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Documentos de Cultura
University of East Anglia, Sept 1974 July 1977 Ph.D. (Applied Impact of Demographic
Norwich NR4 7TJ, England, Eonometrics) 1977, Transition on Poverty and
U.K. (as Commonwealth “Decompositions of Poverty Inequality in UK, USA,
Scholar in the U.K.) and Inequality Measures” India, Bangladesh, Pakistan
and Sri Lanka
Presidency College, Sept 1967 Nov1969 MA (Quantitative Economics with Statistics,
University of Calcutta, Economics) 1969 Econometrics and
College Street, Kolkata, India First Class, Ranked Mathematical Economics
Second in the University
Presidency College, June1964 June1967 BA Hons. (Economics) Economics with Statistics
University of Calcutta, 1967 First Class First, and Mathematics
College Street, Kolkata, India Gold Medalist
7. Other Qualifications, Trainings and Workshops attended [since degrees were obtained]:
(a) Received training and very efficient in working with MSWORD, MS-EXCEL, MS-POWER POINT,
XLSTAT, SPSS and EVIEWS for Econometric Analysis.
(b) Workshop on Budgeting & Macro-Economy, IMF Regional Training Institute, Singapore, Aug 1998.
(c) Workshop on External Debt Management, IMF Reg. Training Inst., Singapore, 21-25 Mar 2000.
(d) Forum on Sovereign Debt, World Bank, Washington D.C., 1-3 Nov. 1999.
(e) Workshop on Sovereign Debt, World Bank, Washington D.C., 28 Mar-4 April 2000.
(f) Visits to Public Debt Offices of England and Ireland, 16-20 October 2000.
(g) Workshop on Contingent Liabilities, World Bank, Washington D.C., 9-11 Nov 2000.
(h) Expert Group Meeting on Revised GFS, IMF, Washington, 5-9 February 2001.
(i) Visits to Public Debt Offices of England and Ireland, 16-20 October 2000.
(j) Investors Role for Mitigation of Financial Crisis, IMF, Washington, 5-7 Nov 2001.
(k) UNDP and Harvard Institute Workshop on Population Growth and Economic Development, at
Dhaka, Bangladesh, 22-26 April 1998.
(l) UNDP and UNICEF Regional Workshop on the Public Expenditure on Basic Social Services, at
Bangkok, Thailand, 30 July-3 Aug 1998.
(m) Study Team on Economic Crisis, Asian Productivity Council, Tokyo, 15-20 Dec 1998.
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8. Countries of Work Experience: [List countries where expert worked in the last 20 years]:
Worked as Public Finance Management Expert in Laos PDR, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, Central Asia Regional
Economic Co-operation (CAREC) Countries (viz. Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic,
Mongolia, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan), Dubai (UAE), Ethiopia, the Gambia, India, Indonesia,
Japan, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Philippines, Samoa, Senegal, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Thailand, UK and USA.
9. Languages [For each language indicate proficiency: good, fair, or poor in speaking, reading, and
writing]:
Languages Speaking Reading Writing
English Good Good Good
Hindi Good Good Good
Bengali Good Good Good
10. Key qualifications:
I am an internationally acknowledged Public Financial Management (PFM) Expert having more than
40 years experience with specialization in:
Preparation of Medium Term Strategic Plan (MTSP) and Budget for selected Line Ministries viz.
Finance, Planning, Agriculture and Food, Education, Health, Transport, Energy, Local
Government, Labor and Social Welfare etc.;
Preparation of Medium Term Macro-Economic Framework, Medium Term Fiscal Framework
(MTFF)/ Expenditure Framework (MTEF) and Budget Framework (MTBF),
Conducting Meedium Term Macroeconomic, Revenue and Expenditure Forecasting;
Project Appraisal, Cost Benefit Analysis and Result Based Monitoring and Evaluation of
Development Policies and Programs;
Management of Public Debt, External Debt and Contingent Liabilities; and
Conducting capacity development training programs and multi-stakeholders’ workshops on these
subjects.
Prepared Manuals for preparation of Medium Term Fiscal and Expenditure Framework;
Prepared Guide Books on Medium Term Strategic Plans and Program Budgets,
Prepared Operational Medium Term Strategic Plans and Budgets for selected Ministries in
Bangladesh, India, Mongolia and the Gambia;
Worked as a PFM Consultant to the ADB, AfDB, WB, ComSec, IMF, UN-ECA, UNCTAD, UNDP,
UN-ESCAP, UNITAR, UN-SIAP in 25 countries in Asia, Africa, Europe and USA. .
