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Tarun Das Up-to-date CV for Public Debt Management Specialist
TARUN DAS
CV for Public Debt Management Specialist
2A. Permanent Residential Address: 10/14 First Floor, East Patel Nagar, New Delhi-110008,
India. Telephone No.: (009111) 25884540 E-Mail Address: das.tarun@hotmail.com
2B. Current Position: AfDB Macroeconomic Specialist to the Ministry of Finance and
Economic Affairs, the Gambia; and ADB Macroeconomic Modeling Specialist to the Nepal
Rastra Bank (on intermittent basis)
3. Personal:
Nationality : Indian
Date of Birth : August 19, 1947.
Marital status : Married (Wife: Mitali Das, Son: Arpan Das)
4. (b) Other credentials: Life Member (i) Indian Economic Association and (ii) Indian
Association for Research on Income and Wealth. Reviewer/ Referee for the (i) Asia-Pacific
Development Journal International; (ii) International Journal of Library and Information Science;
(iii) African Journal of Marketing Management; and (iv) Indian Economic Journal;
5. Languages known: English, Bengali, Hindi- Excellent in speaking, writing and reading.
21 Oct 2009- till date AfDB Macroeconomic Adviser, Ministry of Finance, the Gambia.
15 Aug-15 Oct 2009 ADB Macroeconomic Modeling Specialist, NRB, Kathmandu.
20 Dec 2008-10 Aug 2009 AfDB Macroeconomic Adviser, Ministry of Finance, the Gambia.
1 Sep 2000–19 Dec 2008 World Bank Consultant (Debt Management) to Uzbekistan).
16 Jul 2008- 23 Aug 2008 Consultant (Debt Sustainability Analysis), Com-Sec., UK.
1 June 2007-8 Jul 2008 ADB Strategic Planning Expert, Ministry of Finance, Mongolia.
Feb 2006- May 2007 Professor (Public Policy), IILM, New Delhi-110003, India.
Mar 1989- Jan 2006 Economic Adviser, Ministry of Finance, Government of India.
Jan 1987- Feb 1989 Adviser (Modeling), Planning Commission, India.
Oct 1984- Dec 1986 Chief Economist, Joint Plant Committee, Ministry of Steel, India.
Oct 1982- Sep 1984 Chief (Eco. Division), Bureau of Industrial Costs & Prices, India.
May 1978- Sep 1982 Deputy Adviser, UNDP Transport Policy Planning Project in India.
Aug 1977- May 1978 Research Officer, Ministry of Finance, India.
Sep 1974-July 1977 Commonwealth Scholar, East Anglia University, England.
July 1973- Aug 1974 Research Officer, Ministry of Finance, India.
Nov 1971- June 1973 Assistant Director, Indian Economic Service.
June 1970- Oct 1971 Research Fellow (Econ), Presidency College, Calcutta, India.
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Tarun Das Up-to-date CV for Public Debt Management Specialist
6. (b) Specialisation and working experience: Management of Public Debt, External Debt and
Contingent Liabilities; Fiscal and Financial Policies; Governance Reforms; Medium Term Public
Expenditure Framework, Financial Planning and Forecasting; Strategic Planning and Macro-
econometric modelling; Poverty and Inequality; Millennium Development Goals (MDGs);
Poverty Reduction Growth Strategy; Performance Based Output Budgeting and Program
Budgeting; Performance Evaluation; Accrual Accounting; Benchmarks setting; Program
Assessment Rating Tool (PART); Transport Modelling and Regional Planning.
7. Other experiences:
(a) Worked as a Consultant to the Asian Development Bank, African Development Bank,
World Bank, IMF, ILO, Commonwealth Secretariat, UNCTAD, UNDP, UN-ECA,
ESCAP, UNITAR, UN-SIAP, Global Development Network.
(b) Worked as Consultant in Philippines, Cambodia, Ethiopia, Gambia, India, Indonesia,
Japan, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Mongolia, Nepal, Philippines, Samoa, Senegal, Singapore,
Switzerland, Thailand, UK and USA. Also visited Bangladesh, Belgium, China, France,
Germany, Morocco, Ireland, and U.A.E. to attend international conferences.
(c) Possesses diversity in skills in research, teaching, training, policy planning, modeling,
applied econometrics, official economic statistics and consultancy services.
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Annex-1:
Presentation of academic papers at International Conferences
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1.1 External Debt Sustainability for Gambia- Macroeconomic trends and policy issues,
pp.1-30, Commonwealth Secretariat, London, August 2008.
1.2 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.
