CV OF TARUN KANTI DAS FOR COUNTRY PROGRAM AND STRATEGIC PLANNING EVALUATION EXPERT

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1. Post Applied For: Country Program and Strategy Evaluation Specialist (50092-001)

2. Name of Expert: Tarun Kanti Das

3. Permanent Residential Address:

10/14 First Floor, East Patel Nagar, New Delhi-110008. India.
Tel No.: (91-11) 25884540 Mobile: (+91) 9818024569 Skype: tarun.das1947
E-Mail Address: das.tarun@hotmail.com

4. Personal: Date of Birth: 19 August 1947 Citizenship: Indian

Marital Status: Married (Family includes wife and one son)

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

6. Membership in Professional Associations:

(a) Life Member, Indian Economic Assocation,
(b) Member. Indian Econometric Assocation,
(c) Life Member. Indian Association for Research on Income and Wealth,
(d) Life Member. Indian Econometric Society

7. Other Trainings and Qualifications:

(a) Received training and very efficient in working with MSWORD, MS-EXCEL, MS-
POWER POINT, SPSS, XLSTAT, REGRESSIT and EVIEWS for Econometric Analysis.

8. Countries of Work Experience: [List countries where expert has worked]:

Worked as Macroeconomist with focus on Economic Analysis in Bangladesh, Bhutan,
Cambodia, CAREC Countries, China, Dubai (UAE), Ethiopia, the Gambia, India, Indonesia,
Japan, Laos PDR, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Nepal, Philippines, Samoa, Senegal, Sri
Lanka, Switzerland, Thailand, UK, USA and Uzbekistan.

9. Languages: [For each indicate proficiency: good, fair, or poor in speaking, reading and
writing]:

Languages Speaking Reading Writing

English Good Good Good
Hindi Good Good Good
Bengali Good Good Good

10. Key qualifications:

I have 40 years experience as Macroeconomist in Government Ministries in many countries in
Asia, Africa, EU and USA with expertise in:
a) Sector Assistance Program Evaluation,
b) Project Appraisal and Economic-Financial-Cost-Benefit Analysis,
c) Result-Based Monitoring-and-Evaluation of policies and programs,
d) Public Financial Management (PFM) and Economic Reforms,
e) Management of Public and External Debt,
f) Medium Term Strategic Planning/Budgeting for many sectors,
g) Macro-Fiscal modelling and macroeconomic forecasting..

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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.

Have various publications on Project Appraisal and Economic-Financial Cost-Benefit-

Analysis, Result Based Minitoring and Evaluation, Macro-Fiscal Forecasting, Medium Term
Strategic Planning and Budgeting, PFM reforms, and management of public and external debt.

Given these experiences I consider myself as an outstanding candidate for the

assignment.

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.]:

Period Employng Organization Position Held (Major Taasks)

(From To)
27 March ADB, South Asia Department, Manila,
2017 to 30 Philippine
June 2017
Dec 2016 to World Bank Funded Project on
Jan 2017 Financial, Economic and Social Cost
Beneft Analsis of Hydropower Proects
in Laos PDR through PWC India Ltd.
Sep 2016 to ADB Funded Project on Sub-Regional
Nov 2016 Road Map fo Bhutan Power Sector
Developmnent through PWC India Ltd.
April 2015, ADB funded project on Power Sector
Nov 2015 to Road Map for CAREC Countries
June 2016 through PWC India Limited
May 2015 to Ministry of Finance, Government of
Oct 2015 Dubai, Dubai, UAE
January World Bank Administered and Multi-
2011 to June Donor (DFID, EU, Netherlands,
2014 Canada) Funded Project on MTBF and
Strengthening Financial Accountability,
Min of Finance & Planning Commission,
Govt. of Bangladesh, Dhaka.
Research Specialist (Economic Assessment for
Transport Sector in Sri Lanka)
Resource Person for capacity building for
project appraisal and Financial and Economic
Cost Benefit Analsis of Hydropower Proects in
Laos PDR
Public Resource Manageent Expert (Cost
Benefit Analysis of Hydropower Projects and
Public and External Debt Sustainability
Analysis for Bhutan)
Public Finance Expert (Financial and Economic
Assessment of Power Projects and Fiscal and
Debt Sustainability Analysis)
Macro-Fiscal Policy Adviser (Project Appraisal,
Macro-Fiscal Policy Framework, Revenue
Forecasting)
Technical Adviser (Project Appraisal and
Econmic-Financial Cost-Benefit Analysis,
Result Based M&E, Medium Term Planning
and Budgeting for selected sectors, Public
Debt Management and Policy)