Have various publications on Macro-Fiscal Forecasting, MTEF, MTBF, MTSP, PFM reforms, M&E
methodology, management of public and external debt.
Possess diversity in skills in. research, teaching, training, policy planning, capacity building, and
conducting policy dialogues with donors and consultation with multi-stakeholders.
Hold a First Class degree in Economics from Calcutta University and Ph.D. in Economics as Commonwealth
Scholar from the East Anglia University, England.
11. Employment Record [Starting with present position, list in reverse order every employment held by
expert since graduation, giving for each employment (see format here below): dates of employment,
name of employing organization, positions held.]:
Period Employng Organization Position Held
(From To)
27 March to Asian Development Bank, SARD, Research Specialist (Transport Sector
30 June 2017 Manila, Philippines Assessmrnt for Sri Lanka)
December World Bank funded capacity World Bank Resource Person for Capacity
2016 to development project on Economic Development of Environmental and Social
January 2017 Assessment of Hydropower Impact Analysis and Economic and Financian
Projects of Laos PDR, through Cost Benefit Analysis of Hydro-Power Projects
PWC India, at Vientianne, Laos inLaos PDR
August 2016 to ADB funded project on South Asia Public Resource Management Expert (Macro-
November Regional Economic Cooperation, Fiscal Forecastinf and Debt Sustainability
2016 through PWC India, in Bhutan Analysis for Bhutan)
April 2015, and ADB funded project on Power Public Finance Expert (Medium Term Macro-
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Sep-Oct 2009 ADB Project on Macroeconomic ADB Macroeconomic Modeling Specialist &
and Management, Nepal Rastra Bank Team Leader (Macro economic modeling for
Apr-May 2010 and ADB Nepal Resident Office, medium term planning and budgeting)
Nepal, Kathmandu
01 June 2007 ADB Capacity Building Project on ADB Strategic Planning Expert
to Governance Reforms, Ministry of (Strategic Planning and Macro Fiscal
08 July 2008 Finance, Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar Forecasting)
Mar 2006 to Institute for Integrated Lerarning Professor (Public Policy and Research
May 2007 for Management (IILM), New Delhi, Methodology)
India
Mar 1989 to Ministry of Finance, Government of Economic Adviser (Macro-Fiscal Modeling anf
Jan 2006 India, New Delhi Forecasting, Budgeting, Fiscal Policy and Public
Debt Management)
Jan 1987 to Planning Commission, Govt. of Adviser (Transport Modelling and Policy
Feb 1989 India, New Delhi. Planning),
Oct 1984 to Ministry of Steel and Mines, Govt. Chief Economist and Head of the Economic
Dec 1986 of India, New Delhi. Research Unit
Oct 1982 to Bureau of Industrial Costs and Chief (Economic Division)
Sep 1984 Prices, Ministry of Industry, Govt.
of India, New Delhi.
May 1978 to UNDP Transport Policy Planning Deputy Adviser (Transport Modelling and Policy
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Dec 2010 ADB Program on Strengthening Public Debt Management Specialist (Macro
Institutional Capacity for economic Forecasting and Debt Sustainability
Macroeconomic Management, Analysis)
Ministry of Finance and Treasury,
Govt. Of Maldives, Male
Sept 2008 to World Bank Resident Office and World Bank Consultant (Macro economic
Nov 2008 Minstry of Finance, Uzbekistan, Forecasting and Debt Sustainability Analysis)
Tashkent
15 July to Commonwealth Secretariat, COMSEC Consultant (Macro economic
31 Aug 2008 Special Advisory Services on Debt Forecasting and Debt Sustainability Analysis)
Management, UK, England
Oct 2007 UN-ESCAP, Thailand, Bangkok Consultant (Interlinkages of MDG with PRSP
Reports and National Development Plans)
Aug 2007 United Nations Statistical Institute Resource Person for Inter-Govt. Training on
for Asia and Pacific (UN-SIAP), BOP and Govt. Finance Statistics
Japan, Chiba
December Malaysian Institute for Economic Consultant (Role of Mergers and Acquisitions for
2006 Research (MIER)Malaysia, Kula FDI)
Lumpur
Oct 2006 UN-ESCAP, Thailand, Bangkok Consultant (Infrastructure Financing in ESCAP
Economies)
May 2006 UNESCAP Program on Debt UN-ESCAP Consultant (Macro economic
Management, Minmistry of Forecasting and Debt Sustainability Analysis)
Finance, Nepal, Kathmandu
15-28 Feb 2006 UNESCAP Program on Debt UN-ESCAP Consultant (Macro economic
Management, MOF, Laos Forecasting and Debt Sustainability Analysis)
PDR,Viantiane
01 – 14 Feb UNESCAP Program on Debt UN-ESCAP Consultant ((Macro economic
2006 Management, Ministry of Finance, Forecasting and Debt Sustainability Analysis)
Govt. Of Cambodia, Phnom Penh
Dec 2005 UNITAR Program on Public Law UNITAR Consultant (Law, Regulation and Legal
and Legal System for debt System for Debt Management)
Management, Ministry of Finance,
Govt. of Indonesia, Jakarta
Nov 2005 Office of Development Studies, UNDP Consultant (Financing International Co-
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13. Work Undertaken that Best Illustrates Capability to Handle the Tasks Assigned (Please see Sections
Below)
[Among the assignments in which the expert has been involved, indicate the following information for those
assignments that best illustrate the expert’s capability to handle the tasks listed under point 12.]
