Tarun Das Up-to-date CV for Debt Management Specialist

TARUN DAS (Formerly, Economic Adviser, Ministry Of Finance)

CV for Debt Management Specialist

1. Name of Expert: Prof. 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, 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: (a) Life Member (i) Indian Economic Association and (ii) Indian
Association for Research on Income and Wealth. (b) Referee (i) Indian Economic Journal, (b)
International Marketing Management Journal, (c) Asia Pacific Development Journal.
5. Languages known: English, Bengali, Hindi- Excellent in speaking, writing and reading.

6. (A) Professional Experiences in Backward Sequence:

20 Dec 2008- till date Macroeconomic Adviser, African Development Bank Institutional
(except period below) Support Project for Financial and Economic Governance, Ministry of
Finance, the Gambia, Quadrangle, Banjul.
16 Aug-15 Oct, 2009 Macroeconomic Modeling Expert/ Team Leader, Asian Development
01 April-31May,2010 Bank Capacity Building Project, Nepal Rastra Bank, Kathmandu.
01 September 2008 – Consultant to World Bank (Uzbekistan) on Public Debt Management
15 December 2008 and Debt Sustainability Analysis
16 July 2008- Consultant (Debt Sustainability Modeling), Commonwealth Secretariat,
31 August 2008 London, England.
1 June 2007- Strategic Planning Expert, Asian Development Bank Capacity Building
8 July 2008 Project on Governance Reforms, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
Feb 2006- May 2007 Professor (Public Policy and Research Methodology), Institute of
Integrated Learning in Management (IILM), New Delhi, India.
Mar 1989- Jan 2006 Economic Adviser, Ministry of Finance, Government of India.
Jan 1987- Feb 1989 Adviser (Transport Modeling and Policy Planning), Planning
Commission, Government of 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 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 Training), Indian Economic Service.
June 1970- Oct 1971 Research Fellow, Dept. of Econ, Presidency College, Calcutta, India.

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6. (b) Specialisation and working experience: Management of Public Debt, External Debt and
Contingent Liabilities; Public Financial Management (PFM) Reforms; Medium Term Public
Expenditure Framework; Program Budgeting; Strategic Planning and Macro-econometric
modelling; Poverty and Inequality Analysis; Evaluation of Millennium Development Goals
(MDGs); Poverty Reduction Growth Strategy; Performance Based Output 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, UN
Economic Commission for Africa (UN-ECA), Commonwealth Secretariat, World Bank,
ILO, ESCAP, UNCTAD, UNDP, UNITAR, UN-SIAP, Global Development Network.

(b) Worked as Consultant in 21 countries viz. Bangladesh, China, Cambodia, Ethiopia,

Gambia, India, Indonesia, Japan, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Mongolia, Nepal, Philippines,
Samoa, Senegal, Singapore, Switzerland, Thailand, UK, Uzbekistan and USA.

(c) Also visited 9 other countries namely Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland,
Morocco, New Zealand, U.A.E. and Tonga to attend international conferences.

(d) Possesses diversity in skills in research, teaching, training, policy planning, modeling,
development management and administration.

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

Country/ Period Designation and Scope of Consultancy
(Funded by)
The Gambia, West Macroeconomic Adviser, African Development Bank Institutional
Africa Support Project on Financial and Economic Governance, Ministry of
20 Dec 2008- till date Finance, the Gambia, Banjul.
(except period in the Duties: Public Debt Management and Debt Sustainability Analysis;
next row) Preparation of Medium Term Macroeconomic and Fiscal Framework,
(Funded by the Advice on Public Financial Management (PFM) Reforms, Preparation of
African Development sectoral Strategic Business Plans, Medium Term Expenditure Framework
Bank) (MTEF), PRGF/PRSP, MDG, and providing training on these subjects.
Nepal Macroeconomic Modeling Expert/ Team Leader, Asian Development
16 Aug-15 Oct, 2009 Bank Capacity Building Project, Nepal Rastra Bank, Kathmandu.
01 April-31May,2010 Duties: Medium Term Macroeconomic Modeling, preparation of medium
(Funded by the Asian term fiscal envelope and debt sustainability analysis.
Development Bank)
Uzbekistan Consultant to World Bank (Uzbekistan)
01 Sept 2008 – Duties: Public Debt Management and Debt Sustainability Analysis
15 December 2008
(Funded by the
World Bank)
United Kingdom Consultant (Debt Sustainability Analysis), Commonwealth
16 July - 31 August Secretariat, London, U.K. :
2008 (Funded by
Commonwealth Sect) Duties: External Debt Sustainability Analysis for Highly Indebted Poor
Countries (HIPC) in Africa.

