Professor TARUN DAS

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EMAIL: das.tarun@hotmail.com

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Summary:

Professor Tarun Das is a Development Economist with 40 years working experience and specialisation in
Aid Coordination and Strategy; Debt Sustainability Analysis; Management of External Debt, Contingent
Liabilities and Public Debt; Medium Term Expenditure Framework; Strategic Planning and Performance
Budgeting; Poverty and Inequality analysis; Monitoring and evaluation of targets and needs assessment for the
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs); Interlinkages among National Development Plans, MDG targets,
Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) and Poverty Reduction Growth Facility (PRGF); Monitoring and
Performance Evaluation; Macroeconomic Modelling and Policy Planning; Public Financial Management
Reforms; Goverance Reforms;

Professor Tarun Das possess diversity in skills in research, teaching, training, policy planning, econometric
modeling, and conducting multi-stakeholders’ workshops.

International consultancy: Worked as a Consultant to the African Development Bank, UN Economic

Commission for Africa, Commonwealth Secretariat, World Bank, Asian Development Bank, ILO, IMF, UN-
ESCAP, UNCTAD, UNDP, UNITAR, UN-SIAP, Global Development Network.

Country experiences: Worked as Consultant in Cambodia, China, Ethiopia, Gambia, India, Indonesia, Japan,
Lao PDR, Malaysia, Mongolia, Nepal, Philippines, Samoa, Senegal, Switzerland, Thailand, UK and USA. Also
visited Bangladesh, Belgium, France, Germany, Morocco, New Zealand, Ireland, Singapore and U.A.E. to
attend international conferences.
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1. Name of Expert: MR. TARUN KANTI DAS, Ph.D.

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: African Development Bank Macroeconomic Adviser, Ministry of Finance and
Economic Affairs, the Gambia, Quadrangle, Banjul.

3. Personal:
Nationality : Indian
Date of Birth : August 19, 1947.
Marital status : Married (Wife: Mitali Das, Son: Arpan Das)

4. (a) Educational Qualifications:

BA Hons (Econ), Presidency College, First Class (Gold Medalist), Calcutta University, 1967.
MA (Econ), First Class (Silver Medalist), Calcutta University, 1969.
Ph.D. (Impact of Demographic Transition on Poverty and Inequality), as Commonwealth Scholar, University
of East Anglia, England, 1977.
4. (b) Other credentials: Life Member (i) Indian Economic Association and (ii) Indian Association for
Research on Income and Wealth.

5. Languages known: English, Bengali, Hindi- Excellent in speaking, writing and reading.

6. (a) Professional Experiences in Backward Sequence:

20 Dec 2008- till date African Development Bank Macroeconomic Adviser, Ministry of Finance and
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Except period below Economic Affairs, the Gambia, Quadrangle, Banjul.
15 Aug-15 Oct 2009, Asian Development Bank Macroeconomic Modeling Specialist, Nepal Rastra Bank,
April-May 2010 Kathmandu, Nepal.
01 Sept 2008 – Consultant to World Bank (Uzbekistan) and Professor (Public Policy and Research
19 December 2008 Methodology), IILM, New Delhi-110003, India.
15 July-Aug 2008 Consultant (Debt Sustainability Modeling), Com.Sec., London, England.
1 June 2007- Asian Development Bank Strategic Planning Expert, Ministry of Finance,
8 July 2008 Government of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, 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 and Policy Planning), Planning Commission, India.
Oct 1984- Dec 1986 Chief Economist, Joint Plant Committee, Ministry of Steel, India.
Oct 1982- Sep 1984 Chief (Economic Division), Bureau of Industrial Costs and Prices, India.
May 1978- Sep 1982 Deputy Adviser, UNDP Transport Policy Planning Project in India.
Aug 1977- May 1978 Research Officer, Economic Division, DEA, Ministry of Finance, India.
Sep 1974-July 1977 Commonwealth Scholar, East Anglia University, Norwich. England.
July 1973- Aug 1974 Research Officer, Economic Division, DEA, Ministry of Finance, India.
Nov 1971- June 1973 Assistant Director (On-the-job Training), Indian Economic Service.
June 1970- Oct 1971 Research Fellow, Dept. of Econ, Presidency College, Calcutta, India.

