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Curriculum VitaeLEKHA CHAKRABORTYAssociate Professor, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, 18/2 Satsang Vihar Marg, Special Institutional Area (near JNU)A-17, Aruna Asaf Ali MargNew Delhi, India 110067Tel:91-11-26563688,26569780,26569784,26963421 Fax: 91-11-26852548 ; Mobile: 9650012227Email: [email protected] and [email protected]
CURRENT POSITIONS
Associate Professor, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, New Delhi, India (since August 2008)
Research Faculty, The Levy Economics Institute of Bard College, New York (since Nov 2006).
EDUCATION
2004, Ph.D. in Economics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
1997, MPhil in Applied Economics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE
2013. Short term Consultant, International Institute of Sustainable Development (IISD), Geneva.
2013. Short term Consultant, The Commonwealth Secretariat, UK.
2010. Short term Consultant, UNDP, Background Paper for Human Development Report, Asia Pacific.
2007-08.Associate Professor, Centre for Development Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University.
2000-2003. Economist, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, New Delhi.
2003-2006. Senior Economist, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, New Delhi.
2005. Visiting Professor, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA, Summer IWG-GEM,’04.
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2004. Short term Consultant, The Commonwealth Secretariat, UK.
2003. Visiting Professor, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada.
2003. Short term Consultant, The World Bank.
2003. Short term Consultant, UN Women.
2002, Short term Consultant, The World Bank.
2002. Short term Consultant, UN Women for Government of Sri Lanka, Colombo.
2000. Short term Consultant, UNDP Human Development Report, ISST, New Delhi.
AWARDS
2011. Canadian Studies Faculty Research Fellowship, Department of Foreign Affairs and International trade (DFAIT), Government of Canada and Shastri-Indo Canadian Institute.
2004. Ford Foundation, Fellow, International Working Group on Macroeconomics, International Trade and Gender, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA.
2004. Ford Foundation Travel Fellowship for IAFFE, Oxford, UK.
2003. Canadian Studies Faculty Research Fellowship, Department of Foreign Affairs and International trade (DFAIT), Government of Canada and Shastri-Indo Canadian Institute, Ottawa.
2002. Review of Economic Studies (RES) Travel Fellowship, UK.
2001. Infosys’ Best Thesis-Paper Award in Management Research, National Doctoral Consortium, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore.
1999. University Grants Commission’s Visiting Doctoral Fellowship, Centre for Advanced Studies in Economics, Mumbai.
1997. University Grants Commission’s National Doctoral Research Fellowship: 1997-2000
1995. University Grants Commission’s NET Lectureship, 1996.
1995. Institutional Fellowship for M.Phil, Centre for Development Studies, JNU, India, 1995-1997.
1993. National Merit Scholarship for post-graduation, 1993-1995.
1993. State University Merit Scholarship for PG (not availed, as national scholarship was on).
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1990. State University Merit Scholarship for under graduation, 1990-1993.
POLICY INPUTS, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (GOI)
2003. Member to the Subgroup of Expert Committee on ‘Classification of Budgetary Transactions’ with Chief Economic Advisor of India, Ministry of Finance, Govt. of India
2005. Member to Committee on “Budgetary classification to incorporate gender segregation”, Ministry of Finance, Govt. of India. 2011. Member, Working Group on “Women’s Agency and Empowerment for the 12th Five Year Plan (2012-2017), Govt of India, Planning Commission.
2011. Member, Subgroup on “Gender Mainstreaming and Effective Accountability Mechanisms, for the 12th Five Year Plan (2012-2017), Govt. of India, Planning Commission.
CROSSCOUNTRY WORK EXPERIENCE
Sri Lanka, Canada, Morocco, Mexico, South Africa, The Philippines, India.
PUBLICATIONS
A. MACROECONOMICS
2013.Fiscal Consolidation, Macro Fundamentals and Growth in Budget 2013-14., (coauthored), Economic and Political Weekly, Vol - XLVIII , No.13, 2013.
2012. Interest Rate Determination in India: Empirical Evidence from fiscal deficit-rate of interest linkages and Financial Crowding Out, Working Paper 110, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, New Delhi and
also published as Working Paper 731, The Levy Economics Institute, New York.
2008. Is Fiscal Policy Contra cyclical in India: An Empirical Analysis (co-authored), Policy Innovations, The Carnegie Council, New York, 2008; and
also published as MPRA Working Paper No. 7604, Munich University.
2008. Budgetary Forecasting in India: Partitioning Errors and Testing for Rational Expectations (co-authored), Applied Forecasting, 18(3), 2008; and
also published as MPRA Working Paper No. 7538, Munich University, 2008.
2007. Fiscal Deficit, Capital Formation and Crowding out: Evidence from Asymmetric VAR Modeling, Working Paper No. 43, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, New Delhi and
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also published as Working Paper No. 518, The Levy Institute of Bard College, New York.
