

Period

Bangladesh

Jan 2011-till date

Maldives

Dec 2010

The Gambia,
West Africa

Dec 2008- Nov 2010

(except for period stated
In the row below)

Nepal

Sep-Oct 2009,
Apr-May 2010
Uzbekistan
Sept 2008Nov 2008
UK, England 15 July-31 Aug 2008
Mongolia
1 June 20078 July 2008
Japan
15-31 Aug 2007
Thailand

Jan-Feb 2007
Oct 2006

Malaysia

Oct 2005
Oct 2004
March 2003
Oct 2002
Oct 2000
December 2006

Nepal
Cambodia
Laos PDR
India

May 2006
01-14 Feb 2006
15-28 Feb 2006
Mar 2006-May 2007

India

Mar 1989 to Jan 2006

Indonesia

Dec 2005

USA

Nov 2005
Feb 2002
Sept 2005
Jan 2005

Samoa
Senegal
Philippines

Nov 2003
Jan-Feb 2002

Designation and Major Task

Technical Expert (Integrating Planning with Budgeting and
MTBF), Multi-Donor funded Project on Deepening MTBF and
Strengthening Financial Accountability, Ministry of Finance.
Public Debt Adviser, ADB funded Project on Public Financial
Management, Ministry of Finance and Treasury, Male.
African Development Bank Macroeconomic Adviser (Macro-Fiscal
Modeling, Debt Sustainability Analysis, Advising Bank of Gambia on
monetary policy & Risk Management), Min of Finance & Eco. Affairs

ADB Macroeconomic Modeling Specialist & Team Leader (to

build monetary management model), Nepal Rashtra Bank.
World Bank Consultant (External Debt Management)
Commonwealth Sect. Consultant (Debt Sustainability Analysis)
ADB Strategic Planning Expert, Capacity Building Project on
Governance Reforms, MOF, Ulaanbaatar
UN-SIAP Resource Person for Inter-Governmental Training on
Official Economic Statistics
UN-ESCAP Consultant (Linkages of MDG with PRSP, NDP)
UN-ESCAP Consultant (Utilization of foreign exchange
reserves for infrastructure financing in Asia and Pacific)
UN-ESCAP Consultant (Economic Survey for Asia & Pacific)
UN-ESCAP Consultant (Social security and Provident Funds)
UN-ESCAP Consultant (Role of SMEs for Poverty Reduction)
UN-ESCAP Consultant (Globalisation and Industrialization)
UN-ESCAP Consultant (Economic and Financial Surveillance)
Consultant (Global Economic and Financial Analysis),
Malaysian Institute for Economic Research
UN-ESCAP Consultant (External Debt Management), MOF
UN-ESCAP Consultant (External Debt Management), MOF
UN-ESCAP Consultant (External Debt Management), MOF
Professor (Public policy and Research Methodology), Institute
for Integrated Learning in Management, New Delhi
Economic Adviser, Ministry of Finance, Govt. of India Advice on
Monetary and fiscal policies, Public Debt Management, Risk
Management, Setting up Middle Office on Public Debt)
UNITAR (UN Institute for Training & Research) Consultant
(Act and Legal System on External Debt Management).
UNDP Consultant (Financing international co-operation)
Member, IMF Expert Group (Government Finance Statistics)
UN-ESCAP Consultant (External Debt Management)
Global Development Network (GDN) Consultant ,
Bridging Research and Policy
ADB Country Reporter for Asian Development Outlook.
World Bank Consultant (Management of contingent liabilities)

10. Languages: [For each language indicate proficiency: good, fair, or poor in speaking,
reading, and writing]:
Languages
English
Hindi
Bengali

Speaking
Good
Good
Good

Reading
Good
Good
Good

Writing
Good
Good
Good

11. Employment Record [Starting with present position, list in reverse order every
employment held by expert since graduation, giving for each employment (see format here
below): dates of employment, name of employing organization, positions held.]:
From [Year]: __ To [Year]: ,
Employer:
, Positions held:
From/ To
Jan 2011 to
Till date
Dec 2010
Dec 2008-Nov
2010 (except
period in Nepal
Sept- Oct 2009,
April-May 2010
Sep-Nov 2009
16 July 200823 August 2008
1 June 20078 July 2008
Feb 2006May 2007
Mar 1989Jan 2006
Jan 1987Feb 1989
Oct 1984Dec 1986
Oct 1982Sep 1984
May 1978Sep 1982
Aug 1977May 1978
Sep 1974July 1977
July 1973Aug 1974
Nov 1971June 1973
June 1970Oct 1971