Specific Consultancy, Work and Country Experiences (Related to the project)

Country, Period, Designation and Scope of Consultancy
(Funded by)
Nepal Consultant to the UN-ESCAP, Bangkok, Thailand
May 2006 Legal, Institutional, Regulatory Set-up and Policies for Management of External debt, Public
(Funded by ESCAP) Debt, External Aid and Medium Term Expenditure Framework.
Nepal Asian Development Bank Macroeconomic Modeling Expert and Team Leader
15 Aug 2009 to Duties: Macro-econometric modeling and formulation of medium term macroeconomic
15 Oct 2009 framework and fiscal envelop for preparation of annual budget.
(Funded by ADB)
Nepal Asian Development Bank Macroeconomic Modeling Expert and Team Leader
April-May 2010 Duties: Macro-econometric modeling and formulation of medium term macroeconomic
contracted ( to be framework and fiscal envelop for preparation of annual budget.
completed)
(Funded by ADB)
Nepal and other Consultant to the UN-ESCAP, Bangkok, Thailand
selected countries in (a) Inter-linkages between UN Millennium Development Goal (MDG) Reports, Poverty
Asia and Pacific Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) and National Development Plans for 14 selected countries in
including Nepal Asia and Pacific viz. Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Lao PDR, Maldives,
Dec 2006 to March Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Thailand, and Timor Leste.
2007 (b) Presented a paper at the Regional Workshop organised jointly by the ADB, UNDP and UN-
(Funded by UN- ESCAP at Bangkok during 15-18 October 2007. Main conclusions of the study published in a
ESCAP) joint ADB-ESCAP-UNDP Report entitled “A Future Within Reach”, 2008.
The Gambia, African Development Bank Macroeconomic Adviser, Ministry of Finance, the Gambia,
20 Dec 2008 to 10 Quadrangle, Banjul.
Aug 2009; and 20 Duties: Debt Sustainability Analysis (DSA), Debt management and strategy, aid coordination
Oct 2009 till date. and strategy, Macroeconomic modeling, advice on public policy, MDG, PRGF, PRSP, PFM
(Funded by AfDB). Reforms, MTEF, and providing training on macroeconomic forecasting, strategic planning and
DSA.
Uzbekistan, Consultant (Debt Sustainability Analysis), World Bank Country Office in Uzbekistan,
01 Sept 2008 – Tashkent.:
30 November 2008 Duties: Macroeconomic forecasting and debt sustainability analysis for Uzbekistan.
(Funded by WB)
The Gambia Consultant (DSA for Gambia), Commonwealth Secretariat in London : External Debt
(17 July 2008 till 30 Sustainability Analysis for the Gambia, and training on DSA, Commonwealth Secretariat Debt

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August 2008) Recording and Management System (CS-DRMS) and Debt Management Strategy.
(Funded by ComSec)
Mongolia Strategic Planning Expert, Asian Development Bank Project on Governance Reforms,
1 June 2007- Ministry of Finance, Government of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar,
Duties: (a) Macro-economic Forecasting and Assessment of Needs and Resource Gaps for MDGs;
8 July 2008 (b) Advice on public debt management and Identification of core functions of the government
(Funded by ADB) (c) Formulation of Poverty Reduction and Growth Strategy and advise on MDGs and PRSP;
(d) Presented a Report on Interlinkages between MDG, PRSP and National Development Plans on
the basis 14 country case studies (for Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Laos, Maldives,
Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Thailand, Timor Leste) at a regional
seminar at Bangkok organised jointly by ADB, UNDP and UN-ESCAP in Oct 2007.
(e) Preparation of strategic plan and performance budgeting for 4 ministries viz. Finance, Education,
Health, Social Welfare & Employment;
(f) Preparation of Economic and Technical Memorandum for the donors for governance reforms and
poverty reduction;
(g) Conducting training and workshops for capacity building.