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Period Employng Organization Position Held (Major Taasks)

(From To)
Dec 2008 to African Development Bank Institutional Macroeconomic Adviser (Project Appraisal and
Nov 2010 Support Project on Financial and Econmic-Financial CBA, Macro Economic
(Intermittent Economic Reforms, Ministry of Finance Modeling, Medium Term Planning and
for 20 and Economic Affairs, The Gambia, Budgeting for selected sectors, Public Debt
months) Banjul, Africa. Management.
Sep-Oct ADB Program on Macroeconomic ADB Macroeconomic Modeling Specialist &
2009 and Management, Nepal Rastra Bank and Team Leader (Upgrading Nepal Macro-
Apr-May ADB Nepal Resident Office, Nepal, economic Model for Medium Term Planning,
2010 Kathmandu. Budgeting and Policy Formulation)

01 June ADB Capacity Building Project on ADB Strategic Planning Expert

2007 to Governance Reforms, Ministry of (Project Appraisal and Economic-Financial
08 July 2008 Finance, Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar CBA, Financial Planing, Medium Term
Strategic Planning and Budgeting for selected
sectors, )
Mar 2006 to Institute for Integrated Lerarning for Professor (Project Appraisal & Economic-
May 2007 Management (IILM), New Delhi, India Financial CBA, Public Policy, Research
Methodology,)
Mar 1989 to Ministry of Finance, Government of Economic Adviser (Project Appraisal and
Jan 2006 India, New Delhi Economic-Financial CBA, Macro-Economic
Forecasting and Budgeting, Medium Term
Fiscal Policy and Budget Framework, Public
and External Debt Management)
Jan 1987 to Planning Commission, Govt. of India, Adviser (Transport Modelling and Policy
Feb 1989 New Delhi. Planning), (Project Appraisal and CBA for
transport projects)
Oct 1984 to Ministry of Steel and Mines, Govt. of Chief Economist and Head of the Economic
Dec 1986 India, New Delhi. Research Unit (Project Appraisal and CBA for
projects on minerals and iron and steel
products)
Oct 1982 to Bureau of Industrial Costs and Prices, Chief (Economic Division)
Sep 1984 Ministry of Industry, Govt. of India, New (Project Appraisal, CBA, and Pricing of goods
Delhi. and services under govt control & administered
pricing)
May 1978 to UNDP Transport Policy Planning Deputy Adviser (Transport Modelling and
Sep 1982 Project, Planning Commission, Govt of Policy Planning) (Project Appraisal and CBA for
India, Delhi. transport projects)

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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Period Employng Organization Position Held (Major Taasks)

(From To)

Short Term External Consultancies

Dec 2010 ADB Program on Strengthening Public Debt Management Specialist

Institutional Capacity for
Macroeconomic Management, Ministry
of Finance and Treasury, Govt. Of
Maldives, Male
Sept 2008- World Bank Resident Office and Minstry
Nov 2008 of Finance, Uzbekistan, Tashkent
15 July to Commonwealth Secretariat, Special
31 Aug 2008 Advisory Services on Debt
Management, UK, England
Oct 2007 UN-ESCAP, Thailand, Bangkok
Aug 2007 United Nations Statistical Institute for
Asia and Pacific (UN-SIAP), Japan,
Chiba
December Malaysian Institute for Economic
2006 Research (MIER)Malaysia, Kula
Lumpur
Oct 2006 UN-ESCAP, Thailand, Bangkok
May 2006 UNESCAP Program on Debt
Management, Minmistry of Finance,
Nepal, Kathmandu
15-28 Feb UNESCAP Program on Debt
2006 Management,
Ministry of Finance, Laos
PDR,Viantiane
01 – 14 Feb UNESCAP Program on Debt
2006 Management, Ministry of Finance, Govt.
Of Cambodia, Phnom Penh
Dec 2005 UNITAR Program on Public Law and
Legal System for debt Management,
MOF, Govt. of Indonesia, Jakarta
Nov 2005 Office of Development Studies, UNDP,
UN Plaza, New York, USA
Sept 2005 UNESCAP Debt Management Project,
MOF, Govt. of Samoa, Apia
Oct 2004 UN-ESCAP, Thailand, Bangkok
Oct 2003 UN-ESCAP, Thailand, Bangkok
Jan-March World Bank Resident Office and
2003 Ministry of Finance, Govt. Of
Philippines, Manila
World Bank Consultant (External Debt
Management)
COMSEC Consultant (Debt Sustainability
Modeling and Analysis)
Consultant (Interlinkages of MDG with PRSP
Reports and National Development Plans)
Resource Person for Inter-Govt. Training on
BOP, Govt. Finance, Monetary and Financial
Statistics
Consultant (Role of Mergers and Acquisitions
for FDI)
Consultant (Infrastructure Financing in ESCAP
Economies)
UN-ESCAP Consultant (Medium Term Macro-
Economic framework and External Debt
Management)
UN-ESCAP Consultant (Medium Term Macro-
Economic framework and External Debt
Management)
UN-ESCAP Consultant (Medium Term Macro-
Economic framework and External Debt
Management)
UNITAR Consultant (Law, Regulation and
Legal System for Debt Management)
UNDP Consultant (Financing International Co-
operation Behind National Borders)
UN-ESCAP Consultant (Medium Term Macro-
Economic framework and External Debt
Management)
Consultant (Social Security and Provident
Funds in ESCAP)
Consultant (Role of Resource Based SMEs for
Poverty Reduction and Export Promotion in
ESCAP)
World Bank Consultant (Management of
contingent liabilities of the government)