Employer
World Bank Public Financial Accountability Project,
Ministry of Finance, Government of Bangladesh, Dhaka.
ADB Capacity Building Project on Public Financial
Reforms, Min of Finance & Treasury, Maldives, Male
African Development Bank Institutional Support Project for
Econ. & Financial Governance, Min. of Finance and Econoic
Affairs, banjul, the Gambia, West Africa.
ADB Capacity Building Project on Macroeconomic
Management, Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB), Katmandu, Nepal.
World Bank Country Office at Uzbekistan, Tashkent,
Uzbekistan.
Commonwealth Secretariat, London, England.
ADB Capacity Building Project on Governance Reforms,
Ministry of Finance, Govt of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar.
Institute for Integrated Learning in Management (IILM),
New Delhi-110003, India.
Ministry of Finance, Government of India, New Delhi.
Planning Commission, Government of India, New Delhi.
Economic Research Unit, Ministry of Steel, Government of
India, New Delhi.
Bureau of Industrial Costs and Prices, Ministry of Industry,
Government of India, New Delhi.
UNDP Transport Policy Planning Project in India, New
Delhi.
Economic Division, Department of Economic Affairs,
Ministry of Finance, Government of India, New Delhi.
University of East Anglia, Norwich. England.
Economic Division, Department of Economic Affairs,
Ministry of Finance, Government of India, New Delhi.
Indian Economic Service, Department of Personnel and
Traning, Government of India, New Delhi.
Centre for Advanced Studies in Economics, Dept. of Econ,
Presidency College, Calcutta, India.

Position held
Technical Expert (Linking
Planning with Budgeting)
Public Debt Adviser
Macroeconomic Adviser
Macroeconomic Modeling
Specialist & Team Leader
Consultant (Public Debt
Management)
Consultant (Debt
Sustainability Analysis)
Strategic Planning Expert
Professor (Public Policy &
Research Methodology)
Economic Adviser (Monetary
& Fiscal policies, Public Debt
& External Debt Management)
Adviser (Modeling and Policy
Planning)
Chief Economist & Head of
Eco. Research Unit
Chief (Economic Division)
Deputy Adviser (Transport
Policy Planning)
Research Officer (Fiscal and
Monetary Policies)
Commonwealth Scholar and
Ph.D. Student
Research Officer (Fiscal and
Monetary Policies)
Assistant Director (On the job
Training)
Research Fellow (Poverty and
Inequality Analysis)

12. Detailed Tasks Assigned [List all tasks to be performed under this assignment]
Detailed Tasks

13. Work Undertaken that Best Illustrates Capability to Handle the Tasks Assigned
[Among the assignments in which the expert has been involved, indicate the following
information for those assignments that best illustrate the experts capability to handle the
tasks listed in line 11.]
Name of assignment or project:
Year:
Location:
Client:
Main project features:
Positions held:
Activities performed:

13. Work Undertaken that Best Illustrates Capability to Handle the Tasks Assigned
1. Name of assignment or project: Advice on Macro-Stabilization Policies and Debt Management
Year: March 1989 to January 2005
Location: New Delhi, India
Client: Ministry of Finance, Government of India
Main project features: Advice on fiscal-monetary-financial-external sector policies, money and
capital market developments, management of public debt, external debt and contingent liabilities, Debt
Sustainability Analysis, Sovereign Debt Modelling, risk management for public debt, providing training on
these subjects to officers in the government, nationalised banks and the central bank.
Positions held: Economic Adviser
Activities performed:
(i)
Provided advice on monetary-fiscal-financial and external sector related policies & delopments;
banking, financial sectors and capital market reforms, prudential norms and supervision, and
Indias negotions with the WTO on General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) to the

(ii)
(iii)

(iv)

(v)
(vi)
(vii)
(viii)
(ix)
(x)
(xi)
(xii)

(xiii)

Ministry of Finance (MOF) and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI);