India Economic Adviser, Ministry of Finance, Govt of India, New Delhi

March 1989 to Jan (a) Management of public debt, external dent and contingent liabilities; and economic
2006 relations with the World Bank, IMF, ADB, UNCTAD.
(b) In charge of the Commonwealth Secretariat Debt Recording and Management System
(Funded by the govt.
(DRMS) for India, IMF Govt Finance Statistics (GFS) and Special Data Dissemination
of India)
Standards (SDDS), and the World Bank Global Development Finance statistics for
India;
(c) Advice on Macro-stabilization policies and structural reforms;
(d) Medium Term Macro-economic and Fiscal Framework, and Expenditure policy;
(e) Monitoring Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act;
(f) Evaluation of food, fertilizer and petroleum subsidies, poverty alleviation and
employment generation programs;
(g) Member of High Level government delegation to the ADB, Commonwealth Secretariat,
Debt Offices in UK and Ireland, IMF, UN-CSD, UNCTAD, World Bank and WTO;
(h) Worked as short-term Consultant to the UN Economic Commission for Africa,
Commonwealth Secretariat, Asian Development Bank (ADB), Global Development
Network (GDN), IMF, UNCTAD, UNDP, UN-ESCAP, United Nations Institute for
Training and Research (UNITAR) and World Bank.
India Project Co-ordinator and Eco. Adviser- World Bank Institutional Development Project on
(2002-2004 Management of Public Debt, External Debt and Contingent Liabilities, organised five
concurrent with workshops at Kathmandu in Nepal; and New Delhi, Goa, Pune and Kovalumpur in India and
above) produced five books on proceedings and edited papers on management of public debt, corporate
Funded by World debt, external debt, domestic debt and contingent liabilities.
Bank)
Philippines Consultant to the World Bank- Management of contingent liabilities relating to external debt
Jan-Feb 2002 and public debt, govt. guarantees, Social security and social welfare measures, insurance,
(Funded by WB) provident and pension funds.
Samoa Consultant to the UN-ESCAP, Bangkok, Thailand
Sept 2005 Legal, Institutional, Regulatory Set-up and Policies for Management of External debt, Public
(Funded by ESCAP) Debt, External Aid and Medium Term Expenditure Framework.
Indonesia Consultant to the UNITAR, Geneva, Switzerland
Dec 2005 Legal, Institutional Set-up and Policies for Management of External debt, Public Debt, External
(Funded by UNITAR) Aid and Medium Term Expenditure Framework; and Resource person for the Multi-
stakeholders Consultation on the Public Debt Law.
Cambodia Consultant to the UN-ESCAP, Bangkok, Thailand
Feb 2006 Legal, Institutional, Regulatory Set-up and Policies for Management of External debt, Public
(Funded by ESCAP) Debt and Medium Term Expenditure Framework.
Lao PDR Consultant to the UN-ESCAP, Bangkok, Thailand
Feb 2006 Legal, Institutional, Regulatory Set-up and Policies for Management of External debt, Public
(Funded by ESCAP) Debt, External Aid and Medium Term Expenditure Framework.
India- Professor (Public Policy), IILM, New Delhi.
February 2006- May (a) An evaluation of implementation of the Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme. (b)
2007
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(Funded by the govt. Conducted training programs on economic and social evaluation methodology for poverty
of India) alleviation programs of the Ministry of Rural Development, March 2007. (b) Conducted a
training program on Applied Econometrics for the Indian Statistical Service, May 2007.
Philippines Consultant to the Asian Development Bank, Manila, Philippines
Every year for short Preparation of Country Report on India, for the ADB Asian Development Outlook. Attended
term in 1990-1995, Third Workshop on Asian Economic Outlook (AEO) (5-9 Nov 1990), Fourth Workshop on
2000 and 2003 AEO (28-31 Oct 1991), Fifth Workshop on AEO (4-6 Nov 1992), Sixth Workshop on AEO (21-
(Funded by ADB, 23 Oct 19930 and Seventh Workshop on AEO (26-28 Oct 1994), ADB, Manila.
Manila)
India External Consultant for UN-ESCAP,
Every year for short
Preparation of a Country Report on India as inputs for the preparation of the Annual Economic
term in 1990-2005
and Social Survey published by UN-ESCAP.
(Funded by ESCAP)
Ethiopia Consultant to UN-ECA- Sept-Nov 1998, Privatisation in selected Asian economies and lessons
Sept-Nov 1998 for Africa, UN Economic Commission for Africa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
(Funded by UN
ECA)
Senegal Consultant to GDN- Preparation and presentation of a paper on Interlinkages between
21-28 Jan 2005. development research, Policy planning and outcome in external sector, privatisation and labour
(Funded by GDN) market reforms, 21-28 January 2005.
Thailand at the UN- Consultant for UN-ESCAP- For short period to prepare reports on Privatisation
ESCAP Bangkok strategy(1995), FDI and Technology Transfer(1998), Globalisation and Industrial
(Funded by ESCAP) Transformation(2002), Role of SMEs for poverty reduction (2003), and Social security, pension
and insurance funds (2004). All reports published by UN-ESCAP (see Annex).
Switzerland (short Member, UNCTAD Ad-hoc Working Group on Non-Debt Creating Financial Flows –
period in 1993-95 preparation of a report of foreign investment policies and strategy of India – Report published
(Funded by by UNCTAD (see Annex)
UNCTAD)
Japan Resource person for inter-governmental official training on Government Finance Statistics,
19-30 Aug 2007 External Debt Statistics, Balance of Payments Statistics, Monetary and Financial Statistics, and
(Funded by UN- Productivity Measures at the UN Statistical Institute for Asia and Pacific at Chiba, Japan.
SIAP)
USA, New York, Consultant to UNDP (a) Human Development Index- Concepts and methodology for
UNDP, UN-Plaza alternative Indices, 1993. (b) Financing international co-operation behind national borders-
(Funded by UNDP) country study on India, 2006.
USA, IMF. Member, IMF Expert Group to finalize IMF Government Finance Statistics Manual 2001
(Feb 2002)
(Funded by IMF)
India Deputy Adviser, UNDP Transport Policy Planning Project in India- Development, test and
May 1978 to Sept calibration of a multi-sectoral, multi-regional, multi-modal Transport Model for India.
1982
(Funded by UNDP)
India Adviser (Modelling and policy planning)- to build up a transport model for India and advise
Jan 1987-Feb 1989 on transport policy, planning, modal split and optimal network assignment and investment
(Funded by the govt planning
of India)