Feb 2002 International Monetary Fund (IMF), Member, IMF Expert Group (Government
USA, Washington Finance Statistics Manual 2001)

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Period Employng Organization Position Held (Major Taasks)

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Sept-Nov UN Economic Commission for Africa Consultant (Role of Private Sector &
1998 (UN-ECA), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Privatization in Africa)

Sep-Nov UN-ESCAP, Bangkok. Consultant (Nexus among FDI, Growth and

1997 Technology Transfer in ESCAP Economies),
Sep-Oct UN-ESCAP, Bangkok, Thailand. Consultant (Role of Private Sector and
1995 Privatization in Asia)
May 1995 China Internl Centre for Eco and UN-ESCAP Consultant (Role of FDI for
Technical Exchanges Industrialization &Technology Transfer)
July 1993 UNCTAD, Switzerland, Geneva, and Member, UNCTAD Ad-hoc Working Group on
and Non-Debt Creating Financial Flows
July 1994. UNCTAD, UN, New York, USA.
July 1995
March 1993 UNDP, UN-Plaza, New York, USA. Consultant (Human Development Index),
For 2 weeks ADB, Manila, Philippines ADB Consultant as Country Reporter for India
every year in for preparation of the Asian Development
1990-95 Outlook
For 2 weeks UN-ESCAP, Thailand, Bangkok UN-ESCAP Consultant as Country Reporter for
every year in India to prepare the ESCAP Annual Economic
1991-2005 & Social Survey
12. Detailed Professional Experiences required for the Assignment:

Objective and Purpose of the Assignment

The Independent Evaluation Department (IED) is conducting a country assistance program evaluation (CAPE)
for Azerbaijan. The purpose of the CAPE is to provide the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) Board of Directors and
Management with an independent assessment of past operational performance in Azerbaijan. This information will
provide an input to the design of the subsequent country partnership strategy (CPS). The CAPE will (i) provide an
independent assessment and rating of the performance of ADB’s country programs and identify factors affecting
performance, and (ii) draw forward-looking lessons and make recommendations for the next CPS of Azerbaijan.

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.

Detailed Tasks and/or Expected Output

i. Assist the CAPE team leader in the formulation of the evaluation approach and methodology;
ii. Review the government's strategies, policies, plans, and key programs and activities, and the ADB's
relevant corporate, program, and thematic strategies;
iii. Undertake desk and literature review pertaining to ADB support to Azerbaijan;
iv. Gather and analyze Azerbaijan’s annual disbursements of overall foreign aid (loans and grants) from
all development partners in all sectors for about 5–10 years during the CAPE period;
v. Assess the appropriateness of ADB program, government’s, and other development partners’ priorities
by reviewing development plans and spending relative to constraints;
vi. Identify actual strategic choices faced by ADB in Azerbaijan and assess the sustainability of ADB’s
country strategies in light of these choices;
vii. Review the programs, projects, and technical assistance (TA) supported by ADB to implement the
country strategies; assess the sustainability of the programs, projects, and TA projects to implement
the country strategies; and assess the implementation of ADB programs, projects, and TA projects on the
basis of sector and project selectivity and achievements against targets;
viii. Provide advice to the CAPE team in analyzing the performance of ADB, and create synergy between
two parts of evaluation, the country context and the country performance assessment;
ix. Prepare analysis and carry out surveys related to all the sector programs to determine the relevance
of ADB’s sector strategies and commitment to the strategy; ADB’s comparative advantage in the sectors;