Provided advice on management of external debt, domestic debt and contingent liabilities;
Acted as the Government Nominee Director in the Board of Directors of four Nationalized Banks
viz. Industrial Investment Bank of India (1993-1995), Allhabad Bank (1996-1998), Corporation
Bank (1999-2001) and Bank of Maharashtra (2003-2004); and was a Member of their Assets and
Liabilities Management Committee, Audit Committee, Risk Management and Prudential Norms
Committee, Management of Non-Perfformans Assets and Provisioning Committee.
Acted as a Member of various Committees in the RBI such as the Liquidity Assessment
Committe, Extert Group for Management of External Capital, Technical Group for policies on
Non-Resident Investments, Technical Group for Integrated Data Base Management for RBI, ICT
Developments for Commercial Banks, Center of Excellence for External Debt Management etc.
Acted as the Country Coordinator for the IMF Special Data Disssemination Standards (SDDS),
IMF Government Finance Statistics (GFS), World Bank Global Development Finance (GDF), and
the Commonwealth Secretariat Debt Recording and Management System (CS-DRMS);
Provided training on Monetary-Fiscal-Financial policies, Debt Sustainability Analysis;
benchmarks and Risk Management for debt and capital markets to government and bank officers;
Prepared chapters on Public Finance, Money and Capital Market Developments and Policies,
External Sector Developments in the Economic Survey presented evry year to the parliament.
Prepared Quarterly and Annual Reports on External Debt presented to the Parliament;
Provided assistance in organizing training, workshops and seminars on debt management;
Worked as Project Director during 2002-2004 for the External Debt Management Project funded
by the World Bank; organised five international workshops and published five Books on debt
managent comtaining papers and proceedings of the workshops;
Assisted in assessment and procurement IT hardware and software for debt management;
Worked as a Consultant for short period for the following international organizations:
IMF Consultant for finalization of GFS Manual 2001 (Feb 2002);
UN-ESCAP Consultant for Debt Management for Cambodia, Laos PDR, Nepal, Samoa;
UNITAR Consultant for external debt management in Indonesia (December 2005);
Global Development Network (Senegal), Bridging Research with Policy (Jan 2005);
World Bank Consultant for management of contingent liabilities in Philippines (Jan-Feb 2002);
Commonweralth Secretariat Consultant for contingent liability management;
Country Reporter for ADB for Asian Development Outlook (1990-1993, 2000, 2003) and
Country Reporter for UN-EESCAP Survey for the years (1990-2004).
Published many papers on monetary-fiscal-financial sectors (see Annex on publications).

2. Name of assignment or project: African Development Bank Institutional Support Project on

Economic and Financial Governance (AfDB-ISPEFG)
Year: November 2008 to November 2010
Location: Banjul, the Gambia
Client: Ministry of Finance, Government of the Gambia
Main project features: Advice on monetary-fiscal policies, and management of public debt and
external debt, development of money and capital markets to the Ministry of Finance and Monetary
Management Committee of the Central Bank of Gambia, including Liquidity Management, MacroFiscal Modelling, Debt Sustainability Analysis, Risk management for public debt,
Positions held: Macroeconomic Adviser
Activities performed:
(i) Capacity building of the officers in the Ministry of Finance, Planning Ministry, Central Bank of
the Gambia and the Gambia Bureau of Statistics on Macro-Fiscal Modeling including Public Debt
Management, Debt Sustainability Analysis, Risk Management, monetary fiscal policies, public
financial managementr reforms;
(ii) Monitoring global financial, fuel and food crisis during 2008-2010 and assessing their impacts on
the Gambian economy, money and capital markets, external debt setrvicing, debt management;
and assisting MOF for strengthening front, back and middle offices on debt management;
(iii) Provide assistance for strengthening capability of the Middle Office for determination of bench
marks on extent of debt, domestic debt to total debt ratio, interest rates;
(iv) Conduct training on public financial reforms, Debt Sustainability Analysis; Macro-Fiscal
Modelling, use of the Commonwealth Secretariat Debt Recording and Management System;
(v) Ppreparation of Monthly Economic Bulletins, and Quarterly and Anual Reports on state of the
Gambian economy including money and capital markets, fiscal situation, External Debt,
(vi) Preparation of the Annual Budget Strategy Paper for the government of the Gambia;
(vii) Monitor, report and coordinate fiscal, monetary and financial policies and reforms;
(viii) Provide assistance in organizing training, workshops on these subjects;
(ix) Advise Ministry of Finance and the Central Bank of the Gambia on issue of treasury bills, risk
management in financial sectors, banking sector reforms, prudential norms and supervision;
Preparation of the Memorandum on Economic and Financial Policies for IMF.
(x) Prepared Inception Report, Monthly, Quarterly and Annual Progress Reports for the Project; and a
Terminal Report indicating progress of works, constraints faced, lessons learnt, challenges ahead
and way forward;
(xi) Prepare special reports on economic reforms, development issues and challenges;
3. Name of assignment or project: Multi-Donor funded project on Deepening MTBF and
Strengthening Financial Accountability
Year: Since January 2011 till date
Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh
Client: Ministry of Finance, Government of the Bangladesh, Dhaka
Main project features: Advice on linkages among Medium Term Planning, Annual Budget and
Medium Term Budgeting Framework (MTBF)
Positions held: Technical Expert (Integrating Planning with Budgeting and MTBF)
Activities performed: Conducted surveys and diagnostic analysis of selected line ministries and the
Planning Commission on these subjects and prepared reports on Medium Term Strategic and Business
Planning (MTSBP) for Line Ministries/ Divisions, Annual Development Program (ADP),
Development Budget, and project appraisal and evaluation techniques and procedures.

