Tarun Das Up-to-date CV for Public Financial Reforms

Prof. TARUN DAS

African Development Bank Macroeconomic Adviser
To the Ministry of Finance, Govt of Gambia, Banjul.
E-mail: das.tarun@hotmail.com

Formerly: Economic. Adviser, Ministry of Finance and

Adviser (Transport Modeling), Planning Commission, India,
Professor (Public Policy), IILM, New Delhi, India;
ADB Strategic Planning Expert ,Min of Finance, Mongolia;
ADB Macroeconomic Modeling Expert to the Govt of Nepal;
World Bank Debt Adviser to Philippines and Uzbekistan;
UN-ESCAP Consultant to Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Laos
PDR, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Nepal, Samoa.
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Summary of Bio-data

• Prof. Tarun Das is an internationally acknowledged expert on public policy with 40

years’ working experience in 21 countries, and possesses diversity in skills in research,
teaching, training, modeling, policy planning, development management and administration.

• He worked as Economic Adviser in the Indian Finance Ministry in 1989-2005 and served six
distinguished Finance Ministers viz. Prof. Manmohan Singh, presently Prime Minister;
P. Chidambaram, now Home Minister; Prof. Madhu Dandevate; Yaswant B. Chauhan;
Yaswant Sinha and Yaswant Singh. During this period he held additional responsibility as
Government Director in the Industrial Investment Bank of India (1993-1995), Allahabad
Bank (1996-1998), Corporation Bank (1999-2001) and Bank of Maharashtra (2002-2004).

• In addition to Public Policy, Dr. Das possesses multi-disciplinary specialization and

published many papers on public financial reforms and governance, macroeconometric
modeling and forecasting, strategic planning, performance based budgeting, millennium
development goals, poverty reduction and growth strategy, financial-economic-social cost
benefit analysis, management of public/ external debt, transport and urban economics. He
was member of many Govt Committees and High Level Govt Delegations abroad

• Dr. Das is presently working as African Development Bank Macroeconomic Adviser in

the Ministry of Finance, Government of Gambia at Banjul, Africa. Earlier, he worked as
Adviser (Transport Policy Planning) in the Planning Commission, and Professor (Public
Policy and Research Methodology), and Head (Economics) at the Institute for
Integrated Learning in Management (IILM), Lodhi Road, New Delhi.

• Prof. Das has working experience in 21 countries namely, Bangladesh, China, Cambodia,
Ethiopia, Gambia, India, Indonesia, Japan, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Mongolia, Nepal,
Philippines, Samoa, Senegal, Singapore, Switzerland, Thailand, UK, Uzbekistan and USA (as
Consultants to various international organizations such as ADB, AfDB, GDN, IMF,
ILO, World Bank, UNCTAD, UNDP, UN-ECA, UN-ESCAP, UNITAR, UN-SIAP).

• He has also visited 9 other countries namely Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland,
Morocco, New Zealand, U.A.E. and Tonga to attend international conferences.

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• Prof. Das is a Gold Medalist in Economics from Calcutta University, and holds a Ph.D.
degree as a Commonwealth Scholar from the University of East Anglia, England.

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Annex-1
Detailed Bio Data of Prof. Tarun Das

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. Professional Experiences in Backward Sequence:

20 Dec 2008- till date African Development Bank Macroeconomic Adviser, Ministry of
(except period below) Finance, the Gambia, Quadrangle, Banjul.
16 Aug-15 Oct, 2009 Asian Development Bank Macroeconomic Modeling Expert and Team
01 April-31May,2010 Leader, Central Bank of Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal.
01 September 2008 – Professor (Public Policy and Research Methodology), IILM, New
19 December 2008 Delhi, India, and Consultant to World Bank (Uzbekistan).
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 & 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 (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 Training), Indian Economic Service.
June 1970- Oct 1971 Research Fellow, Dept. of Econ, Presidency College, Calcutta, India.

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7. Specialisation and working experience:

• Public Policy, National and Global Public Policies; Fiscal, Financial, Monetary and
External Sector Reforms and Policies; Public Financial Management and Governance
Reforms;
• Macroeconomic Modelling, Forecasting and Policy Planning;
• Management of Public Debt, External Debt and Contingent Liabilities;
• Medium Term Public Expenditure Framework;
• Strategic Planning and Budget Forecasting;;
• Poverty and Inequality analysis;
• Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and Poverty Reduction Growth Strategy;
• Performance Based Budgeting, Program Budgeting and Benchmarks setting;
• Performance Evaluation and Monitoring;
• Accrual Accounting and Output Budgeting;
• Transport Modelling, and Regional Planning;
• Environment and Urban Economics;
• Conducting Policy Research, Training and Multi-stakeholders’ Workshops.