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Period Employng Organization Position Held (Major Taasks)

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ADB’s geographical focus; ADB’s efficiency in loan processing, implementation, etc.;
x. Participate in mission including field visits, together with the CAPE team leader and/or study team;
xi. Review and synthesize relevant sections of the sector program assessments of the Azerbaijan CAPE;
xii. Analyze the key issues, constraints, challenges, opportunities, and needed reforms.
xiii. Assist the CAPE team in identifying key lessons and provide forward-looking recommendations for
consideration by ADB in its future country strategy; and
xiv. Undertake any other tasks that the CAPE Team Leader may reasonably assign pertaining in the context
of the Azerbaijan CAPE.

Minimum Qualification Requirements

- with senior and extensive experience in undertaking country program evaluations, strategic planning at the
country level, and economic analysis with the political and economic landscape of Caspian Region/Central Asian
countries - a macroeconomist.

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.]

Name of assignment or project:

Year / Location: / Client:
Main project features:
Positions held:
Activities performed:

Please see the following sections:

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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Activities performed: Performed various tasks as follow:
(a) Prepared methodologies for project appraisal and cost benefit analysis of projects/ programs,
(b) Prepared Guide Book and Manuals on, and prepared actual Medium Term Strategic Plans
(MTSP) and outcome based program budgets for selected line ministries including Power;
(c) Preparation of policy papers and performance reports for various sectors;
(d) Preparation of medium and long term macroeconomic framework, strategies and policies;
(e) Formulation, execution, and result-based monitoring and evaluation of socio-economic policies;
programs and plans and impact of socio-economic policies on macroeconomic performance;
(f) Public debt sustainability modelling and analysis and medium term debt strategy;
(g) Preparing guidelines/ manuals, conducting Training for capacity building of the officers;
(h) Prepared various reports on macroeconomic modelling and forecasting, strategic planning etc.

13-G.Name of assignment or project:

African Development Bank (AfDB) Institutional Support Program on Economic and Financial
Governance (ISPEFG)
Year / Location / Client: December 2008 to November 2010, Banjul, the Gambia
Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs, Government of the Gambia, West Africa.
Main project features: Project Appraisal and Financial-Economic CBA, Macroeconomic
Modelling and Strategic Planning
Macroeconomic Adviser (Macroeconomic Modelling and Strategic Planning and Budgeting)
Activities performed:
(a) Prepared methodologies for project appraisal and cost benefit analysis of projects/ programs,
(b) Prepared Guide Book and Manuals on Medium Term Strategic Plans (MTSP) and outcome
based program budgets for line ministries
(c) Supported ministry of Finance for macroeconomic forecasting and preparation of medium term
strategic plans and program budgets for selected ministries including Power.
(d) Supported Ministry of Finance for formulation of macroeconomic policies and fiscal policies for
povery and inequality reduction and accelerating employment and growth;
(e) Supported Economic Monitoring and Planning Unit (EMPU) in the Ministry of Finance for
evaluation of EU funded projects and programs for development of roads and social sectors,
(f) Provided support for preparation of Memorandum on Economic and Financial Policies (MEFP)
for IMF and Project Proposals for donors.
(g) Supported ministry of finance for public debt management and the Monetary Policy Committee
of the Gambian Central Bank for formulation of monetary and capital market development policies;
(h) Designed and conducted training programs on these topiccs.
(i)Prepared various reports on macroeconomic forecasting and debt sustainability modeling (see list
of papers given in the Annex).

13-H. Name of assignment or project:

ADB Capacity Building Project on Governance Reforms
Year / Location / Client: June 2007- July 2008, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
Ministry of Finance, Government of Mongolia.
Main project features: Strategic Planning, Rininancial-Economic CBA, Financial Planning, Program
Budgeting
Positions held: Strategic Planning ExpertActivities performed:
(a) Prepared methodologies for project appraisal and cost benefit analysis of projects/ programs,
(b) Prepared Guide Book and Manuals on, and prepared actual Medium Term Strategic Plans
(MTSP) and outcome based program budgets for selected line ministries such as Finance,
Agriculture and Food, Education, Culture and Science, Health and Labour and Social Welfare;
(c) Linking Medium term strategic plans and budgets for line ministries wiyh National Development
Plans, MDGs, PRSPs;
(d) Provided Support and Advice for macroeconomic modelliy and policy formulation, medium term