4. Other related international consultancy works

Country (Funded by) Period
Designation and Scope of Consultancy
4.1 Maldives (Funded by the Asian
Development
Bank)
(December 2010)
4.2 Uzbekistan (Funded by World Bank)
Sep-Nov 2008

PWC India Ltd. Public Debt Management

Adviser, Asian Development Funded Project on
Public Financial Management, Ministryn of
Finance and Treasury, Male, Maldives
Consultant (Debt Sustainability Analysis),
World Bank Country Office at Uzbekistan,
Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
Scope of Consultancy: Debt sustainability
analysis and debt management strategy for
Uzbekistan.
Consultant (DSA for Gambia): External Debt
Sustainability Analysis for IMF, and training on
Macro-econometric forecasting, debt
management, and evaluation of MDGs and
Poverty Reduction and Growth Strategy.

4.3 Gambia (Funded by Commonwealth

Secretariat)
(17 July 2008 till 23 August)

4.4

4.4 Philippines (Funded by World Bank)

(Jan-Feb 2003)

Consultant to the World Bank

Management of contingent liabilities relating to
external debt and public debt, government
guarantees, Social security and social welfare
measures, insurance, provident and pension
funds.

4.4

4.5 Samoa (Funded by UN-ESCAP)

(Sept 2005)

4.5

4.6 Indonesia (Funded by UNITAR)

(Dec 2005)

Consultant to the UN-ESCAP, Bangkok,

Thailand, Legal, Institutional, Regulatory Set-up
and Policies for Management of External debt,
Public Debt and Medium Term Expenditure
Framework.
Consultant to the UNITAR, Geneva,
Switzerland
Legal, Institutional Set-up and Policies for
Management of External debt, Public Debt
and Medium Term Expenditure Framework; and
Resource person for the Multi-stakeholders
Consultation on the Public Debt Law.
Consultant to the UN-ESCAP, Bangkok,
Thailand
Legal, Institutional, Regulatory Set-up and
Policies for Management of External debt,
Public Debt and Medium Term Expenditure
Framework.
Consultant to the UN-ESCAP, Bangkok,
Thailand
Legal, Institutional, Regulatory Set-up and
Policies for Management of External debt,
Public Debt and Medium Term Expenditure
Framework.
Consultant to the UN-ESCAP, Bangkok, Thailand
Legal, Institutional, Regulatory Set-up and Policies
for Management of External debt, Public Debt
and Medium Term Expenditure Framework.

4.7 Cambodia (Funded by UN-ESCAP)

(1-15 Feb 2006)

4.8 Lao PDR (Funded by UN-ESCAP)

(16-28 Feb 2006)

4.9 Nepal (Funded by UN-ESCAP)

(May 2006)

4.10 Mongolia (funded by the ADB

(June 2007 to 07 July 2008)

4.11 Nepal (Funded by the Asian Development

Bank)
(15 August to 15 October 2009 and
April-May 2010)

ADB strategic Planning Expert, ADB Capacity

Building Project on Governance Reforms, Min.
of Finance, Govt of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar.
Scope of consultancy- strategic planning for
budget preparation, debt management,
attainment of targets under MDGs, PRSP]
Asian Development Bank Capacity Building
Project on Macroeconomic management,
Nepal, Nepal Rastra Bank, Kathmandu
Main project features: Preparation Strategic
Business Plan and Program Budgets for the
Line Ministries

14. Certification:
I, the undersigned, certify to the best of my knowledge and belief that
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This CV correctly describes my qualifications and my experience;

I am not employed by the Executing /Implementing Agency;
In the absence of medical incapacity, I will undertake this assignment for the
duration and in terms of the inputs specified for me in the Personnel Schedule in
Form TECH-7 provided team mobilization takes place within the validity of this
proposal or any agreed extension thereof;
I am committed to undertake the assignment within the validity of Proposal;
I am not part of the team who wrote the terms of reference for this consulting
services assignment;
I am not sanctioned (ineligible for engagement) by ADB.