1.3 Management of External Debt- International Experiences and Best Practices, pp.1-
46, Best Practices series No.9, United Nations Institute for training and research
(UNITAR), Geneva, 2006.
1.4 Governance of Public Debt- International Experiences and Best Practices, pp.1-44,
Best Practices series No.10, UNITAR, Geneva, 2006.
1.5 Management of external debt in Nepal- legal, institutional framework and policy
issues, pp.1-30, UNESCAP, Bangkok, May 2006.
1.6 Management of external debt in Cambodia- legal, institutional framework and
policy issues, pp.1-30, UNESCAP, Bangkok, Feb. 2006.
1.7 Management of external debt in Lao PDR- legal, institutional framework and policy
issues, pp.1-30, UNESCAP, Bangkok, Feb. 2006.
1.8 Financing International Cooperation behind National Borders- a Case Study for
India, pp.1-50, Office of Development Studies, UNDP, New York. March 2006.
1.9 Management of external debt in Indonesia- legal, institutional framework and policy
issues, pp.1-30, Ministry of Fi nance, Govt of Indonesia, Dec. 2005.
1.10 Management of external debt in Samoa- legal, institutional framework and policy
issues, pp.1-30, UNESCAP, Bangkok, Sept 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, World Bank Philippines Country
Office, April 30, 2003.
1.12 Prepayment of expensive external debt of India, Expert Group Report, pp.1-40,
Ministry of Finance, New Delhi, Sept 2002.
1.13 Management of Public Debt in India, pp.85-110, in Accompanying Document to the
Guidelines for Public Debt Management, IMF, Washington, June 2002.
1.14 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.
1.15 Sovereign Debt Management in India, pp.561-579, Sovereign Debt Management
Forum: Compilation of Presentations, World Bank, Washington, 2000.
1.16 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.
1.17 Fiscal Policies for Management of External Capital Flows, pp. 194-207, in
Corporate External Debt Management, edited by Jawahar Mulraj, CRISIL,
Bombay, Dec 1999
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1.18 Management of external debt in India and lessons for developing countries, IMF
Singapore Regional Training Institute, Singapore, Sept 1998.
2.1 Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART)- Basic Concepts, Methodology and
Applications for Mongolia, pp.1-50, ADB Capacity Building Project on
Governance Reforms, Ministry of Finance, Govt of Mongolia, July 2008.
2.2 An Introduction to Program Budgeting and Program Evaluation Review Technique
(PERT), pp.1-36, ADB Capacity Building Project on Governance Reforms,
Ministry of Finance, Government of Mongolia, June 2008
2.3 Budget Performance Evaluation- Methodology, Systems and Management, pp.1-
55, ADB Capacity Building Project on Governance Reforms, Ministry of
Finance, Government of Mongolia, May 2008.
2.4 Performance Based Budgeting- Methodology, Systems and Management, pp.1-55,
ADB Capacity Building Project on Governance Reforms, Ministry of Finance,
Government of Mongolia, March 2008.
2.5 Financial Planning- Part-1: Methodology, pp.1-34, Part-2: Policies, pp.1-32,ADB
Capacity Building Projects on Governance Reforms, Mongolia, January 2008.
2.6 Benchmarks Setting and Best Practices for Output Costing and Output Budgeting-
Part-1: Basic Concepts, pp.1-31, Part-2: Practical Applications for Mongolia, pp.1-
36, ADB Capacity Building Projects on Governance Reforms, Ministry of
Finance, Government of Mongolia, December 2007.
2.7 Strengthening Budget Preparation Information System (BPIS) in Mongolia- Basic
codes and chart of accounts for the general ledger, pp.1-100, ADB Capacity
Building Projects on Governance Reforms, Mongolia, November 2007.
2.8 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.
2.9 Output Costing and Output Budgeting – Basic Concepts and Methodology, pp.1-
51, ADB Capacity Building Project on Governance Reforms, Ministry of
Finance, Government of Mongolia, Sept 2007.
2.10 Official Economic statistics- Part-1 on Government Finance Statistics (GFS) and
Balance of Payments (BOP) Statistics, pp.1-70, UN Statistical Institute for Asia
and Pacific, Chiba, Japan, Aug 2007.
2.11 Official Economic statistics- Part-2 on Monetary and Financial statistics (MFS) and
Multi–Factor Productivity Measures (MFP), UN Statistical Institute for Asia and
Pacific, Chiba, Japan, Aug 2007.
2.12 Governance of Public Debt- International Experiences and Best Practices, pp.1-44,
Best Practices series No.10, UNITAR, Geneva, 2006.