2006. Fiscal Deficit and Selected Rates of Interest Link in India: An Analysis of Period Between 1970-71 and 1999-2000 in D.K. Srivastava and M. Narasimhulu (ed) (2006) , ‘State Level Fiscal Reforms in the Indian Economy’, Volume 1, Deep and Deep, New Delhi
2002. Fiscal Deficit and Rate of Interest Link in India: An Econometric Analysis of Deregulated Financial Regime, in Economic and Political Weekly, 37(19), 2002.
B. FISCAL FEDERALISM, DECENTRALISATION AND GENDER
2011. Determining Gender Equity in Fiscal Federalism: Analytical Issues and Empirical Evidence from India, Working Paper No. 590, 2010, The Levy Economics Institute of Bard College, New York.
also appeared in Economics, Management and Financial Markets, Volume 6 (3), Sept’11, New York.
2010. Gender Sensitive Fiscal Policies: Experience of ex-post and ex-ante Gender Budgets in Asia Pacific, background paper prepared for UN Human Development Report 2010, UNDP.
2008. Fiscal Decentralization and Local level Gender Budgeting (with M Govinda Rao and Amaresh Bagchi), Monograph, NIPFP, New Delhi, 2008
2009. Fiscal Decentralization and Gender Budgeting in Mexico: An Empirical Analysis, Regional Development Studies, United Nations Center for Regional Development (UNCRD), Vol. 12, 2009
Also appeared as Working Paper No. 40, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, New Delhi, 2006
2009. Institutional Mechanism for Gender Budgeting: Prior Evidence from India, Policy Brief, Asia Pacific Human Development Report, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), May 2009.
2007. Gender Responsive Budgeting and Fiscal Decentralization in India: A Preliminary Appraisal, Working Paper No. 46, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, New Delhi, 2007; and
also sent to Development and Change (revision rounds).
2007. Fiscal Decentralization and Gender Responsive Budgeting in South Africa: An Appraisal, (with Amaresh Bagchi), Working Paper No. 45, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, New Delhi, 2007
2006. Fiscal Decentralization and Local level Gender Responsive Budgeting in Morocco: Some Observations, (with M Govinda Rao), Working Paper No. 42, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, New Delhi, 2006
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2006. Fiscal Decentralization and Local level Gender Responsive Budgeting in the Philippines: An Empirical Analysis, Working Paper No. 41, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, New Delhi, 2006; and
also sent to Journal of Asia and Pacific Economy (revision rounds).
C. TAX INCIDENCE
2010. Tax Incidence Analysis (co-authored) chapter in edited volume, Grown Caren and Valodia, Imran (2010): “Taxation and Gender Equity: A Comparative Analysis of Direct and Indirect Taxes in Developing and Developed Countries”, Routledge, New York.
D. FISCAL POLICY, TIME USE AND UNPAID ECONOMY
(forthcoming), ‘Integrating time use in public finance’, In Hirway, Indira (edited) ‘Towards harmonizing time use statistics’, Palgrave Mc Millan New York.
2013, Integrating Time in Public Policy: Evidence from gender diagnosis and budgeting, Working Paper 127, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, New Delhi.
2010, Public Investment and Unpaid Work: Selective Evidence from Time Use Data, in Rania Antonopoulos and Indira Hirway (eds.), Global Unpaid Work and MDGs, Palgrave Mc Millan New York, 2010.
2008. Deficient Public Infrastructure and Private Costs: Evidence from a Time-Use Survey for the Water Sector in India, Working Paper No. 536, The Levy Institute of Bard College, New York, July 2008.
2007. Public Infrastructure Investment and Non-market Work in India: Selective Evidence from Time Use Data, Working Paper No.47, NIPFP, New Delhi, 2007.
2009. Invisibility of Womens’ work in budgetary policies: Labour File, Journal of Labour and Economic Affairs, February 2009
2008. Deficient Public Infrastructure and Private Costs: Evidence from First Time Use Survey in India for Water Sector, in Economic and Political Weekly, July 2008
E. FINANCIAL SECTOR
2008. Analyzing Raghuram Rajan Committee Report on Financial Sector Reforms, Economic and Political Weekly, June 21, 2008.
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2003. Microfinance: An effective Tool for Development Objectives, Review, The Book Review, Volume 27(4), 2003.
2006. Engendering Microfinance in India, study report in collaboration with National Institute of Bank Management, Pune, for Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India [Project period: 2004-2006)].
F: MICROFINANCE – FIELD STUDIES
2006. Microfinance and Empowerment, NIPFP-NIBM Study Report for Ministry of Rural Development, Govt of India, August 2006 (Involvement in Field Visits and Analysis, for Three States of India – Rajasthan, Orissa and Assam)
2005. Engendering Microfinance in India: Empirical Evidence from Assam (co-authored), NIPFP and NIBM Research Project in collaboration with Ministry of Rural Development, Govt of India, 2005.
2004. Engendering Microfinance in India: Empirical Evidence from Orissa (co-authored), NIPFP and NIBM Research Project in collaboration with Ministry of Rural Development, Govt of India, 2004.
PUBLIC POLICY AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
PROJECT REPORTS
2011, Decentralisation in Education and Health, World Bank study report (with Pinaki Chakraborty), 2011
2010, Financing of Human Development in Kerala: Issues and Challenges, Study report for Planning Commission –UNDP and Kerala State Planning Board (with Pinaki Chakraborty), 2010.