I understand that any willful misstatement described herein may lead to my

disqualification or dismissal, if engaged.

13/ Jan/ 2012

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Full name of authorized representative: Not Applicable

This CV can be signed by a senior representative of the Consultant provided that if the Consultants
proposal is ranked first, a copy of the CV signed by the expert and/or specialist must be submitted to the
Client prior to the commencement of contract negotiations.

Annex-Major Publications of Tarun Das

1. Selected Papers on Monetary-Fiscal-Financial Policies
1.1

Reforms and liberalization of the financial sector in India- organizational structure, needs
and policy issues, pp.1-40, UN-ESCAP, Bangkok, 2001.
1.2 Financing International Cooperation behind National Borders- a Case Study for India, pp.146, Office of Development Studies, UNDP, New York. March 2006.
1.3 An assessment of the financial sector liberalization in India in the context of its
commitment to the WTO General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS), pp.1-50,
Ministry of Finance, New Delhi, June 2003
1.4 General Agreement on Trade in Services Implications for the Indian financial sector, pp.614, Bima Vidya, MDC, Mumbai, July 2003.
1.5 Official Economic statistics- Part-1 on Government Finance Statistics (GFS) and Balance of
Payments (BOP) Statistics, pp.1-70, UN-SIAP, Chiba, Japan, Aug 2007.
1.6 Official Economic statistics- Part-2 on Monetary and Financial statistics (MFS) and Multi
Factor Productivity Measures (MFP), UN-SIAP, Chiba, Japan, Aug 2007.
1.7 Management of External Debt- International Experiences and Best Practices, pp.1-46, No.9,
United Nations Institute for training and research (UNITAR), Geneva, 2006.
1.8 Governance of Public Debt- International Experiences and Best Practices, pp.1-44, Best
Practices series No.10, UNITAR, Geneva, 2006.
1.9 Management of Contingent Liabilities in Philippines- Policies, Processes, Legal Framework
and Institutions, pp.1-60, World Bank, Washington D.C., 2002.
1.10 Management of Public Debt in India, pp.85-110, in Accompanying Document to the
Guidelines for Public Debt Management, IMF, Washington, June 2002.
1.11 Sovereign Debt Management in India, pp.561-579, Sovereign Debt Management Forum:
Compilation of Presentations, World Bank, Washington, 2000.
1.12 Social security system in India needs and policy issues, pp.1-40, ESCAP, United
Nations, Bangkok, December 1999.
1.13 Fiscal Policies for Management of External Capital Flows, pp. 194-207, in Corporate
External Debt Management, edited by Jawahar Mulraj, CRISIL, Bombay, Dec 1999.
1.14 Financial Planning- Part-1: Methodology, pp.1-34, Part-2: Policies, pp.1-32, ADB Capacity
Building Projects on Governance Reforms, Mongolia, January 2008.
1.15 Accrual Accounting and Accrual Budgeting- Basic Concepts and Methodology, pp.1-43,
ADB Capacity Building Project on Governance Reforms, Ministry of Finance,
Government of Mongolia, Oct 2007.
1.10 Management of external debt in Indonesia- legal, institutional framework and policy issues,
pp.1-30, Ministry of Finance, Govt of Indonesia, Dec. 2005.
1.11 Off budget risks and their management, Chapter-3, Public Expenditure, and Financial
Management Review, Report No. 24256-PH, A Joint Document of The Govt of the
Philippines, World Bank and ADB, April 30, 2003.
1.12 External Sector Contingent Liability- a Case Study on India, with Raj Kumar, A. Bisen and
M.R. Nair, pp.1-123, Commonwealth Sect, London, Jan 2001.
1.13 East Asian Economic Crisis and Lessons for External Debt Management, pp.77-95, in
External Debt Management, ed. by A. Vasudevan, RBI, Mumbai, April 1999.
1.14 Management of external debt in India and lessons for developing countries, IMF
Singapore Regional Training Institute.
1.15 Macro-economic framework and forecasting and debt sustainability analysis for the
government of Gambia, pp.1-65, Commonwealth Secretariat, London, August 2008.
1.16 Interlinkages between development research, policy planning and outcome in the post
reforms period in India and analytical lessons for other developing countries, jointly with