8. Other experiences:

(a) Worked as a Consultant to the African Development Bank, UN Economic Commission for
Africa (UN-ECA), Commonwealth Secretariat, World Bank, Asian Development 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.

Supporting Annexes

Annex-2: Administrative, Teaching and Training Experience of Prof. Tarun Das

Annex-3: Major Government Committees/Working Groups served by Prof. Tarun Das
Annex-4: International WGs, Delegations and Conferences served by Prof. Tarun Das
Annex-5: Major publications of Professor Tarun Das on Public Policy and related subjects

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Annex-2
Administrative, Teaching and Training Experiences of Prof. Tarun Das
1.1 Administration and Training Experience:
(a) Head of Economics, Member of Academic Committee, Chairman of Library Committee,
and Member of Research Committee, Institute of Integrated Learning in Management, New
Delhi, Feb 2006 to May 2007.
(b) In charge of administration and training of the Indian Economic Service for various
periods during March 1989 to Feb 2005.
(c) In charge of administration of the Economic Division, Department of Economic Affairs,
Ministry of Finance, New Delhi, during Oct 1989 to Dec 1998, and during April 2002 to Oct
2004.
(d) Administrative Head of the Transport Modeling Unit, Planning Commission, New Delhi
during Jan 1987 to Feb 1989.
(e) Administrative Head of the Economic research Unit (ERU) of the Joint Plant Committee
under the Ministry of Steel at New Delhi during Oct 1984 to December 1986.
(f) Administrative Head of Economic Division, in the BICP, Ministry of Industry, New
Delhi during Oct 1984 to Sept 1986.

1.2 Teaching Experience:

(a) Teaching Public Policy and Research Methodology to the MBA students at the Institute for
Integrated learning in Management (IILM), New Delhi since February 2006.
(b) Part time teaching of Economic Statistics and Applied Econometrics to the graduate and post-
graduate students at the School of Economic and Social Studies, University of East Anglia,
Norwich NR4 7TJ, England during September 1974 to June 1977.
(c) Taught Micro Economics and Economic Statistics to the BA Honors students at the Department of
Economics, Presidency College, Calcutta, June 1970- October 1971.

1.3 Guest Faculty at the following academic and training institutes:

(a) Indian Foreign Service Training Institute, New Delhi for diplomats.
(b) Indian Economic Service Training at the Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi University.
(c) Indian Statistical Service Training Institute, Central Statistical Organization.
(d) Indian Defense College, New Delhi for defense officers and foreign diplomats.
(e) Indian Institute for Foreign Trade, New Delhi for Diploma/ MA courses.
(f) Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi.
(g) National Institute for Public Finance and Policy, New Delhi.
(h) Institute for Manpower and Education Planning. New Delhi.
(i) Management Development Institute, Gurugaon, Haryana.
(j) National Institute for Financial Management, Faridabad, Haryana.
(k) Institute of Government Accounts and Finance, New Delhi.
(l) Institute for Costs and Works Accountants, New Delhi.
(m) Fortune Institute for Management, New Delhi.
(n) Institute for Technology and Management, Ghaziabad, U.P.
(o) Northern Institute for Banking Management, Noida, U.P.
(p) Institute for Development Studies (IDS), Lucknow, U.P.
(q) LBS National Academy of administration, Mussorie, U.P.
(r) International Institute for Management, Oxford-Brooks University, Kolkata.
(s) Pacific Institute for Management (PIM), Udaipur, Rajasthan.
(t) Jawaharlal Nehru Institute for Development Banking, Hyderabad, AP.
(u) National Institute for Banking and management (NIBM), Pune, Maharashtra.
(v) World Trade Centre, Mumbai, Maharashtra.
(w) Management Development Centre, LIC, Mumbai.

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Annex-3
Prof. Tarun Das- Membership of Major Government Committees/Working Groups

