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1. Post Applied For: Country Program and Strategy Evaluation Specialist (50092-001)
5. Education:
Ph.D. (Poverty and Inequality Analysis), University of East Anglia, England, 1977
MA (Economics), First Class, Presidency College, Calcutta University, 1969
BA Hons. (Economics), First Class, Presidency College, Calcutta University, 1967
9. Languages: [For each indicate proficiency: good, fair, or poor in speaking, reading and
writing]:
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Prepared Guide Book and conducted capacity building workshops for multi-stakeholders on
Project Appraisal and Economic-Financial Cost-Benefit-Analysis (CBA) in India, Bangladesh,
Dubai, Laos, Gambia and Mongolia. Worked as Professor (Economics) teaching public policies,
research methodology, project appraisal and CBA techniques to MBA students in IILM, India.
Hold Ph.D. in Economics as Commonwealth Scholar from the East Anglia University, UK.
Possess diversity in skills in research, teaching, training, modeling and policy planning.
Worked as Consultant to ADB, AfDB, COMSEC, World Bank, IMF, UN-ESCAP, UNCTAD,
UNDP, UNECA, UNITAR and UNSIAP in 26 countries viz. Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan,
Cambodia, CAREC Countries, China, Ethiopia, Gambia, India, Indonesia, Japan, Laos,
Maldives, Malaysia, Mongolia, Nepal, Philippines, Samoa, Senegal, Singapore, Sri Lanka,
Switzerland, Thailand, UK, USA, UEA, Uzbekistan.
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.]:
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July 1973 to Department of Economic Affairs, Research Officer (Public Finance and Fiscal
April 1978 Ministry of Finance, Govt of India, New and Monetary Policy)
Delhi. (With study leave for doing Ph.D. in Economics
at the University of East Anglia, England. UK,
during September 1974 to July 1877)
Nov 1971 to Indian Economic Service, Department Assistant Director (On-the-job training on
June 1973 of Personnel &Training, Govt of India, Project Appraisal techniques, Public Finance,
Delhi and Applied econometrics)
June 1970 Center of Advanced studies for Research Fellow (Decompositions of Poverty
to Oct 1971 Economics, Presidency College, and Inequality Measures)
Calcutta, India.
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Feb 2002 International Monetary Fund (IMF), Member, IMF Expert Group (Government
USA, Washington Finance Statistics Manual 2001)
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Scope of Work
An international consultant and a national consultant will be recruited to assist the evaluation team in the
preparation of the evaluation approach paper and the CAPE.
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13. Work Undertaken that Best Illustrates Capability to Handle the Tasks Assigned
[Among the assignments in which the expert was involved, indicate the following information for those
assignments that best illustrate the expert’s capability to handle the tasks listed under 12.]
13-A. Name of assignment or project: ADB Project: Contract No.133436-S93479 TA-7997 REG:
Strengthening Knowledge-Driven Development in South Asia-Research Specialist (Transport Sector
Assessment Specialist) (45282-001).
Year: 27 March 2017 to 30 June 2017
Location: Colombo, Sri Lanka and Delhi, India
Client: ADB
Main Project Features: Financial, Economic, Social, Technological and Environmenal Sustainability
Analysis of Transport Sector Development in Sri Lanka
Position Held: Research Specialist (Transport Sector Assessment Specialist)
Activities Performed: Prepared comhrehensive report on transport sector assessment for Sri Lanka
i.e. Financial-Economic-Social-Technological-Environmental Sustainability Analysis for various
modes of transport (Roads, Rail, Air, Ports, Coastal Shipping and Water)
13-B. Name of assignment or project: World Bank Financed Project on Improving Hydropower
Independent Power Producers (IPP) Process; Concession Agreement Management and Monitoring
and the Implementation of Policy on Sustainable Hydropower Development (Project ID: P148755,
Contract # C2bcd-CS04)
Year: December 2016 to January 2017
Location: Vientiane
Client: World Bank and Ministry of Energy, Government of Laos PDR through PWC India Pvt. LTd.
