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TARUN DAS
CV for Macroeconomic Modeling Specialist
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: Professor (Public Policy and Research Methodology) Institute for
Integrated Learning in Management, New Delhi, India.
3. Personal:
Nationality : Indian
Date of Birth : August 19, 1947.,
Marital status : Married (Wife: Mitali Das, Son: Arpan Das)
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.
1 September 2008 Professor (Public Policy and Research Methodology) Institute for
till date Integrated Learning in Management, New Delhi, India.
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7. Other experiences:
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August on contract) Evaluation of MDGs and Poverty Reduction and Growth Strategy.
Mongolia Strategic Planning Expert, ADB Capacity Building Project on
Governance Reforms, MOF, Govt of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar
(Funded by ADB)
(a) Macro-econometric Modelling and Forecasting, Medium Term
1 June 2007-
Financial Planning and Expenditure Framework; and assessment of needs
8 July 2008 for achieving Millennium Development Goals;
(b) Strategic planning and performance budgeting;
(c) Management of public debt, external debt and contingent liabilities;
(d) Strengthening Budget Preparation and Financial Information System;
(e) Interlinkages between UN MDGs, poverty reduction and growth
strategy, and National Development Plan;
(f) To prepare guidelines and manuals for performance-based accrual
output budgeting;; Program Evaluation Review Technique and Program
Assessment Rating Tool (PART);
(g) Worked as resource person for intergovernmental training program on
Official Economic Statistics at the UN Statistical Institute for Asia and
Pacific (UN-SIAP), Chiba, Japan, 15-29 August 2008.
India Economic Adviser, Ministry of Finance, Govt of India, New Delhi
(Funded by the govt. (a) Macro-econometric Modelling and Forecasting and Reforms for
of India) external sectors, social sectors and infrastructure financing;
(b) Management of public debt, external debt, contingent liabilities;
March 1989 to Jan
(c) Country co-ordinator for the IMF Government Finance Statistics
2006
(GFS) and Special Data Dissemination Standards (SDDS), the
World Bank Global Development Finance statistics for India;
(d) Fiscal and financial policies; Medium Term Fiscal Framework,;
(e) Monitoring Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act;
(f) Evaluation of poverty alleviation programs;
(g) Worked as Consultant to the ADB, UN Economic Commission
for Africa, Commonwealth Secretariat, GDN, IMF, UNCTAD,
UNDP, UN-ESCAP, UNITAR, and World Bank.
India (Funded by Project Co-ordinator and Economic Adviser- World Bank Institutional
World Bank) Development Project on Sovereign Debt Sustainability Modelling,
2002-2004 organised five workshops (including one at Kathmandu, Nepal) and
produced four books on proceedings and edited papers.
India- Professor (Public Policy and Research Methodology), IILM, New
Delhi. (a) Teaching Macro-economic framework and modelling,
(Funded by the govt.
forecasting and simulation techniques, econometric applications,
of India)
research methodology and public policy to the MBA students;
February 2006- (b) Conducting training programs on Applied Econometrics, Modelling
May 2007 and Forecasting Techniques for the Indian Statistical Service, May 2007.
Planning Adviser (Modelling and policy planning) Development, Test and
Commission, India Calibration of a Macro-economic Model for India for Forecasting
Sectoral and Regional Growth Rates and Investment Planning;
January 1987 to Feb 1989
India (Funded by Deputy Adviser (Transport modelling and policy planning), UNDP
UNDP) May 1978 to Transport Policy Planning Project in India- Development, test and
Sept 1982 calibration of a multi-sectoral and multi-regional macro-economic model
and a multi-modal Transport Model for India.
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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)
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.
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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Annex-1:
Presentation of academic papers at International Conferences
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1.1 Macro-economic framework and forecasting and debt sustainability analysis for the
government of Gambia, pp.1-65, Commonwealth Secretariat, London, August 2008.
1.2 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,
ADB Capacity Building Project on Governance Reforms, Ministry of Finance,
Mongolia, May 2008.
1.3 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.
1.4 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.
1.5 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.
1.6 Preparation of Strategic Business Plans- Structural Framework and Guidelines to Line
Ministries, pp.1-74, ADB Capacity Building Projects on Governance Reforms, MOF,
Mongolia, Sep 2007.
1.7 Topics on Applied Econometrics- Income Distribution and Forecasting Techniques, Part-1,
pp.1-210, and Part-2, pp.1-55, Institute for Integrated Learning in Management, New
Delhi, May 2007.
1.8 Public-Private Partnership for financing infrastructure in Asian economies- Scope,
Progress, Issues and Perspectives, pp.-1-30, UN-ESCAP, Bangkok, December 2005.
1.9 Role of public policies and public institutions in market economy, pp.1-22, Centre for
Social Markets, Kolkata, 2005.
1.10 Dynamics of Population Ageing: How India can Respond, pp.1-18, UN-ESCAP,
Bangkok, December 2004.
1.11 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.
1.12 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.
1.13 Economic Reforms in India- Rationale, Scope, Progress and Unfinished Agenda, pp.1-80,
published by the Bank of Maharashtra, Planning Department, Pune, February 2003.
1.14 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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1.15 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.
1.16 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.
1.17 Impact of reforms on productivity of the public sector enterprises in India, pp. 1-35, Asian
productivity Council, Tokyo, Sept 1994.
1.18 Implications of Globalization on Industrial Diversification in Asia, pp.ix+1-86, UN
ESCAP, Bangkok, UN Publications Sales No.E.02.II.F.52, December 2001.
1.19 Role of private sector including privatisation in selected Asian countries and lessons for
Africa, pp.1-110, UN Economic Commission for Africa, Addis Abada, Ethiopia, Oct.
1998.
1.20 Foreign Investment- Technology Transfer- and Growth Nexus in Asian economies, pp.1-
158, ESCAP, United Nations, Bangkok, Oct 1997.
1.21 Policies and Strategies for Promoting Private Sector’s Role in Industrial and Technological
Development in Asia, pp.1-171, ST/ESCAP/1696, UN, New York, 1996.
1.22 Macro-economic Framework and Foreign Investment in India, WG on Investment and
Financial Flows, pp.1-75, TD/B/WG.1/Misc.3/ Add.3, UNCTAD, Geneva, 1993.
1.23 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.
1.24 Pricing, productivity and competitiveness of Indian Steel industry, pp.269-292, in Indian
Industrialization, edited by Dr. Arun Ghosh, Oxford University Press, Delhi, 1992.
1.25 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.
1.26 A multisectoral and multiregional transport model for India – database and calibration
techniques, pp.391-403, Environment and Planning (London), 15-A, 1983.
1.27 Application of shift and share technique for forecasting regional and sectoral growth in
India in the Sixth Plan, pp.187-200, Indian Journal of Regional Science, 13(2), 1981.
1.28 An economic evaluation of investment on roads and road transport in India, Planning
Commission, New Delhi, WP No.18, pp.1-50, May 1980.
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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.
3.1 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.
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.
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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.
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.
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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 Finance, 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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