Tarun Das Up-to-date CV for Macroeconomic Advisor

Professor Tarun Das

Institute for Integrated Learning in Management (IILM)
10/14 East Patel Nagar
New Delhi-110008, India.

Email: das.tarun@hotmail.com
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Presently working as: Consultant (Debt Sustainability Analysis for Gambia),

Commonwealth Secretariat, London, United Kingdom.

Formerly: ADB Strategic Planning Expert, Min of Finance, Government of Mongolia;

and Economic Adviser, Planning Commission and Ministry of Finance, India.

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TARUN DAS
CV for Macroeconomic Advisor

1. Name of Expert: MR. TARUN KANTI DAS

2A. Current 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: Consultant (Debt Sustainability Analysis for Gambia),

Commonwealth Secretariat, London, U.K.

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:

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16 July 2008- Consultant (Debt Sustainability Analysis for Gambia), Commonwealth

23 August 2008 Secretariat, London, England.
1 June 2007- Strategic Planning Expert, Asian Development Bank (ADB) Capacity
8 July 2008 Building Project on Governance Reforms, Ministry of Finance,
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 Training), Indian Economic Service.
June 1970- Oct 1971 Research Fellow, Dept. of Econ, Presidency College, Calcutta, India.

6. (b) Specialisation and working experience: Management of Public Debt, External Debt and
Contingent Liabilities; Fiscal and Financial Policies; Governance Reforms; Medium Term Public
Expenditure Framework, Budget Planning and Forecasting; Strategic Planning and Macro-
econometric modelling; Poverty and Inequality; Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and
Poverty Reduction Growth Strategy; Performance Based Output Budgeting and Program
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 United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UN-
ECA), Commonwealth Secretariat, World Bank, Asian Development Bank, ILO, ESCAP,
UNCTAD, UNDP, UNITAR, UN-SIAP, Global Development Network and.
(b) Worked as Consultant in Gambia, Ethiopia, Senegal, Cambodia, India, Indonesia,
Japan, Lao PDR, Mongolia, Nepal, Philippines, Thailand, Samoa, Switzerland, UK
and USA. Also visited Bangladesh, Belgium, China, France, Germany, Malaysia,
Morocco, Ireland, Singapore and U.A.E. to attend international conferences.
(c) Possesses diversity in skills in research, teaching, training, policy planning, modeling,
applied econometrics, official economic statistics and consultancy services.

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

Country (Funded Designation and Scope of Consultancy
by) Period
Mongolia Strategic Planning Expert, ADB Capacity Building Project on
Governance Reforms, MOF, Govt of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar
(Funded by ADB)
(a) Strategic planning and performance budgeting;
1 June 2007-
(b) Management of public debt, external debt and contingent liabilities;
8 July 2008 (c) Macro-econometric forecasting, medium term expenditure framework
and assessment of needs for achieving Millennium Development Goals;
(d) Strengthening Budget Preparation and Financial Information System

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and Auditing and Accounting Techniques and System;

(e) identification of core and non-core functions for the government;
(f) Interlinkages between UN MDGs, poverty reduction and growth
strategy, and National Development Plan;
(g) To prepare guidelines and manuals and provide training on Output
Costing and Output Budgeting; accrual accounting and accrual
budgeting; benchmarks setting for output costing; medium term financial
planning; Budget Performance Evaluation; Program Budgeting; Program
Evaluation Review Technique (PERT) and Program Assessment Rating
Tool (PART); Government finance statistics, and Monetary and Financial
Statistics;
(h) Worked as resource person for intergovernmental training program on
Official Economic Statistics at the UN-SIAP, Chiba, Japan, 15-29
August 2008.
Gambia (Funded by Consultant (DSA for Gambia) : External Debt Sustainability Analysis
Commonwealth for IMF, Macro-econometric forecasting, evaluation of MDGs and
Secretariat) Poverty Reduction and Growth Strategy.
(17 July 2008 till 23
August on contract)
Ethiopia (Funded by Consultant to UN-ECA- Sept-Nov 1998, Privatisation in selected Asian
UN ECA) economies and lessons for Africa, UN Economic Commission for Africa,
Sept-Nov 1998 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

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Senegal (Funded by Preparation and presentation of a paper on Interlinkages between