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 Annex-1:
International Academic Visits and Presentation of papers at International Conferences

1. Member, UNCTAD Ad-Hoc Working Group on Non-Debt Creating Financial Flows, Geneva, 1st meeting
(June 1993), 2nd meeting (Nov 1993) and Final meeting (Oct 1994).
2. Third Workshop on Asian Economic Outlook (AEO) (5-9 Nov 1990), Fourth Workshop on AEO (28-31 Oct 1991),
Fifth Workshop on AEO (4-6 Nov 1992), Sixth Workshop on AEO (21-23 Oct 19930 and Seventh Workshop on
AEO (26-28 Oct 1994), ADB, Manila.
3. UNCTAD Meeting on Mid-Term Global Review, UN, New York, 26 Sep-6 Oct 1995.
4. UNDP and Harvard Institute Workshop on Population Growth and Economic Development, at Dhaka,
Bangladesh, 22-25 April 1998.
5. UNDP and UNICEF Regional Workshop on the Public Expenditure on Basic Social Services, at Bangkok,
Thailand, 30 July-1 Aug 1998.
6. Workshop on Budget and the Economy, IMF Institute, Singapore, 15-30 Aug 1998.
7. Study Team on Economic Crisis, Asian Productivity Council, Tokyo, 15-18 Dec. 1998.
8. Forum on Sovereign Debt, World Bank, Washington D.C., 1-3 Nov. 1999.
9. Seminar on External Debt, IMF Institute, Singapore, 21-24 Mar 2000.
10. Workshop on Sovereign Debt, World Bank, Washington D.C., 28 March-4 April 2000.
11. Second UN Commission on Sustainable development, UN, New York, 24-28 April 2000.
12. Visits to Public Debt Offices of England and Ireland, 16-20 October 2000.
13. Workshop on Contingent Liabilities, World Bank, Washington D.C., 9-11 Nov 2000.
14. Expert Group Meeting on Revised GFS, IMF, Washington D.C., 5-9 February 2001.
15. Investors Role for Mitigation of Financial Crisis, IMF, Washington D.C., 5-7 Nov 2001.
16. Expert Group Meeting on Development Policies, UN-ESCAP, Bangkok, 10-12 Dec 2001.
17. Trade Policy Review Meeting, World Trade Organisation, Geneva, 19-21 June 2002.
18. Expert Group Meeting on Development Policies, UN-ESCAP, Bangkok, 9-11 Dec 2003.
19. Annual Conference of the Global Development Network, New Delhi, 21-25 January 2004.
20. Annual Conference of the Global Development Network, Dakar, Senegal, 22-26 Jan 2005.
21. Annual Conference of the World Trade Centre, Mumbai, India, 22 October 2005.
22. National Workshop on Capacity Building on External Debt Management, organised by UN-ESCAP and the
Government of Samoa, at Apia, Samoa, 20-22 August 2005.
23. Multi-stakeholders’ Consultation on Draft Law on Public Debt, organized by the UNITAR, and the Ministry of
Finance, Government of Indonesia, at Jakarta, Dec 2005.
24. Expert Group Meeting on Development Policies, UN-ESCAP, Bangkok, 9-11 Dec 2005.
25. Annual Conference 2005 of the Centre for Social Markets, U.K., New Delhi, Dec 2005.
26. International Conference on Globalization, organized by The Academy of International Business, USA and IILM,
New Delhi, 17-19 February 2006.
27. National Workshop on Capacity Building on External Debt Management, organized by the UN-ESCAP and the
MOF, Govt of Cambodia, at Phnom Penh, 20-22 Feb 2006.
28. National Workshop on Capacity Building on External Debt Management, organized by the UN-ESCAP and the
MOF, Govt of Lao PDR, at Vientiane, 24-25 February 2006.
29. National Workshop on Capacity Building on External Debt Management, organised by the UN-ESCAP and the
Ministry of Finance, Govt of Nepal at Katmandu, Nepal, May 2006.
30. International Seminar on Global Economic Environment, Malaysian Institute for Economic Research, Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia, December 2006.