Main Project Features: Financial, Economic and Social Cost Benefit Analysis of Hydropower Projects
Position Held: Financial and Economic Assessment Expert
Activities Performed: Conducted capacity building Workshops on project appraisal and economic,
financial and social cost benefit anaysis of hydropower projects at the National University of Laos.
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13-C. Name of assignment or project: ADB TA-9005 BHU: South Asia Subregional Economic
Cooperation Green Power Investment Program (48489-001), Contract No.: 124786-S52800
Year: September 2016 to November 2016
Location: Thimpu, Bhutan
Client: ADB and Ministry of Finance, Government of Bhutan through PWC India Pvt. Ltd.
Main Project Features: Financial-Economic CBA of Hydropower Projects, Public Debt Management
for Bhutan
Position Held: Public Resource Management Specialist
Activities Performed:
Made Financial-Economic Cost Benefit Analysis of Hydro Power Projects for Bhutan;
Macro-economic Forecasting of major macro-economic–fiscal variables for Bhutan,
Made public debt and external debt sustainability analysis for Bhutan for financing the development
of ongoing and proposed hydropower projects in Bhutan in collaboration with the government of
India and external debt from other sources
13-D. Name of assignment or project: Public Financial Management and Governance Reforms
Year / Location/ Client: April 2015, and Nov 2015-June 2016, Multi-Country (India and CAREC
Countries) ADB Funded Project on Central Asia Regional Economic Co-operation, through PWC
India Limited,
Main project features: Financial-Economic CBA of Power Projects in CAREC Countries and Public
Financial Management Reforms
Positions held: ADB Public Financial Management and Governance Reforms Expert
Activities Performed:
Conducted Economic-Financial Cost Benefit Analysis of Power projects in CAREC Countries,
Prepared Medium Term Macroeconomic Forecasting and Medium Term Fiscal Framework for
assessment of Macroeconomic Stability, Fiscal Viability and Debt Sustainability Analysis for CAREC
(Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation) Countries (viz. Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, China,
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Mongolia, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan)
13-E. Name of assignment or project: Macro-Fiscal Policy and Macro-economic and Revenue
Forecasting
Year / Location/ Client: May 2015 to Oct 2015, Dubai, UAE
Ministry of Finance, Government of Dubai, Dubai
Main project features: Public Financial Management Reforms
Positions held: Macro-Fiscal Policy and Macro-Economic Forecasting Expert
Activities Performed:
Prepared methodologies for project appraisal and cost benefit analysis of projects/ programs,
Prepared Medium Term Fiscal Framework and Medium Term Budget, Made Macro-economic and
Revenue Forecasting, Formulated revenue mobilisation policies, prepared medium term macro-
economic framework and fiscal policy papers, conducted capacity development training and multi-
stakeholders workshops on these subjects.
13-F. Name of assignment or project: World Bank Administered and Multi Donor (DFID, EU,
Netherlands) Funded Project on Deepening Medium Term Budgeting Framework (MTBF) and
Strengthening Financial Accountability
Year / Location: Jan 2011 to June 2014, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Client: Ministry of Finance, and Planning Commission, Government of Bangladesh.
Main project features; Project Appraisal and Economic and Financial Cost Benefit Analysis, Medium
Term Strategic Planning and Budgeting, result-Based M&E, Macroeconomic and Fiscal Modelling
and forecasting, Public Debt Management and Policy.