GDN and World development research and policy planning in external sector,
Bank) privatisation and labour market reforms, 21-28 January 2005.
21-28 Jan 2005.
India Economic Adviser, Ministry of Finance, Govt of India, New Delhi
(Funded by the govt. (a) Macro-econometric forecasting and sectoral advice for external
of India) sectors, social sectors and infrastructure financing;
(b) India’s economic relations with World Bank, ADB and IMF.
March 1989 to Jan
(c) Management of public debt, external debt, contingent liabilities;
2006
(d) Country co-ordinator for the Commonwealth Secretariat Debt
Recording and Management System (DRMS) for India, IMF
Government Finance Statistics (GFS) and Special Data
Dissemination Standards (SDDS), the World Bank Global
Development Finance statistics for India;
(e) Fiscal and financial policies; Medium Term Macro-economic
and Fiscal Framework, Expenditure policy;
(f) Monitoring Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act;
(g) evaluation of food, fertilizer and petroleum subsidies, poverty
alleviation and employment generation programs;
(h) 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;
(i) Worked on short-term Consultant to the UN Economic
Commission for Africa, Commonwealth Secretariat, ADB, GDN,
IMF, UNCTAD, UNDP, UN-ESCAP, UNITAR, World Bank.
India (Funded by Project Co-ordinator and Eco. Adviser-
World Bank) World Bank Institutional Development Project on Management of Public
2002-2004 Debt, External Debt and Contingent Liabilities, organised five workshops
and produced four books on proceedings and edited papers.
Philippines (Funded Consultant to the World Bank
by World Bank) Management of contingent liabilities relating to external debt and public
Jan-Feb 2002 debt, govt. guarantees, Social security and social welfare measures,
insurance, provident and pension funds.
Samoa (Funded by Consultant to the UN-ESCAP, Bangkok, Thailand
UN-ESCAP) Legal, Institutional, Regulatory Set-up and Policies for Management of
Sept 2005 External debt, Public Debt and Medium Term Expenditure Framework.
Indonesia (Funded Consultant to the UNITAR, Geneva, Switzerland
by UNITAR) Legal, Institutional Set-up and Policies for Management of External debt,
Dec 2005 Public Debt and Medium Term Expenditure Framework; and Resource
person for the Multi-stakeholders Consultation on the Public Debt Law.
Cambodia (Funded Consultant to the UN-ESCAP, Bangkok, Thailand
by UN-ESCAP) Legal, Institutional, Regulatory Set-up and Policies for Management of
Feb 2006 External debt, Public Debt and Medium Term Expenditure Framework.
Lao PDR (Funded by Consultant to the UN-ESCAP, Bangkok, Thailand
UN-ESCAP) Legal, Institutional, Regulatory Set-up and Policies for Management of
Feb 2006 External debt, Public Debt and Medium Term Expenditure Framework.
Nepal (Funded by Consultant to the UN-ESCAP, Bangkok, Thailand
UN-ESCAP) Legal, Institutional, Regulatory Set-up and Policies for Management of
May 2006 External debt, Public Debt and Medium Term Expenditure Framework.

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Afghanistan, Consultant to the UN-ESCAP, Bangkok, Thailand

Bangladesh, (a) Inter-linkages between UN Millennium Development Goals, Poverty
Cambodia, China, Reduction and Growth Strategy and National Development Plans for
Lao PDR, Maldives, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Lao PDR, Maldives,
Mongolia, Myanmar, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand and Timor Leste.
Nepal, Pakistan,
(b) Presented a paper at the Regional Workshop organised jointly by the
Thailand (Funded by
ADB, UNDP and UN-ESCAP at Bangkok during 15-17 October 2007.
UN-ESCAP) Dec
2006 to March 2007:
India- Professor (Public Policy), IILM, New Delhi.
(a) An evaluation of implementation of the Rural Employment Guarantee
(Funded by the govt.
Scheme. (b) Conducted training programs on economic and social
of India)
evaluation methodology for poverty alleviation programs of the Ministry
February 2006- of Rural Development, March 2007. (b) Conducted a training program on
May 2007 Applied Econometrics for the Indian Statistical Service, May 2007.
Philippines (Funded Consultant to the Asian Development Bank, Manila, Philippines
by ADB, Manila) Preparation of Country Report on India, for the ADB Asian Development
Outlook. Attended Third Workshop on Asian Economic Outlook (AEO)
Every year for short
(5-9 Nov 1990), Fourth Workshop on AEO (28-31 Oct 1991), Fifth
term in 1990-1995,
Workshop on AEO (4-6 Nov 1992), Sixth Workshop on AEO (21-23 Oct
2000 and 2003
19930 and Seventh Workshop on AEO (26-28 Oct 1994), ADB, Manila.
India (Funded by External Consultant for UN-ESCAP, every year for short term in
UN-ESCAP) 1990-2006 (Country Report on India as inputs for the ESCAP Survey).
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).
Switzerland (Funded Member, UNCTAD Ad-hoc Working Group on Non-Debt Creating
by UNCTAD) (short Financial Flows – preparation of a report of foreign investment policies
period in 1993-95) and strategy of India
Japan (Funded by Resource person for inter-governmental training on Official
UN-SIAP) Economic Statistics conducted at the UN Statistical Institute for Asia and
19-25 Aug 2007 Pacific at Chiba, Japan during 19-25 August 2007.
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.
Planning Adviser (Modelling and policy planning)
Commission, India January 1987 to Feb 1989
UNDP Transport Deputy Adviser- Transport modelling and policy planning.
Policy Planning (May 1978 to Sept 1982)
Project in 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. Macroeconomic Management and Poverty Reduction Growth Strategy

1.1 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 Capacity Building Project on Governance Reforms,
Ministry of Finance, Mongolia, May 2008.
1.2 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.
1.3 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.
1.4 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.
1.5 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.
1.6 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.
1.7 Public-Private Partnership for financing infrastructure in Asian economies- Scope,
Progress, Issues and Perspectives, pp.-1-30, UN-ESCAP, Bangkok, December
2005.
1.8 Role of public policies and public institutions in market economy, pp.1-22, Centre
for Social Markets, Kolkata, 2005.
1.9 Dynamics of Population Ageing: How India can Respond, pp.1-18, UN-ESCAP,
Bangkok, December 2004.
1.10 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.
1.11 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.
1.12 Economic Reforms in India- Rationale, Scope, Progress and Unfinished Agenda,
pp.1-80, published by the Bank of Maharashtra, Planning Department, Pune,
February 2003.
1.13 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.