1. Member, WG on E-Commerce and software exports, Ministry of Commerce, 2001.

2. Convener, WG on Projections of Foreign Savings for the Tenth Five-Year Plan, 2001.
3. WG on Tariff Rationalization in India in the context of WTO Commitment, 2002.
4. Member, Focus group on Financial Services Negotiations with WTO, 2002.
5. Member, Expert Committee on Issues relating to Trade and Investment, 2002.
6. Member, Working Group for Reduction of Transactions Costs for Exports, 2002.
7. Member, Expert Group on Rationalization of Customs and Excise Duties, 1999.
8. Advisory Committee on National Accounts, CSO, 1996-2005.
9. Tech. Adv. Committee on Statistics of Prices & Cost of Living, CSO, 1996-2005.
10. WG for Revision of WPI, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, 2004-2006.
11. Expert Group on International Comparison Program, CSO, 2004-2005.
12. Expert Committee on Industrial Statistics, CSO, 2004-2005.
13. Technical Sub-Group for Revision of CPI-IW, CSO, 2003-2004.
14. Sub-Group on Fiscal Statistics, for the National Statistical Commission, 2002.
15. Monitoring Group on External Debt, RBI, 1999-2002.
16. Policy Group on Central Database Management System for RBI, 2002-2004.
17. Monitoring Group on Survey on External Investment, RBI, 2002.
18. Expert Group on Prepayment of Expensive External Debt, MOF, 2002-2004.
19. Balance Of Payments Monitoring Group, MOF, 1998-2003.
20. Modeling Group on Management of Public Debt in India, MOF, 2000-2001.
21. Chairman, Technical Advisory Group on Housing Price Index, NHB, 2005.
22. Expert Group on Reconciliation of External Debt Data, MOF, 2000-2001
23. Country Coordinator for the IMF Government Finance Statistics, IMF Special Data
Dissemination System (SDDS), World Bank Global Development Finance, and the
Commonwealth Secretariat Debt Recording and Management System (CS-DRMS) for
India, MOF, 1998-2003.
24. Ad-hoc WG on Non-Debt Financial Flows, UNCTAD, Geneva, 1992-1995.
25. Expert Group for Revised Government Finance Statistics 2000, IMF, Washington
26. Member, Technology and Finance Committee for Environment, MoE&F, 1998-2003.
27. Expert Group for Training on Environment Economics and Statistics, MoFE, 1998-2003.
28. Sub-Groups on Domestic and Foreign Savings for the Tenth 5-year Plan, 2002.
29. Technical Committee on Buffer Stocking Policy on Food grains, MoAC, 2001.
30. Expert Group on Capital Formation in Agriculture, Min of Agr. & Coop (MoAC), 2002.
31. Working Group on Public Distribution System and Food Security in India, 2003-2005.
32. Government Director, Industrial Investment Bank of India (1993-95), Allahabad Bank
(1996-1998), Corporation Bank (1999-2001) and Bank of Maharashtra (2002-2004).
33. Governing Council, Regional Computer Centre, Calcutta, 1990-2003.
34. Governing Council, Institute for Financial Journalism, New Delhi, 1996-2005.
35. Academic Council, Centre for Global Business Management and Research, Delhi,
2004-2005.
36. Academic Council, Institute for Integrated Learning in Management, New Delhi, 2006.
37. Expert Group on revision of WPI, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, 1999-2000.
38. Expert Group on revision of CPI-IW, CSO, 1999-2000.
39. Expert Group on preparation of Service Price Index, Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
40. Chairman, Development of Housing Price Index, National Housing Bank, 2005.

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41. Independent Director, Shrishti Infrastructure Development Company (Joint venture of

HDFC and SREI Infrastructure Financing Co.) 2005-2006.

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Annex-4:
International Working Groups, Delegations and Conferences served by Prof. Tarun Das

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 Organization, 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, organized 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, organized 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-5: Major Publications by Prof. Tarun Das on Public Policy

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1. Macroeconomic Management and Governance Reforms

1.1 Medium Term Macroeconomic Framework and Fiscal Envelope for the preparation of the
Budget for 2011, pp.1-25, African Development Bank Capacity Building Project, the
Gambia, Banjul, 10 July 2010.
1.2 The Gambia Monthly Economic Bulletin for June 2010, pp.1-40, African Development
Bank Capacity Building Project, the Gambia, Banjul, 30 June 2010.
1.3 Upgraded Nepal Macroeconomic Model- Analytical framework, model structure, data base,
test and calibration techniques, computer algorithms, projections and simulations, pp.1-210,
in three volumes, Asian Development Bank Capacity Building Project, Nepal Rastra
Bank, 30 May 2010.
1.4 An operational consistent Macroeconomic Spreadsheet Model for Nepal- Analytical
background, model structure, data base, test and calibration techniques and results, pp.1-75,
Asian Development Bank Capacity Building Project, Nepal Rastra Bank, 30 April 2010.
1.5 Macroeconomic Analysis, Modeling and Projections- an Inception Report, pp.1-57, African
Development Bank Capacity Building Project, the Gambia, Banjul, 31 January 2009.
1.6 An Operational Macroeconomic Forecasting Model for Gambia- Basic Concepts, Data
Base, Calibration Techniques and Projections, pp.1-71, African Development Bank
Capacity Building Project, the Gambia, Banjul, 31 January 2009.
1.7 Trends and projections of sectoral GDP growth rates for the Gambia during 1998-2008-
2013 and some policy issues, pp.1-18, African Development Bank Capacity Building
Project, the Gambia, Banjul 28 February 2009.
1.8 External Debt Sustainability for Gambia- Macroeconomic trends and policy issues, pp.1-30,
Commonwealth Secretariat, London, August 2008.
1.9 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.
1.10 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.
1.11 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.
1.12 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.
1.13 Public-Private Partnership for financing infrastructure in Asian economies- Scope, Progress,
Issues and Perspectives, pp.-1-30, UN-ESCAP, Bangkok, Dec 2005.