Name of assignment or project:
Year / Location: / Client:
Main project features:
Positions held:
Activities performed:
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13-K. Name of assignment or project: Teaching Applied Econometrics, Time Series and
Macro-econometric Analysis and Forecasting Techniques to MBA students
Year / Location/ Client: March 2006- May 2007, New Delhi, India
Institute of Integrated Learning and Management (IILM), Lodi Road, New Delhi-110002.
Main project features: Teaching Applied Econometrics, Time Series and Macro-econometric
Analysis and Forecasting Techniques to MBA students
Positions held: Professor (Public Policy and Research Methodology) and Head of the
Economics Area
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14. Certification:
A. I, the undersigned, certify to the best of my knowledge and belief that:
(i) this CV correctly describes my qualifications and my experience;
(ii) I am not employed by the Executing or the Implementing Agency
(iii) I am not a close relative of a current staff member of the donor.
(iv) I am not the spouse of a current staff member of the donor.
(v) I am not a former staff member of the donor.
(vi) I am not part of the team who wrote the terms of reference for this consulting services assignment.
(vii) I am neither inelligible nor disqualified for any assignment by any donor.
B. I understand that any willful misstatement described herein may lead to my disqualification or
dismissal, if engaged.
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ANNEX
ajor Publications of Dr. Tarun Kanti Das on
Development Planning and Strategic Planning
Most of the Publications are accessible in: www.scribd.com/tarundas/
1.1 Medium Term Strategic Business Plan and Budget for Agriculture in Bangladesh (Draft for
Discussion), pp.1-80, World Bank Administered and Multi-Donor (EU/DFID) Funded Project on
DMTBF, Ministry of Finance, Bangladesh, Dhaka, May 2012.
1.2 An Operational Guide for the preparation of a Medium Term Strategic Business Plan and Budget for
Line Ministries in Bangladesh, pp.1-71, World Bank Administered and Multi-Donor (EU/DFID)
Funded Project on DMTBF, Ministry of Finance, Bangladesh, Dhaka, February 2012.
1.3 Budget Strategy and Policy Framework Paper, pp.1-39, AfDB-ISPEFG, MOFEA, the Gambia,
Banjul, July 2010.
1.4 An Operational Macro-economic Model for Nepal- Model Structures, Data Base, Test and
Calibration Techniques, Part-1: 60 pages and Part-2: 65 pages, ADB Resident Office in
Kathmandu and Nepal Rastra Bank, Kathmandu, Oct 2009.
1.5 Macroeconomic Analysis, Modelling and Projections- An Inception Report, pp.1-57, African
Development Bank (AfDB) Institutional Support Project on Economic & Financial
Governance (ISPEFG), Gambia, Banjul, 31 Jan 2009.
1.6 An Operational Consistent Macroeconomic Forecasting Model for Gambia- Basic Concepts, Data
Base, Calibration Techniques and Projections, pp.1-71, African Development Bank ISPEFG, the
Gambia, Banjul, 31 January 2009.
1.7 Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART) - Basic Concepts, Methodology and Applications for
Mongolia, pp.1-50, ADB Capacity Building Project on Governance Reforms (ADB-CBPGR),
Ministry of Finance (MOF), Govt of Mongolia, July 2008.
1.8 Manual on Medium Term Budget Preparation and Procedures for Line Ministries, pp.1-34, ADB-
CBPGR, MOF, Mongolia, Feb 2008.