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1.18
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1.26
1.27
1.28

Arvind Virmani, pp.1-115, NCAER, New Delhi and East Asian Bureau for Economic
Research (EABER), Australia, April 2008.
Interlinkages between UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), National
Development Plans and Poverty Reduction Growth Strategy - Selected Country
Experiences from ESCAP, Part-1, pp.1-84, Part-2, pp.1-78, ESCAP, United Nations,
Bangkok, October 2007.
Preparation of Strategic Business Plans- Structural Framework and Guidelines to Line
Ministries, pp.1-74, ADB Capacity Building Projects on Governance Reforms, MOF,
Mongolia, Sep 2007.
Role of Agro-based and Resource-Based SMEs for Export Promotion and Poverty
Alleviation in ESCAP countries, pp.1-126, UN ESCAP, Bangkok, January 2003.
Economic Reforms in India- Rationale, Scope, Progress and Unfinished Agenda, pp.1-80,
published by the Bank of Maharashtra, Planning Department, Pune, February 2003.
Impact of Pro-Market Reforms on the Poor in India- an Assessment and Lessons for Policy
Makers, pp.1-40, Global Development Network, June 2003.
Preparation of Indices for Services Production and Prices, jointly with A. Saha, R.
Dasgupta and R. Parmar, pp1-250, National Institute for Banking and Management,
Pune, India, Jan 2003.
Implications of Globalization on Industrial Diversification in Asia, pp.ix+1-86, UN
ESCAP, Bangkok, UN Publications Sales No.E.02.II.F.52, December 2001.
Role of private sector including privatisation in selected Asian countries and lessons for
Africa, pp.1-110, UN Economic Commission for Africa, Addis Abada, Ethiopia, Oct.
1998.
Foreign Investment- Technology Transfer- and Growth Nexus in Asian economies, pp.1158, ESCAP, United Nations, Bangkok, Oct 1997.
Policies and Strategies for Promoting Private Sectors Role in Industrial and Technological
Development in Asia, pp.1-171, ST/ESCAP/1696, UN, New York, 1996.
Macro-economic Framework and Foreign Investment in India, WG on Investment and
Financial Flows, pp.1-75, TD/B/WG.1/Misc.3/ Add.3, UNCTAD, Geneva, 1993.
Structural Reforms and Stabilization Policies in India Rationale and Medium Term
Outlook, pp.20-56, in Economic Liberalization and its Impact, edited by SP Gupta,
Macmillan India Limited, Delhi, 1993.