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1.14 Role of public policies and public institutions in market economy, pp.1-22, Centre for
Social Markets, Kolkata, 2005.
1.15 Dynamics of Population Ageing: How India can Respond, pp.1-18, UN-ESCAP, Bangkok,
December 2004.
1.16 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.
1.17 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.
1.18 Economic Reforms in India- Rationale, Scope, Progress and Unfinished Agenda, pp.1-80,
Bank of Maharashtra, Planning Department, Pune, February 2003.
1.19 Preparation of Indices for Services Production, jointly with R. Dasgupta, pp1-250, National
Institute for Banking and Management, Pune, India, Jan 2003.
1.20 Impact of reforms on productivity of the public sector enterprises in India, pp. 1-35, Asian
productivity Council, Tokyo, Sept 1994.
1.21 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.
1.22 Role of private sector including privatization in selected Asian countries and lessons for
Africa, pp.1-110, UN Economic Commission for Africa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Oct.
1998.
1.23 Foreign Investment- Technology Transfer- and Growth Nexus in Asian economies, pp.1-
158, ESCAP, United Nations, Bangkok, Oct 1997.
1.24 Policies and Strategies for Promoting Private Sector’s Role in Industrial and Technological
Development in Asia, pp.1-171, ST/ESCAP/1696, UN, NY, 1996.
1.25 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, 1993.
1.26 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.
1.27 Pricing, productivity and competitiveness of Indian Steel industry, pp.269-292, in Indian
Industrialization, edited by Dr. Arun Ghosh, Oxford University Press, Delhi, 1992.
1.28 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.
1.29 Multisectoral and multiregional transport model for India– database and calibration
techniques, pp.391-403, Environment and Planning (London), 15-A, 1983.
1.30 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.
1.31 An economic evaluation of investment on roads and road transport in India, Planning
Commission, New Delhi, WP No.18, pp.1-50, May 1980.

2. MDGs, Poverty and Inequality

2.1 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.
2.2 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,

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ADB Capacity Building Project on Governance Reforms, Ministry of Finance,

Mongolia, May 2008.
2.3 Bridging research and policy- a case study of India, pp.14-15, Global Development
Network (GDN) Research Monitor. No.1, September 2006.
2.4 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.
2.5 Economic and Social Cost Benefit Analysis and Project Review, pp.1-30, Training
Material prepared for the Ministry of Rural Development, Govt of India, Mar 2007.
2.6 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.
2.7 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.
2.8 Poverty and inequality in India–Trends and policy issues, pp.1-30, UN-ESCAP,
Bangkok, Oct. 2002.
2.9 Poverty and Environment- How to break the vicious circle? Pp.39-46, Souvenir of the
Global Society for Protection of Human Rights, Delhi, Jan 2000.
2.10 UNDP Human Development Index – Some Methodological Issues and Alternative
Measures, pp.1-30, UNDP, UN Plaza, New York, March 1993.
2.11 Inequality index with differences in inequality aversion for groups, Rivista
Internazionale di Scienze Economiche e Commercialli (Milan, Italy), 1983.
2.12 Decompositions of inequality measures and a comparative analysis, jointly with Prof. A.
Parikh, pp.23-48, Empirical Economics (Vienna, Austria), vol.7, 1982.
2.13 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.
2.14 Decompositions of inequality measures and a comparative analysis, jointly with Prof. A.
Parikh, pp.23-48, Empirical Economics (Vienna, Austria), vol.7, 1982.
2.15 Decompositions of Atkinson’s measure of inequality, jointly with Prof. Ashok Parikh,
pp.171-178, Australian Economic Papers, vol.20 (36), June 1981.
2.16 Choice of demographic units in analyzing the size distribution on income, pp.20-29,
Journal of Income and Wealth, 3 (1), 1978.

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.
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.