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Mongolia Strategic Planning Expert, ADB Capacity Building Project on

Governance Reforms, MOF, Govt of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar
1 June 2007-
(a) Management of public debt, external debt and contingent liabilities;
8 July 2008
(b) Preparation of Strategic Business Plans and Program Budgets for four
(Funded by the   pilot ministries viz. Finance, Education, Health and Social welfare;
Asian Development   (c) Preparation of Medium Term Macroeconomic and Fiscal Framework,
Bank) (d) Advice on Public Financial Management (PFM) Reforms,
(e) Assessment of needs for achieving Millennium Development Goals;
(f) Interlinkages between UN MDGs, poverty reduction and growth
strategy, and National Development Plan;
(g) Providing training on these subjects;
(h) Worked as resource person for intergovernmental training program on
Official Economic Statistics at the UN-SIAP, Chiba, Japan, 15-29
August 2008.
India Economic Adviser, Ministry of Finance, Govt of India, New Delhi
March 1989 to Jan (a) Management of public/ external dent and contingent liabilities;
2006 (b) Country co-ordinator for the Commonwealth Secretariat Debt
Recording and Management System (DRMS) for India, IMF
(Funded by the govt.
Government Finance Statistics (GFS) and Special Data
of India)
Dissemination Standards (SDDS), the World Bank Global
Development Finance statistics for India;
(c) Medium Term Macro-economic and Fiscal Framework,
Monitoring Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act;
(d) 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;
(e) Worked on short-term Consultant to the Asian Development
Bank (ADB), UN Economic Commission for Africa,
Commonwealth Secretariat, 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-

2002-2004 World Bank Institutional Development Project on Management of Public
(Funded by World Debt, External Debt and Contingent Liabilities, organised five workshops
Bank) and produced four books on proceedings and edited papers.

Philippines Consultant to the World Bank

Jan-Feb 2002 Management of contingent liabilities relating to external debt and public
(Funded by World debt, govt. guarantees, Social security and social welfare measures,
Bank) insurance, provident and pension funds.

Samoa Consultant to the UN-ESCAP, Bangkok, Thailand

Sept 2005 Legal, Institutional, Regulatory Set-up and Policies for Management of
(Funded by UN- External debt, Public Debt and Medium Term Expenditure Framework.
ESCAP)

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Indonesia Consultant to the UNITAR, Geneva, Switzerland

Dec 2005 Legal, Institutional Set-up and Policies for Management of External debt,
(Funded by UNITAR) Public Debt 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
(Funded by UN- External debt, Public Debt and Medium Term Expenditure Framework.
ESCAP)
Lao PDR Consultant to the UN-ESCAP, Bangkok, Thailand
Feb 2006 Legal, Institutional, Regulatory Set-up and Policies for Management of
(Funded by UN- External debt, Public Debt and Medium Term Expenditure Framework.
ESCAP)

Nepal Consultant to the UN-ESCAP, Bangkok, Thailand

May 2006 Legal, Institutional, Regulatory Set-up and Policies for Management of
(Funded by UN- External debt, Public Debt and Medium Term Expenditure Framework.
ESCAP)

Japan Resource person for inter-governmental training on Official

19-25 Aug 2007 Economic Statistics conducted at the UN Statistical Institute for Asia and
(Funded by UN- Pacific at Chiba, Japan during 19-25 August 2007.
SIAP)
Bangkok, Thailand Consultant to the UN-ESCAP, Bangkok, Thailand
Dec 2006 to March (a) Inter-linkages between UN Millennium Development Goals, Poverty
2007: Reduction and Growth Strategy and National Development Plans for
(Funded by UN- Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Lao PDR, Maldives,
ESCAP) Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand and Timor Leste.
(b) Presented a paper at the Regional Workshop organised jointly by the
ADB, UNDP and UN-ESCAP at Bangkok during 15-17 October 2007.
Philippines Consultant to the Asian Development Bank, Manila, Philippines
Preparation of Country Report on India, for the ADB Asian Development
Every year for short
Outlook. Attended Third Workshop on Asian Economic Outlook (AEO)
term in 1990-1995,
(5-9 Nov 1990), Fourth Workshop on AEO (28-31 Oct 1991), Fifth
2000 and 2003
Workshop on AEO (4-6 Nov 1992), Sixth Workshop on AEO (21-23 Oct
(Funded by ADB, 19930 and Seventh Workshop on AEO (26-28 Oct 1994), ADB, Manila.
Manila)
Thailand at the UN- Consultant for UN-ESCAP- For various period in 1995 (Privatisation
ESCAP Bangkok strategy), 1998 (FDI & technology transfer), 2002 (Globalisation and
(Funded by UN- Industrial Transformation), 2003 (Role of SMEs for poverty reduction),
ESCAP) 2004 (Social security, pension and insurance funds).
Ethiopia Consultant to UN-ECA- Sept-Nov 1998, Privatisation in selected Asian
Sept-Nov 1998 economies and lessons for Africa, UN Economic Commission for Africa,
(Funded by UN Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
ECA)

Senegal Preparation and presentation of a paper on Interlinkages between

21-28 Jan 2005. development research and policy planning in external sector,
(Funded by GDN privatisation and labour market reforms, 21-28 January 2005.