2. Management of External Debt, Public Debt and Contingent Liabilities

2.1 External Debt Management in Maldives- Policies, Strategies, Procedures and
Institutional Set Up- An Inception Report, pp.1-54, ADB Project on Public
Financial Reforms, Min of Finance and Treasury, Maldives, Male, Dec 2010.
2.2 External Debt Management in Uzbekistan- Policies, Strategies and Institutional Set
Up- pp.1-45, World Bank Country Office, Uzbekistan, Tashkent, Nov. 2008.
2.3 External Debt Sustainability for Gambia- Macroeconomic trends and policy issues,
pp.1-40, Commonwealth Secretariat, London, August 2008.
2.4 Management of external debt in Mongolia- legal, institutional framework and policy
issues, pp.1-35, ADB Capacity Building Project on Governance Reforms,
Ministry of Finance, Government of Mongolia, Dec 2007.
2.5 Management of External Debt- International Experiences and Best Practices, pp.146, Best Practices series No.9, UNITAR, Geneva, 2006.
2.6 Governance of Public Debt- International Experiences and Best Practices, pp.1-44,
Best Practices series No.10, UNITAR, Geneva, 2006.
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2.7 Management of external debt in Nepal- legal, institutional framework and policy
issues, pp.1-30, UN-ESCAP, Bangkok, May 2006.
2.8 Management of external debt in Cambodia- legal, institutional framework and
policy issues, pp.1-30, UN-ESCAP, Bangkok, Feb. 2006.
2.9 Management of external debt in Lao PDR- legal, institutional framework and policy
issues, pp.1-30, UN-ESCAP, Bangkok, Feb. 2006.
2.10 Management of external debt in Indonesia- legal, institutional framework and
policy issues, pp.1-30, Ministry of Finance, Govt of Indonesia, Dec. 2005.
2.11 Management of external debt in Samoa- legal, institutional framework and policy
issues, pp.1-30, UN-ESCAP, Bangkok, Sept 2005.
2.12 Off budget risks and their management, Chap-3, Public Expenditure and Financial
Management Review, Report No. 24256-PH, jointly by the Govt of Philippines,
World Bank and ADB, WB Philippines Country Office, April 30, 2003.
2.13 Management of Contingent Liabilities in Philippines- Policies, Processes, Legal
Framework and Institutions, pp.1-60, World Bank, Washington D.C., 2002.
2.14 Management of Public Debt in India, pp.85-110, in Accompanying Document to the
Guidelines for Public Debt Management, IMF, Washington, June 2002.
2.15 External Sector Contingent Liability- a Case Study on India, with Raj Kumar, A.
Bisen and M.R. Nair, pp.1-123, Commonwealth Sect, London, Jan 2001.
2.16 Sovereign Debt Management in India, pp.561-579, Sovereign Debt Management
Forum: Compilation of Presentations, World Bank, Washington, 2000.
2.17 East Asian Economic Crisis and Lessons for External Debt Management, pp.77-95,
in External Debt Management, ed. by A. Vasudevan, RBI, Mumbai, April 1999.
2.18 Fiscal Policies for Management of External Capital Flows, pp. 194-207, in
Corporate External Debt Management, edited by Jawahar Mulraj, CRISIL,
Bombay, Dec 1999
2.19 Management of external debt in India and lessons for developing countries, IMF
Singapore Regional Training Institute, Singapore, Sept 1998.
3. Macroeconomic Modeling and Economic Reforms
3.1 An Operational Macro-economic Model and a Dynamic Stochastic General
Equilibrium Model for Nepal- Model Structures, Data Base, Test and Calibration
Techniques, Part-1: 60 pages and Part-2: 65 pages, ADB Resident Office in
Kathmandu and Nepal Rastra Bank, Kathmandu, October 2009.
3.2 Macroeconomic Analysis, Modeling and Projections- An Inception Report, pp.157, African Development Bank (AfDB) Institutional Support Project on
Economic & Financial Governance (ISPEFG), Gambia, Banjul, 31 Jan 2009.
3.3 An Operational Consistent Macroeconomic Forecasting Model for Gambia- Basic
Concepts, Data Base, Calibration Techniques and Projections, pp.1-71, African
Development Bank ISPEFG, the Gambia, Banjul, 31 January 2009.
3.4 Trends and projections of sectoral GDP growth rates for the Gambia during 19982008-2013 and some policy issues, AfDB ISPEFG, pp.1-18, 28 Feb 2009.
3.5 Interlinkages between development research, policy planning and outcome in the
post reforms period in India and analytical lessons for other developing countries,

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jointly with Arvind Virmani, pp.1-115, NCAER, New Delhi and East Asian
Bureau for Economic Research (EABER), Australia, April 2008.
3.6 Identification of Core and Non-core Functions for the Government of Mongolia
and Exploring Public Private Partnership for supply of public goods and services,
pp.1-55, ADB-CBPGR, Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, February 2008.
3.7 Dynamics of Population Ageing: How India can Respond, pp.1-18, UN-ESCAP,
Bangkok, December 2004.
3.8 Role of services production and trade in Asia and Pacific- Problems and prospects,
pp.842-849, Proceedings of the Indian Economic Association Annual
Conference 2004, December 2004.
3.9 Economic Reforms in India- Rationale, Scope, Progress and Unfinished Agenda,
pp.1-80, Bank of Maharashtra, Planning Department, Pune, February 2003.
3.10 Preparation of Indices for Services Production, jointly with R. Dasgupta, pp.1-250,
National Institute for Banking and Management, Pune, India, Jan 2003.
3.11 Impact of reforms on productivity of the public sector enterprises in India, pp. 1-35,
Asian productivity Council, Tokyo, Sept 1994.
3.12 Implications of Globalization on Industrial Diversification in Asia, pp.ix+1-86, UN
ESCAP, Bangkok, UN Publications Sales No.E.02.II.F.52, December 2001.
3.13 Role of private sector including privatization in selected Asian countries and
lessons for Africa, pp.1-110, UN-ECA, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Oct. 1998.
3.14 Foreign Investment- Technology Transfer- and Growth Nexus in Asian economies,
pp.1-158, ESCAP, United Nations, Bangkok, Oct 1997.
3.15 Policies and Strategies for Promoting the Role of the Private Sector in Industrial
and Technological Development, including Privatization in South Asian Economies,
pp.1-171, ST/ESCAP/1696, UN, NY, 1996.
3.16 Macro-economic Framework and Foreign Investment in India, WG on Investment
and Financial Flows, pp.1-75, TD/B/WG.1/Misc.3/ Add.3, UNCTAD, 1993.
3.17 Structural Reforms and Stabilization Policies in India Rationale and Medium
Term Outlook, pp.20-56, in Economic Liberalization and its Impact, edited by SP
Gupta, Macmillan India Limited, Delhi, 1993.
3.18 Pricing, productivity and competitiveness of Indian Steel industry, pp.269-292, in
Indian Industrialization, ed. Arun Ghosh, Oxford University Press, Delhi, 1992.
3.19 Trends and projections of rail and road goods and passenger traffic in India,
pp.105-161, in Transport Planning and Development, ed. V Mahajan, Deep &
Deep, Delhi, 1991.
3.24 Multisectoral and multiregional transport model for India database and calibration
techniques, pp.391-403, Environment and Planning (London), 15-A, 1983.
3.25 Application of shift and share technique for forecasting regional and sectoral
growth in India in the Sixth Plan, pp.187-200, Indian Journal of Regional
Science, 13(2), 1981.
3.26 An economic evaluation of investment on roads and road transport in India, WP
No.18, pp.1-50, UNDP Transport Policy Planning Project, Planning
Commission, New Delhi, May 1980.