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31. Regional Conference on Bond Markets, organized by UN-ESCAP, ADB and Bank of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, 21-22
June 2007.
32. Lecturer for Training on Official Economic Statistics, UN-SIAP, Chiba, Japan, Aug 2007.
33. Regional Workshop on MDG, UN-ESCAP, Bangkok, 16-17 October 2007.
34. International Seminar on 'Microeconomic Foundations of Economic Policy Performance in Asia' by NCAER and
East Asia Bureau of Economic Research, Delhi, 3-4 April 2008.

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 Annex-2: Major Publications by Prof. Tarun Das
230 selected papers are available on the website http://www.scribd.com

1. MDGs, Poverty and Inequality, Macroeconomic Management

1.1 Interlinkages between UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), National Development Plans and Poverty
Reduction Growth Strategy - Selected Country (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Lao PDR, Maldives,
Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Thailand, and Timor Leste) Experiences from
ESCAP, Part-1, pp.1-84, Part-2, pp.1-78, ESCAP, United Nations, Bangkok, October 2007.

1.2 Paper on MDG-NDP-PRSP Interlinkages presented at the Regional Workshop organised jointly by the ADB,
UNDP and UN-ESCAP at Bangkok during 15-18 October 2007. Main conclusions of the study published in a joint
ADB-ESCAP-UNDP Report entitled “A Future Within Reach”, 2008.Bridging research and policy- a case study of
India, pp.14-15, Global Development Network (GDN) Research Monitor. No.1, September 2006.

1.3 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.

1.4 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.

1.5 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.

1.6 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.

1.7 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.

1.8 Pubblic-Private Partnership for financing infrastructure in Asian economies- Scope, Progress, Issues and
Perspectives, pp.-1-30, UN-ESCAP, Bangkok, December 2005.

1.9 Role of public policies and public institutions in market economy, pp.1-22, Ministry of Finance, Govt. of India
and Centre for Social Markets, Kolkata, 2005.

1.10 Poverty and Inequality in India- Trends and Policy Issues, pp.1-30, UN-ESCAP, Bangkok, October
2005.

1.11 Dynamics of Population Ageing: How India can Respond, pp.1-18, UN-ESCAP, Bangkok, December
2004.

1.12 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.

1.13 Promoting resource-based export-oriented SMEs 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.

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1.14 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.

1.15 Economic Reforms in India- Rationale, Scope, Progress and Unfinished Agenda, pp.1-80, published by
the Bank of Maharashtra, Planning Department, Pune, February 2003.

1.16 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

1.17 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.

1.18 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.

1.19 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.