Positions held:
Technical Adviser (Project Appraisal, CBA, Result Based M&E, Medium Term Strategic Planning and
Budgeting, Macroeconomic Forecasting, Management of Public Debt and Policy)
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13-J Name of assignment or project: UNDP Transport Policy Planning for India
Year / Location/ Client: January 1987-Feb 1989, New Delhi, India
Planning Commission, Govt of India
Main project features: Project Appraisal and Financial Economic Cost Benefit Analysis, Medium
Term Strategic and Investment Planning for the Transport Sector
Positions held: Adviser (Transport Modelling and Policy Planning)
Activities Performed: Conducted project appraisal and cost benefit analysis; and prepared medium
term strategic and investment plan for transport sector
13-K Name of assignment or project: Project Appraisal and Economic Financial CBA
Year / Location/ Client: October 1984-December 1986, New Delhi, India
Economic Research Unit. Ministry of Steel and Mines, Govt of India
Main project features: Project Appraisal and Financial Economic Cost Benefit Analysis
Positions held: Chief Economist (Economic Research Unit)
Activities Performed:
Conducted project appraisal and Financial-Economic cost benefit analysis of projects/ programs for
the minerals and iron and steel products financed by the Steel Development Fund
13-L Name of assignment or project: Project Appraisal and Economic Financial CBA
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Dec 2010 ADB Program on Strengthening Institutional Public Debt Management Specialist
Capacity for Macroeconomic Management,
Ministry of Finance and Treasury, Maldives,
Sept 2008- World Bank Resident Office and Minstry of World Bank Consultant (External Debt
Nov 2008 Finance, Uzbekistan, Tashkent Management)
15 July to Commonwealth Secretariat, Advisory COMSEC Consultant (Debt Sustainability
Aug 2008 Services on Debt Management, England Modeling and Analysis)
Aug 2007 United Nations Statistical Institute for Asia Resource Person for Inter-Govt. Training
and Pacific (UN-SIAP), Japan, Chiba on Govt. Finance Statistic
May 2006 UNESCAP Program on Debt Management, UN-ESCAP Consultant (External Debt
Minmistry of Finance, Nepal, Kathmandu Management)
Feb 2006 UNESCAP Program on Debt Management, UN-ESCAP Consultant (External Debt
Ministry of Finance, Laos PDR,Viantiane, Management)
and Govt. Of Cambodia, at Phnom Penh
Dec 2005 UNITAR Program on Public Law and Legal UNITAR Consultant (Law, Regulation and
System for debt Management, MOF, Govt. Legal System for Debt Management)
of Indonesia, Jakarta
Nov 2005 Office of Development Studies, UNDP, UN UNDP Consultant (Financing International
Plaza, New York, USA Co-operation Behind National Borders)
Sept 2005 UNESCAP Program on Debt Management, UN-ESCAP Consultant (External Debt
Ministry of Finance, Govt. of Samoa, Apia Management)
Oct 2004 UN-ESCAP, Thailand, Bangkok Consultant (Social Security and Provident
Funds in ESCAP Economies)
Jan-March World Bank Resident Office and Ministry of World Bank Consultant (Management of
2003 Finance, Govt. Of Philippines, Manila contingent liabilities of the government)
Feb 2002 International Monetary Fund (IMF), USA, Member, IMF Expert Group (Government
Washington Finance Statistics Manual 2001)
July 1993. UNCTAD, Switzerland, Geneva, and Member, UNCTAD Ad-hoc Working Group
July 1994. UNCTAD, UN, New York, USA. on Non-Debt Creating Financial Flows
14. Certification: I, the undersigned, certify to the best of my knowledge and belief−
(i) this CV correctly describes my qualifications and my experience;
(ii) I understand that any willful misstatement described herein may lead to disqualification or
dismissal, and/or any other disciplinary action being taken by the donor.
Signature of expert:
Date:
07 January 2018
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ANNEX
Major Publications of Dr. Tarun Kanti Das on
Development Planning and Strategic Planning
Most of the Publications are accessible in: www.scribd.com/tarundas/
4.1 Medium Term Strategic Business Plan and Budget for Agriculture in Bangladesh (Draft for
Discussion), pp.1-80, World Bank Administered and Multi-Donor (EU/DFID) Funded
Project on DMTBF, Ministry of Finance, Bangladesh, Dhaka, May 2012.
4.2 An Operational Guide for the preparation of a Medium Term Strategic Business Plan and
Budget for Line Ministries in Bangladesh, pp.1-71, World Bank Administered and Multi-
Donor (EU/DFID) Funded Project on DMTBF, Ministry of Finance, Bangladesh, Dhaka,
February 2012.