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strategic planning for selected line ministries;
(e) Prepared Macroeconomic Framework, Outlook and Financial Plan for Budget;
(f) Supported preparation of Economic and Technical Memorandum for the donors;
(g) Designed and conducted training programs on macro-econometric and time series forecasting and
simulations models for alternative scenario building for the Mongolian economy;
(h) In October 2007 at UN-ESCAP, Bangkok, presented a Report on Inter-linkages between MDG,
PRSP and National Development Plans;
(i) At UN-SIAP, Chiba, Japan conducted a training program during August 2007 for Measurement and
Analysis of Poverty and Inequality and Govt Finance Statistics.
(j) Prepared various papers on macro-econometric modelling and strategic planning.

13-I. Name of assignment or project: Public Financial Management Reforms

Year / Location/ Client: March 1989- January 2006, New Delhi, India
Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Govt of India
Main project features: Project Appraisal and Financial Economic Cost Benefit Analysis, Macro-
Fiscal Projections and Debt Sustainability Modelling
Positions held: Economic Adviser (Macro-Fiscal Projections, Public Finance, Social Sectors
and Public Debt Management)
Activities Performed:
(a) Prepared methodologies for project appraisal and cost benefit analysis of projects/ programs in
the social and physical infrastructure,
(b) Assisted the Ministry of Finance for fiscal decentralisation and provision of grants and revenue
shares at the sub-national levels;
(c) Macro-fiscal modelling, and formulation of fiscal and budgetary policies;
(d) Preparation of medium term macro-economic framework and policy;
(e) Served as Guest Faculty for the Indian Statistical Service and Indian Economic Service Training
Institutes for conducting training programs on macro-econometric forecasting;
(f) Worked as short-term Consultant on development policies to the ADB, Commonwealth
Secretariat, GDN, IMF, UNCTAD, UN-ECA (UN Economic Commission for Africa), UNDP, UN-
ESCAP, UNITAR, World Bank.
(g) Worked as Country Report for the ADB during 1990-1995 for preparation of the Asian
Development Outlook (ADO) ; and Country Reporter for the ESCAP during 1991-2005 for
preparation of the ESCAP Annual Survey;
(h) Published a number of papers on Macro-Fiscal Forecasting and Debt Sustainability Modelling.

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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Year / Location/ Client: October 1982-September1984, New Delhi, India
Bureau of Industrial Costs and Prices, Ministry of Industry, Govt of India
Main project features: Project Appraisal and Financial Economic Cost Benefit Analysis
Positions held: Chief (Economic Division)
Activities Performed: Conducted project appraisal and Financial-Economic cost benefit analysis of
projects/ programs for the products and services under government control and administered pricing

Short Term International Consultancy on Related Subjects

Dec 2010 ADB Program on Strengthening Institutional
Capacity for Macroeconomic Management,
Ministry of Finance and Treasury, Maldives,
Sept 2008- World Bank Resident Office and Minstry of
Nov 2008 Finance, Uzbekistan, Tashkent
15 July to Commonwealth Secretariat, Advisory
Aug 2008 Services on Debt Management, England
Aug 2007 United Nations Statistical Institute for Asia
and Pacific (UN-SIAP), Japan, Chiba
May 2006 UNESCAP Program on Debt Management,
Minmistry of Finance, Nepal, Kathmandu
Feb 2006 UNESCAP Program on Debt Management,
Ministry of Finance, Laos PDR,Viantiane,
and Govt. Of Cambodia, at Phnom Penh
Dec 2005 UNITAR Program on Public Law and Legal
System for debt Management, MOF, Govt.
of Indonesia, Jakarta
Nov 2005 Office of Development Studies, UNDP, UN
Plaza, New York, USA
Sept 2005 UNESCAP Program on Debt Management,
Ministry of Finance, Govt. of Samoa, Apia
Oct 2004 UN-ESCAP, Thailand, Bangkok
Jan-March World Bank Resident Office and Ministry of
2003 Finance, Govt. Of Philippines, Manila
Feb 2002 International Monetary Fund (IMF), USA,
Washington
July 1993. UNCTAD, Switzerland, Geneva, and
July 1994. UNCTAD, UN, New York, USA.
Public Debt Management Specialist
World Bank Consultant (External Debt
Management)
COMSEC Consultant (Debt Sustainability
Modeling and Analysis)
Resource Person for Inter-Govt. Training
on Govt. Finance Statistic
UN-ESCAP Consultant (External Debt
Management)
UN-ESCAP Consultant (External Debt
Management)
UNITAR Consultant (Law, Regulation and
Legal System for Debt Management)
UNDP Consultant (Financing International
Co-operation Behind National Borders)
UN-ESCAP Consultant (External Debt
Management)
Consultant (Social Security and Provident
Funds in ESCAP Economies)
World Bank Consultant (Management of
contingent liabilities of the government)
Member, IMF Expert Group (Government
Finance Statistics Manual 2001)
Member, UNCTAD Ad-hoc Working Group
on Non-Debt Creating Financial Flows