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and World Bank)

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Switzerland Member, UNCTAD Ad-hoc Working Group on Non-Debt Creating

Financial Flows – preparation of a report of foreign investment policies
(for short period in
and strategy of India
1993-95) (Funded by
UNCTAD)
USA, New York, Consultant to UNDP (a) Human Development Index- Concepts and
UNDP, UN-Plaza methodology for alternative Indices, 1993. (b) Financing international co-
(Funded by UNDP) operation behind national borders- country study on India, 2006.
USA, IMF. (Funded Member, IMF Expert Group to finalize IMF Government Finance
by IMF) Statistics Manual 2001 (Feb 2002)
India (Funded by Deputy Adviser, UNDP Transport Policy Planning Project in India-
UNDP) May 1978 to Development, test and calibration of a multi-sectoral, multi-regional,
Sept 1982 multi-modal Transport Model for India.

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Annex-1:
Presentation of academic 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.
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.

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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.

Annex-2: Major Publications by Prof. Tarun Das

1. External Debt and Public Debt Management

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. Public Financial Management (PFM)

2.1 Budget Strategy and Policy Paper for the 2011 Budget, pp.1-35, African
Development Bank (AfDB) Institutional Support Project on Financial and
Economic Governance (ISPFEG), MOF, the Gambia, July 2010.
2.2 Medium Term Macroeconomic and Fiscal Envelope for the Medium Term
Expenditure framework 2010-2012, pp.1-45, AfDB-ISPFEG, Gambia, June 2010.
2.3 Relation among Public Finance Management (PFM) Reforms, Fiscal Policies and
Macroeconomic Policies, pp.1-38, AfDB-ISPFEG, MOF, Gambia, March 2010.
2.4 Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART)- Basic Concepts, Methodology and
Applications for Mongolia, pp.1-50, ADB Capacity Building Project on
Governance Reforms (CBPGR), Ministry of Finance, Mongolia, July 2008.
2.5 An Introduction to Program Budgeting and Program Evaluation Review Technique
(PERT), pp.1-36, ADB-CBPGR, MOF, Govt of Mongolia, June 2008
2.6 Budget Performance Evaluation- Methodology, Systems and Management, pp.1-
55, ADB-CBPGR, MOF, Govt of Mongolia, May 2008.
2.7 Performance Based Budgeting- Methodology, Systems and Management, pp.1-55,
ADB-CBPGR, MOF, Govt of Mongolia, March 2008.
2.8 Financial Planning- Part-1:Methodology, pp.1-34, Part-2:Policies, pp.1-32, ADB
Capacity Building Projects on Governance Reforms, Mongolia, January 2008.
2.9 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-CBPGR, MOF, Govt of Mongolia, December 2007.
2.10 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.
2.11 Accrual Accounting and Accrual Budgeting- Basic Concepts and Methodology,
pp.1-43, ADB-CBPGR, MOF, Govt of Mongolia, Oct 2007.
2.12 Output Costing and Output Budgeting – Basic Concepts and Methodology, pp.1-
51, ADB-CBPGR, MOF, Govt of Mongolia, Sept 2007.
2.13 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.
2.14 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.
2.15 Governance of Public Debt- International Experiences and Best Practices, pp.1-44,
Best Practices series No.10, UNITAR, Geneva, 2006.
2.16 Financing International Cooperation behind National Borders- a Case Study for
India, pp.1-46, Office of Development Studies, UNDP, New York. March 2006.
2.17 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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2.18 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.
2.19 Management of Contingent Liabilities in Philippines- Policies, Processes, Legal
Framework and Institutions, pp.1-60, World Bank, Washington D.C., 2002.
2.20 Management of Public Debt in India, pp.85-110, in Accompanying Document to
the Guidelines for Public Debt Management, IMF, Washington, June 2002.
2.21 Sovereign Debt Management in India, pp.561-579, Sovereign Debt Management
Forum: Compilation of Presentations, World Bank, Washington, 2000.
2.22 Reforms and liberalization of the financial sector in India- organizational structure,
needs and policy issues, pp.1-40, UN-ESCAP, Bangkok, 1995.
2.23 Social security system in India – needs and policy issues, pp.1-40, ESCAP, United
Nations, Bangkok, December 1999.
2.24 Fiscal Policies for Management of External Capital Flows, pp. 194-207, in
Corporate External Debt Management, edited by Jawahar Mulraj, CRISIL,
Bombay, Dec 1999.
2.25 Monitoring and Projecting Budget Deficits of the Government – A Technical Note,
Ministry of Finance, pp.1-21, August 1990.

3. Macroeconomic Management and Poverty Reduction Growth Strategy

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-CBPGR, MOF, Govt of 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, Dec. 2005.
3.8 Role of public policies and public institutions in market economy, pp.1-22, Centre
for Social Markets, Kolkata, 2005.

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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, 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
Ababa, 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
& 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, 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.
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.

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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.

4. MDGs, Poverty and Inequality

4.1 Interlinkages between UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs),

NationalDevelopment Plans and Poverty Reduction Growth Strategy - Selected
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