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1.14 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.
1.15 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.
1.16 Impact of reforms on productivity of the public sector enterprises in India, pp. 1-35,
Asian productivity Council, Tokyo, Sept 1994.
1.17 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.
1.18 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.
1.19 Foreign Investment- Technology Transfer- and Growth Nexus in Asian economies,
pp.1-158, ESCAP, United Nations, Bangkok, Oct 1997.
1.20 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.
1.21 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.
1.22 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.
1.23 Pricing, productivity and competitiveness of Indian Steel industry, pp.269-292, in
Indian Industrialization, edited by Dr. Arun Ghosh, Oxford University Press,
Delhi, 1992.
1.24 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.
1.25 A multisectoral and multiregional transport model for India – database and
calibration techniques, pp.391-403, Environment and Planning (London), 15-A,
1983.
1.26 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.
1.27 An economic evaluation of investment on roads and road transport in India,
Planning Commission, New Delhi, WP No.18, pp.1-50, May 1980.

2. MDGs, Poverty and Inequality

2.1 Interlinkages between UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs),

NationalDevelopment 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.

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2.2 Bridging research and policy- a case study of India, pp.14-15, Global
Development Network (GDN) Research Monitor. No.1, September 2006.
2.3 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.
2.4 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.
2.5 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.
2.6 Poverty and inequality in India–Trends and policy issues, pp.1-30, UN-ESCAP,
Bangkok, Oct. 2002.
2.7 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.
2.8 UNDP Human Development Index – Some Methodological Issues and Alternative
Measures, pp.1-30, UNDP, UN Plaza, New York, March 1993.
2.9 Inequality index with differences in inequality aversion for groups, Rivista
Internazionale di Scienze Economiche e Commercialli (Milan, Italy), 1983.
2.10 Decompositions of inequality measures and a comparative analysis, jointly with
Prof. A. Parikh, pp.23-48, Empirical Economics (Vienna, Austria), vol.7, 1982.
2.11 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.
2.12 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 Decompositions of Atkinson’s measure of inequality, jointly with Prof. Ashok
Parikh, pp.171-178, Australian Economic Papers, vol.20 (36), June 1981.
2.14 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. External Debt and Public Debt Management

4.1 External Debt Sustainability for Gambia- Macroeconomic trends and policy issues,
pp.1-30, Commonwealth Secretariat, London, August 2008.
4.2 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.
4.3 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.
4.4 Governance of Public Debt- International Experiences and Best Practices, pp.1-44,
Best Practices series No.10, UNITAR, Geneva, 2006.
4.5 Management of external debt in Nepal- legal, institutional framework and policy
issues, pp.1-30, UNESCAP, Bangkok, May 2006.
4.6 Management of external debt in Cambodia- legal, institutional framework and
policy issues, pp.1-30, UNESCAP, Bangkok, Feb. 2006.
4.7 Management of external debt in Lao PDR- legal, institutional framework and policy
issues, pp.1-30, UNESCAP, Bangkok, Feb. 2006.
4.8 Financing International Cooperation behind National Borders- a Case Study for
India, pp.1-50, Office of Development Studies, UNDP, New York. March 2006.
4.9 Management of external debt in Indonesia- legal, institutional framework and policy
issues, pp.1-30, Ministry of Fi nance, Govt of Indonesia, Dec. 2005.
4.10 Management of external debt in Samoa- legal, institutional framework and policy
issues, pp.1-30, UNESCAP, Bangkok, Sept 2005.
4.11 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.
4.12 Prepayment of expensive external debt of India, Expert Group Report, pp.1-40,
Ministry of Finance, New Delhi, Sept 2002.
4.13 Management of Public Debt in India, pp.85-110, in Accompanying Document to the
Guidelines for Public Debt Management, IMF, Washington, June 2002.
4.14 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.
4.15 Sovereign Debt Management in India, pp.561-579, Sovereign Debt Management
Forum: Compilation of Presentations, World Bank, Washington, 2000.
4.16 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.
4.17 Fiscal Policies for Management of External Capital Flows, pp. 194-207, in
Corporate External Debt Management, edited by Jawahar Mulraj, CRISIL,
Bombay, Dec 1999
4.18 Management of external debt in India and lessons for developing countries, IMF
Singapore Regional Training Institute, Singapore, Sept 1998.

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