2.13 Financing International Cooperation behind National Borders- a Case Study for
India, pp.1-46, Office of Development Studies, UNDP, New York. March 2006.
2.14 General Agreement on Trade in Services – Implications for the Indian financial
sector, pp.6-14, Bima Vidya, MDC, Mumbai, July 2003.
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2.15 An assessment of the financial sector liberalization in India in the context of its
commitment to the WTO, pp.1-50, Indian Council for Research on International
Economic Relations (ICRIER), New Delhi, June 2003.
2.16 Management of Contingent Liabilities in Philippines- Policies, Processes, Legal
Framework and Institutions, pp.1-60, World Bank, Washington D.C., 2002.
2.17 Management of Public Debt in India, pp.85-110, in Accompanying Document to
the Guidelines for Public Debt Management, IMF, Washington, June 2002.
2.18 Sovereign Debt Management in India, pp.561-579, Sovereign Debt Management
Forum: Compilation of Presentations, World Bank, Washington, 2000.
2.19 Reforms and liberalization of the financial sector in India- organizational structure,
needs and policy issues, pp.1-40, UN-ESCAP, Bangkok, 1995.
2.20 Social security system in India – needs and policy issues, pp.1-40, ESCAP, United
Nations, Bangkok, December 1999.
2.21 Fiscal Policies for Management of External Capital Flows, pp. 194-207, in
Corporate External Debt Management, edited by Jawahar Mulraj, CRISIL,
Bombay, Dec 1999.
2.22 Monitoring and Projecting Budget Deficits of the Government – A Technical Note,
Ministry of Finance, pp.1-21, August 1990.
3.1 Macro-economic forecasting and assessment of needs and financing gaps for
achieving MDGs and mobilizing external aid for Mongolia in the near and medium
term, pp.1-35, ADB Capacity Building Project on Governance Reforms,
Ministry of Finance, Mongolia, May 2008.
3.2 Interlinkages between development research, policy planning and outcome in the
post reforms period in India and analytical lessons for other developing countries,
jointly with Arvind Virmani, pp.1-115, NCAER, New Delhi and East Asian
Bureau for Economic Research (EABER), Australia, April 2008.
3.3 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 Capacity Building Project on Governance Reforms, MOF, Govt
of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, February 2008.
3.4 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.
3.5 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.
3.6 Topics on Applied Econometrics- Income Distribution and Forecasting Techniques,
Part-1, pp.1-210, and Part-2, pp.1-55, Institute for Integrated Learning in
Management, New Delhi, May 2007.
3.7 Public-Private Partnership for financing infrastructure in Asian economies- Scope,
Progress, Issues and Perspectives, pp.-1-30, UN-ESCAP, Bangkok, December
2005.
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3.8 Role of public policies and public institutions in market economy, pp.1-22, Centre
for Social Markets, Kolkata, 2005.
3.9 Dynamics of Population Ageing: How India can Respond, pp.1-18, UN-ESCAP,
Bangkok, December 2004.
3.10 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.
3.11 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.
3.12 Economic Reforms in India- Rationale, Scope, Progress and Unfinished Agenda,
pp.1-80, published by the Bank of Maharashtra, Planning Department, Pune,
February 2003.
3.13 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.
3.14 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.
3.15 Poverty and Environment- How to break the vicious circle? Pp.39-46, 1999-2000
Souvenir of the Global Society for Protection of Human Rights, New Delhi, Jan
2000.
3.16 Impact of reforms on productivity of the public sector enterprises in India, pp. 1-35,
Asian productivity Council, Tokyo, Sept 1994.
3.17 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.
3.18 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.
3.19 Foreign Investment- Technology Transfer- and Growth Nexus in Asian economies,
pp.1-158, ESCAP, United Nations, Bangkok, Oct 1997.
3.20 Policies and Strategies for Promoting Private Sector’s Role in Industrial and
Technological Development in Asia, pp.1-171, ST/ESCAP/1696, UN, New York,
1996.
3.21 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.
3.22 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.
3.23 Pricing, productivity and competitiveness of Indian Steel industry, pp.269-292, in
Indian Industrialization, edited by Dr. Arun Ghosh, Oxford University Press,
Delhi, 1992.
3.24 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.
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3.25 A multisectoral and multiregional transport model for India – database and
calibration techniques, pp.391-403, Environment and Planning (London), 15-A,
1983.
3.26 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.
3.27 An economic evaluation of investment on roads and road transport in India,
Planning Commission, New Delhi, WP No.18, pp.1-50, May 1980.
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