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4.3
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4.5
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4.7
4.8
4.9
4.10
4.11
4.12
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Interlinkages between UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), National

Development Plans and Poverty Reduction Growth Strategy - Selected Country
Experiences from ESCAP, Part-1, pp.1-84, Part-2, pp.1-78, ESCAP, United
Nations, Bangkok, October 2007.
Topics on Applied Econometrics- Income Distribution, Macro-Econometric
Modeling and Forecasting Techniques, Part-1, pp.1-210, and Part-2, pp.1-55,
Institute for Integrated Learning in Management, New Delhi, May 2007.
Economic and Social Cost Benefit Analysis and Project Review, pp.1-30, Training
Material prepared for the Ministry of Rural Development, India, Mar 2007.
Bridging research and policy- a case study of India, pp.14-15, Global
Development Network (GDN) Research Monitor. No.1, September 2006.
Impact of Pro-Market Reforms on the Poor in India- an Assessment and Lessons
for Policy Makers, pp.1-40, Global Development Network, June 2003.
Promoting resource-based export-oriented SMEs for poverty reduction and
employment generation in Asia and the Pacific, pp.33-76, Investment Promotion
and Enterprise Development Bulletin for Asia and the Pacific, ESCAP, United
Nations, Bangkok, Sept 2003.
Role of Agro-based and Resource-Based SMEs for Export Promotion and Poverty
Alleviation in ESCAP countries, pp.1-126, UN ESCAP, Bangkok, January 2003.
Poverty and inequality in IndiaTrends and policy issues, pp.1-30, UN-ESCAP,
Bangkok, Oct. 2002.
Poverty and Environment- How to break the vicious circle? Pp.39-46, Souvenir of
the Global Society for Protection of Human Rights, Delhi, Jan 2000.
UNDP Human Development Index Some Methodological Issues and Alternative
Measures, pp.1-30, UNDP, UN Plaza, New York, March 1993.
Inequality index with differences in inequality aversion for groups, Rivista
Internazionale di Scienze Economiche e Commercialli (Milan, Italy), 1983.
Decompositions of inequality measures and a comparative analysis, jointly with
Prof. A. Parikh, pp.23-48, Empirical Economics (Vienna, Austria), vol.7, 1982.
Statistical interpretation and decomposition of Atkinsons inequality index, jointly
with Prof. A. Parikh, pp.13-18, Rivista di Mathematica per le Scienze
Economiche e Socoali (Milan, Italy), 15(1), 1982.
Decompositions of inequality measures and a comparative analysis, jointly with
Prof. A. Parikh, pp.23-48, Empirical Economics (Vienna, Austria), vol.7, 1982.
Decompositions of Atkinsons measure of inequality, jointly with Prof. Ashok
Parikh, pp.171-178, Australian Economic Papers, vol.20 (36), June 1981.
Choice of demographic units in analyzing the size distribution on income, pp.2029, Journal of Income and Wealth, 3 (1), 1978.

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