4.3 Budget Strategy and Policy Framework Paper, pp.1-39, AfDB-ISPEFG, MOFEA, the
Gambia, Banjul, July 2010.
4.4 An Operational Macro-economic 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, Oct 2009.
4.5 Macroeconomic Analysis, Modelling and Projections- An Inception Report, pp.1-57,
African Development Bank (AfDB) Institutional Support Project on Economic &
Financial Governance (ISPEFG), Gambia, Banjul, 31 Jan 2009.
4.6 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.
4.7 Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART) - Basic Concepts, Methodology and Applications
for Mongolia, pp.1-50, ADB Capacity Building Project on Governance Reforms (ADB-
CBPGR), Ministry of Finance (MOF), Govt of Mongolia, July 2008.
4.8 Manual on Medium Term Budget Preparation and Procedures for Line Ministries, pp.1-34,
ADB-CBPGR, MOF, Mongolia, Feb 2008.
4.9 Strategic Plans and Program Budgets for 3 Pilot Ministries in Mongolia- Ministry of
Education, Culture and Science; Ministry of Food and Agriculture; and Ministry of Social
Welfare and labour, pp.1-94, ADB-CBPGR, MOF, Mongolia, January 2008.
4.10 Official Economic statistics- Part-1 on Government Finance Statistics (GFS) and Balance
of Payments (BOP) Statistics, Part-2 on Monetary and Financial statistics (MFS) and Multi–
Factor Productivity Measures (MFP), pp.1-70, UN Statistical Institute for Asia and
Pacific, Chiba, Japan, Aug 2007.
4.11 Economic Reforms in India- Rationale, Scope, Progress and Unfinished Agenda, pp.1-80,
Bank of Maharashtra, Pune, Feb 2003.
4.12 Role of private sector including privatization in selected Asian countries and lessons for
Africa, pp.1-110, UN-ECA, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Oct. 1998.
4.13 Foreign Investment- Technology Transfer- and Growth Nexus in Asian economies, pp.1-
158, UN-ESCAP, Bangkok, Oct 1997.
4.14 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.
4.15 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.
2.1 Inter-linkages between development research and policy planning in India- analytical
lessons for other developing countries, jointly with Arvind Virmani, pp.1-115, East Asian
Bureau for Economic Research (EABER), Australia, April 2008.
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3.11 Off budget risks and their management, Part-2, 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.
3.12 Management of Contingent Liabilities in Philippines- Policies, Processes, Legal Framework
and Institutions, pp.1-60, World Bank, Washington D.C., 2002.
3.13 Prepayment of expensive external debt of India, Expert Group Report, pp.1-40, Ministry of
Finance, New Delhi, Sept 2002.
3.14 Management of Public Debt in India, pp.85-110, in Accompanying Document to the
Guidelines for Public Debt Management, IMF, Washington, June 2002.
3.15 Sovereign Debt Management in India, pp.561-579, Sovereign Debt Management Forum:
Compilation of Presentations, World Bank, Washington, 2000.
3.16 External Sector Contingent Liability- a Case Study on India, Tarun Das, Raj Kumar, A. Bisen
and M.R. Nair, pp.1-123, Commonwealth Sect, London, Jan 2001.
3.17 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.
3.18 Fiscal Policies for Management of External Capital Flows, pp. 194-207, in Corporate
External Debt Management, edited by Jawahar Mulraj, CRISIL, Bombay, Dec 1999
3.19 Management of external debt in India and lessons for developing countries, IMF Singapore
Regional Training Institute, Singapore, Sept 1998.
3.20 Macro-economic Framework and Non-Debt Creating Financial Flows to India, prepared for
the Working Group on Non-Debt Creating Financial Flows, pp.1-75, TD/B/WG.1/Misc.3/
Add.3, UNCTAD, Geneva, Switzerland, 1993.
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