1.9 Strategic Plans and Program Budgets for 3 Pilot Ministries in Mongolia- Ministry of Education,
Culture and Science; Ministry of Food and Agriculture; and Ministry of Social Welfare and labour,
pp.1-94, ADB-CBPGR, MOF, Mongolia, January 2008.
1.10 Official Economic statistics- Part-1 on Government Finance Statistics (GFS) and Balance of
Payments (BOP) Statistics, Part-2 on Monetary and Financial statistics (MFS) and Multi–Factor
Productivity Measures (MFP), pp.1-70, UN Statistical Institute for Asia and Pacific, Chiba,
Japan, Aug 2007.
1.11 Economic Reforms in India- Rationale, Scope, Progress and Unfinished Agenda, pp.1-80, Bank of
Maharashtra, Pune, Feb 2003.
1.12 Role of private sector including privatization in selected Asian countries and lessons for Africa, pp.1-
110, UN-ECA, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Oct. 1998.
1.13 Foreign Investment- Technology Transfer- and Growth Nexus in Asian economies, pp.1-158, UN-
ESCAP, Bangkok, Oct 1997.
1.14 Policies and Strategies for Promoting the Role of the Private Sector in Industrial and Technological
Development, including Privatization in South Asian Economies, pp.1-171, ST/ESCAP/1696, UN,
NY, 1996.
1.15 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.
2.1 Inter-linkages between development research and policy planning in India- analytical lessons for
other developing countries, jointly with Arvind Virmani, pp.1-115, East Asian Bureau for
Economic Research (EABER), Australia, April 2008.
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2.2 Interlinkages between UN Millennium Development Goals, National Development Plans and
Poverty Reduction Growth Strategy - Selected Country Experiences from ESCAP, Part-1, pp.1-84,
Part-2, pp.1-78, UN-ESCAP, Bangkok, October 2007.
2.3 Bridging research and policy- a case study of India, pp.14-15, Global Development Network
Research Monitor. No.1, Sept 2006.
2.4 Promoting resource-based export-oriented SMEs for employment generation 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.
2.5 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.
2.6 UNDP Human Development Index – Some Methodological Issues and Alternative Measures, pp.1-
30, UNDP, UN Plaza, New York, March 1993.
2.7 Inequality index with differences in inequality aversion for groups, Rivista Internazionale di
Scienze Economiche e Commercialli (Milan, Italy), 1983.
2.8 Decompositions of inequality measures and a comparative analysis, jointly with Prof. A. Parikh,
pp.23-48, Empirical Economics (Vienna, Austria), vol.7, 1982.
2.9 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.
2.10 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 Decompositions of Atkinson’s measure of inequality, jointly with Prof. Ashok Parikh, pp.171-178,
Australian Economic Papers, vol.20 (36), June 1981.
2.12 Choice of demographic units in analyzing the size distribution on income, pp.20-29, Journal of
Income and Wealth, 3 (1), 1978.
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3.11 Off budget risks and their management, Part-2, 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.
3.12 Management of Contingent Liabilities in Philippines- Policies, Processes, Legal Framework and
Institutions, pp.1-60, World Bank, Washington D.C., 2002.
3.13 Prepayment of expensive external debt of India, Expert Group Report, pp.1-40, Ministry of Finance,
New Delhi, Sept 2002.
3.14 Management of Public Debt in India, pp.85-110, in Accompanying Document to the Guidelines for
Public Debt Management, IMF, Washington, June 2002.
3.15 Sovereign Debt Management in India, pp.561-579, Sovereign Debt Management Forum:
Compilation of Presentations, World Bank, Washington, 2000.
3.16 External Sector Contingent Liability- a Case Study on India, Tarun Das, Raj Kumar, A. Bisen and
M.R. Nair, pp.1-123, Commonwealth Sect, London, Jan 2001.
3.17 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.
3.18 Fiscal Policies for Management of External Capital Flows, pp. 194-207, in Corporate External Debt
Management, edited by Jawahar Mulraj, CRISIL, Bombay, Dec 1999
3.19 Management of external debt in India and lessons for developing countries, IMF Singapore
Regional Training Institute, Singapore, Sept 1998.
3.20 Macro-economic Framework and Non-Debt Creating Financial Flows to India, prepared for the
Working Group on Non-Debt Creating Financial Flows, pp.1-75, TD/B/WG.1/Misc.3/ Add.3,
UNCTAD, Geneva, Switzerland, 1993.
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