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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/

1. Macroeconomic Strategic Planning and Budgeting, MTBF and MTEF/ MTFF

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. MDGs, PRSP, Poverty and Inequality Analysis

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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2.2 Interlinkages between UN Millennium Development Goals, National Development Plans

and Poverty Reduction Growth Strategy - Selected Country Experiences from ESCAP,
Part-1, pp.1-84, Part-2, pp.1-78, UN-ESCAP, Bangkok, October 2007.
2.3 Bridging research and policy- a case study of India, pp.14-15, Global Development
Network Research Monitor. No.1, Sept 2006.
2.4 Promoting resource-based export-oriented SMEs for 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.
2.5 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.
2.6 UNDP Human Development Index – Some Methodological Issues and Alternative
Measures, pp.1-30, UNDP, UN Plaza, New York, March 1993.
2.7 Inequality index with differences in inequality aversion for groups, Rivista Internazionale
di Scienze Economiche e Commercialli (Milan, Italy), 1983.
2.8 Decompositions of inequality measures and a comparative analysis, jointly with Prof. A.
Parikh, pp.23-48, Empirical Economics (Vienna, Austria), vol.7, 1982.
2.9 Statistical interpretation and decomposition of Atkinson’s inequality index, jointly with Prof.
A. Parikh, pp.13-18, Rivista di Mathematica per le Scienze Economiche e Socoali
(Milan, Italy), 15(1), 1982.
2.10 Decompositions of inequality measures and a comparative analysis, jointly with Prof. A.
Parikh, pp.23-48, Empirical Economics (Vienna, Austria), vol.7, 1982.
2.11 Decompositions of Atkinson’s measure of inequality, jointly with Prof. Ashok Parikh,
pp.171-178, Australian Economic Papers, vol.20 (36), June 1981.
2.12 Choice of demographic units in analyzing the size distribution on income, pp.20-29,
Journal of Income and Wealth, 3 (1), 1978.

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

4.
3.1 External Debt Management in Maldives- Debt Sustainability Analysis and Debt
Management Policies and Strategies, pp.1-54, ADB Project on Public Financial Reforms,
Min of Finance and Treasury, Maldives, Male, Dec 2010.
www.scribd.com/tarundas/
3.2 External Debt Management in Uzbekistan- Policies, Strategies, Procedures, Legal and
Institutional Set Up, pp.1-45, World Bank Country Office, Uzbekistan, Tashkent,
November 2008. www.scribd.com/tarundas/
3.3 External Debt Sustainability Analysis for Gambia- Trends and policy issues, pp.1-40,
Commonwealth Secretariat, London, August 2008. www.scribd.com/tarundas/
3.4 The Gambia- Independent Debt Sustainability Analysis, Commonwealth Secretariat,
London (major contribution). www.publications/thecommonwealth.org/
3.5 Management of External Debt-International Experiences and Best Practices, pp.1-46, Best
Practices Series No.9, UN Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), Geneva, 2006.
www2.unitar.org/dfm/Resource_Center/Bestpractices/bps.9/
3.6 Governance of Public Debt- International Experiences and Best Practices, pp.1-44, Best
Practices Series No.10, UN Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), Geneva,
2006. www2.unitar.org/dfm/Resource_Center/Bestpractices/bps.9/
3.7 Financing International Cooperation behind National Borders- a Case Study for India, pp.1-
50, Office of Development Studies, UNDP, New York. March 2006.
3.8 Management of external debt in Cambodia, Nepal, Lao PDR and Samoa- legal, institutional
framework and debt management strategy and policies, pp.1-50, UN-ESCAP, Bangkok,
May 2006. www.unescap.org/pdd/debt/workshop/
3.9 Manual on Effective Debt Management, pp.1-118, UN-ESCAP, Bangkok, 2006 (major
contributor). www.unescap.org/pdd/publications/debt-manual/
3.10 Country Experiences of India, pp.141-147, part-2, External Debt Statistics Guide for
Compilers and Users, IMF, Washington D.C., 2003.

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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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