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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) Statistics, pp.1-70, UN Statistical Institute for Asia and Pacific, Chiba,
Japan, Aug 2007.
3.11 Official Economic statistics- Part-2 on Monetary and Financial statistics (MFS) and Multi–
Factor Productivity Measures (MFP), UN Statistical Institute for Asia and Pacific, Chiba,
Japan, Aug 2007.
3.12 Governance of Public Debt- International Experiences and Best Practices, pp.1-44, Best
Practices series No.10, UNITAR, Geneva, 2006.
3.13 Financing International Cooperation behind National Borders- a Case Study for India, pp.1-
46, Office of Development Studies, UNDP, New York. March 2006.
3.14 General Agreement on Trade in Services – Implications for the Indian financial sector,
pp.6-14, Bima Vidya, MDC, Mumbai, July 2003.
3.15 An assessment of the financial sector liberalization in India in the context of its
commitment to the WTO, pp.1-50, Indian Council for Research on International
Economic Relations (ICRIER), New Delhi, June 2003.
3.16 Management of Contingent Liabilities in Philippines- Policies, Processes, Legal Framework
and Institutions, pp.1-60, World Bank, Washington D.C., 2002.
3.17 Management of Public Debt in India, pp.85-110, in Accompanying Document to the
Guidelines for Public Debt Management, IMF, Washington, June 2002.
3.18 Sovereign Debt Management in India, pp.561-579, Sovereign Debt Management Forum:
Compilation of Presentations, World Bank, Washington, 2000.
3.19 Reforms and liberalization of the financial sector in India- organizational structure, needs
and policy issues, pp.1-40, UN-ESCAP, Bangkok, 1995.
3.20 Social security system in India – needs and policy issues, pp.1-40, ESCAP, United
Nations, Bangkok, December 1999.
3.21 Fiscal Policies for Management of External Capital Flows, pp. 194-207, in Corporate
External Debt Management, edited by Jawahar Mulraj, CRISIL, Bombay, Dec 1999.
3.22 Monitoring and Projecting Budget Deficits of the Government – A Technical Note,
Ministry of Finance, pp.1-21, August 1990.

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4.1 External Debt Sustainability for Uzbekistan- Trends, Strategy, Policy Issues, Legal and
Institutional Setup; pp.1-50, Country Office of the World Bank at Uzbekistan, October
2008.
4.2 External Debt Sustainability for Gambia- Macroeconomic trends and policy issues, pp.1-30,
Commonwealth Secretariat, London, August 2008.
4.3 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.
4.4 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.
4.5 Governance of Public Debt- International Experiences and Best Practices, pp.1-44, Best
Practices series No.10, UNITAR, Geneva, 2006.
4.6 Management of external debt in Nepal- legal, institutional framework and policy issues,
pp.1-30, UNESCAP, Bangkok, May 2006.
4.7 Management of external debt in Cambodia- legal, institutional framework and policy issues,
pp.1-30, UNESCAP, Bangkok, Feb. 2006.
4.8 Management of external debt in Lao PDR- legal, institutional framework and policy issues,
pp.1-30, UNESCAP, Bangkok, Feb. 2006.
4.9 Financing International Cooperation behind National Borders- a Case Study for India,
pp.1-50, Office of Development Studies, UNDP, New York. March 2006.
4.10 Management of external debt in Indonesia- legal, institutional framework and policy issues,
pp.1-30, Ministry of Finance, Govt of Indonesia, Dec. 2005.
4.11 Management of external debt in Samoa- legal, institutional framework and policy issues,
pp.1-30, UNESCAP, Bangkok, Sept 2005.
4.12 Off budget risks and their management, Chapter-3, Public Expenditure, and Financial
Management Review, Report No. 24256-PH, A Joint Document of The Government of
the Philippines, World Bank and Asian Development Bank (ADB), World Bank
Philippines Country Office, April 30, 2003.
4.13 Prepayment of expensive external debt of India, Expert Group Report, pp.1-40, Ministry of
Finance, New Delhi, Sept 2002.
4.14 Management of Public Debt in India, pp.85-110, in Accompanying Document to the
Guidelines for Public Debt Management, IMF, Washington, June 2002.
4.15 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.
4.16 Sovereign Debt Management in India, pp.561-579, Sovereign Debt Management Forum:
Compilation of Presentations, World Bank, Washington, 2000.
4.17 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.
4.18 Fiscal Policies for Management of External Capital Flows, pp. 194-207, in Corporate
External Debt Management, edited by Jawahar Mulraj, CRISIL, Bombay, Dec 1999
4.19 Management of external debt in India and lessons for developing countries, IMF Singapore
Regional Training Institute, Singapore, Sept 1998.

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