1.20 Foreign Investment- Technology Transfer- and Growth Nexus in Asian economies, pp.1-158, ESCAP,
United Nations, Bangkok, Oct 1997.

1.21 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.

1.22 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.

1.23 Sructural 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.

1.24 UNDP Human Development Index – Some Methodological Issues and Alternative Measures, pp.1-30, UNDP,
UN Plaza, New York, March 1993.

1.25 Pricing, productivity and competitiveness of Indian Steel industry, pp.269-292, in Indian Industrialization,
edited by Dr. Arun Ghosh, Oxford University Press, Delhi, 1992.

1.26 A multisectoral and multiregional transport model for India – database and calibration techniques, pp.391-403,
Environment and Planning (London), 15-A, 1983.

1.27 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.

1.28 Inequality index with differences in inequality aversion for groups, Rivista Internazionale di Scienze
Economiche e Commercialli (Milan, Italy), 1983.

1.29 Decompositions of inequality measures and a comparative analysis, jointly with Prof. A. Parikh, pp.23-48,
Empirical Economics (Vienna, Austria), vol.7, 1982.

1.30 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.

1.31 Decompositions of inequality measures and a comparative analysis, jointly with Prof. A. Parikh, pp.23-48,
Empirical Economics (Vienna, Austria), vol.7, 1982.

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1.32 Decompositions of Atkinson’s measure of inequality, jointly with Prof. Ashok Parikh, pp.171-178, Australian
Economic Papers, vol.20 (36), June 1981.

1.33 Choice of demographic units in analyzing the size distribution on income, pp.20-29, Journal of Income and
Wealth, 3 (1), 1978.

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 2. External Debt and Public Debt Management

2.1 External Debt Sustainability for Gambia- Macroeconomic trends and policy issues, pp.1-30, Commonwealth
Secretariat, London, August 2008.
2.2 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.
2.3 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.
2.4 Governance of Public Debt- International Experiences and Best Practices, pp.1-44, Best Practices series No.10,
UNITAR, Geneva, 2006.
2.5 Management of external debt in Nepal- legal, institutional framework and policy issues, pp.1-30, UNESCAP,
Bangkok, May 2006.
2.6 Management of external debt in Cambodia- legal, institutional framework and policy issues, pp.1-30, UNESCAP,
Bangkok, Feb. 2006.
2.7 Management of external debt in Lao PDR- legal, institutional framework and policy issues, pp.1-30, UNESCAP,
Bangkok, Feb. 2006.
2.8 Financing International Cooperation behind National Borders- a Case Study for India, pp.1-50, Office of
Development Studies, UNDP, New York. March 2006.
2.9 Management of external debt in Indonesia- legal, institutional framework and policy issues, pp.1-30, Ministry of Fi
nance, Govt of Indonesia, Dec. 2005.
2.10 Management of external debt in Samoa- legal, institutional framework and policy issues, pp.1-30, UNESCAP,
Bangkok, Sept 2005.
2.11 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.
2.12 Prepayment of expensive external debt of India, Expert Group Report, pp.1-40, Ministry of Finance, New Delhi,
Sept 2002.
2.13 Management of Public Debt in India, pp.85-110, in Accompanying Document to the Guidelines for Public Debt
Management, IMF, Washington, June 2002.
2.14 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.
2.15 Sovereign Debt Management in India, pp.561-579, Sovereign Debt Management Forum: Compilation of
Presentations, World Bank, Washington, 2000.
2.16 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.
2.17 Fiscal Policies for Management of External Capital Flows, pp. 194-207, in Corporate External Debt Management,
edited by Jawahar Mulraj, CRISIL, Bombay, Dec 1999
2.18 Management of external debt in India and lessons for developing countries, IMF Singapore Regional Training
Institute, Singapore, Sept 1998.
3. Fiscal and Financial Management

3.1 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.
3.2 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
3.3 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.

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3.4 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.
3.5 Financial Planning- Part-1: Methodology, pp.1-34, Part-2: Policies, pp.1-32,ADB Capacity Building Projects on
Governance Reforms, Mongolia, January 2008.
3.6 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.
3.7 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.
3.8 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.
3.9 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.
3.10 Official Economic statistics- Part-1 on Government Finance Statistics (GFS) and Balance of Payments (BOP)
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