WORKING PAPERS
Five Papers related to public infrastructure and water sector; which are related to fiscal policy and ‘livelihood issues’ under environment economics (reported in Section C).
2008. Determining Environmental Quality in a Federal Setting: An Empirical Analysis of subnational Governments in India, MPRA Working Paper No. 7605, Munich University, 2008.
CHAPTERS IN EDITED VOLUMES
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2005. Public Policy Stance and Human Development: A Panel Analysis in Bhattacharya, B B and Mitra, A (ed) (2005): ‘Macroeconomics And Welfare’, Academic Foundation, New Delhi.
2009.Sensitising Financial Allocations though Gender Budgeting, in Das, B (ed.), Gender Issues in Development, Pearson Publications, New Delhi, 2009
2008. Determinants of Declining Child Sex ratio in India: An Empirical Investigation, MPRA Working Paper No. 7602, Munich University, 2008.
BOOK CHAPTERS IN EDITED VOLUMES
2012, Declining Juvenile Sex Ratio in India: Trends and Determinants (coauthored) in Pal et al (ed), Determining Gender Issues and Empowerment of Women”, NOVA Science Publishers Inc., New York.
F: HEALTH ECONOMICS AND POLICY
PROJECT REPORT2011. Chapter contributions to World Bank Project on Decentralisation in Education and Health
NIPFP AND THE LEVY WORKING PAPERS
2013. Public Expenditure Benefit Incidence in Health Sector, (coauthored), Working Paper, The Levy Economics Institute, New York.
2013, Public Expenditure Benefit Incidence on Health: Selective Evidence from India, (coauthored) Working Paper No.111, NIPFP, New Delhi
H: GENDER DIAGNOSIS AND BUDGETING
2003, Gender Budgeting in India, (with Ashok Lahiri and P N Bhattacharyya), UN Women, New York, 2003
2000. India- Gender Budgeting (with Ashok Lahiri and P N Bhattacharyya), UN Women/Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, December 2000
2002. Gender Budgeting in India, (with Ashok Lahiri and P N Bhattacharyya), UN Women and Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, July 2002.
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2001. Gender Diagnosis and Budgeting in India: A Report to provide inputs for Economic Survey of India, 2001-02, (with Ashok Lahiri and P N Bhattacharyya), UN Women and Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, December 2001.
2001. Gender Budgeting in India: Post Budget Assessment Report, (with Ashok Lahiri and P N Bhattacharyya), NIPFP Study Report for UN Women and Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, August 2001.
2001. Gender Bias in South Asia, Review, Economic and Political Weekly, 36 (42), 2001
2006. Ex-post Gender Sensitive Analysis of Union Budget 2006-07, Government of India, UN Women, April 2006.
UN CONSULTANCY REPORT, SRI LANKA
2002. Budgetary Allocations and Gender in Sri Lanka: A Categorization of Financial Inputs, Colombo, prepared for UN Women and Govt of Sri Lanka, 2002.
Fiscal Policy, Economic Growth and Human Development: An Empirical Investigation of Asian Countries and Pacific, (with Diane Elson), mimeo, GEM-IWG, University of Utah
(a few papers on gender budgeting in the context of fiscal federalism is listed in section (A)).
I. EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES, NON TAX REVEUNUE & COMPETITIVENESS
2010, Competitiveness of Zn-Pb Mining in India: Role of Royalty regime, Report (I) prepared for Vedanta, Sterlite Industries Limited 2010.
2013, Determining Competitiveness of Zinc and Lead Mining, Report (II) prepared for Vedanta, Sterlite Industries Limited.
2013. STATE FINANCES
PROJECT REPORTS
2004, Restructuring of Public Finance in Tripura, (with Indira Rajaraman), Govt of Tripura, August 2004.
JOURNALS
2010. Subnational Public Finance in Times of Recession (co-authored), Economic and Political Weekly, August 28 2010.
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MEMBER –INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS/NETWORKS
1. Member, International Institute of Public Finance (IIPF), Germany2. Life Member, Econometric Society of India.3. Member, International Working Group on Gender and Macroeconomics, University of
Utah.4. Member, Economists for Full Employment (The Levy Economics Institute of Bard
College, NY)
5. Member, IAFFE till 2006
RESOURCE PERSON ROLE
2012. Expert, Public Sector Management and GRB, ADB Workshop at Kuala Lumpur, November 8-9, 2012.
2005. Resource person, European Commission Conference on ‘Financing Human Development’, Brussels, Belgium, November 9-11, 2005
2003. South Asian expert, invited for UN Beijing Plus Meeting on Gender, organized by UNIFEM at Paru, Bhutan, May 2003.
2003. Resource person, invited by Deputy Speaker of Upper House of Parliament to speak on Gender Budgeting in India, Member of UN Group, at Parliament House, New Delhi, April 22nd 2003.
2002. Resource person, Third UNIFEM South Asia Regional Meeting on 'Gender Budgeting' at Katmandu, December 16-18, 2002
2002. South Asian regional expert, United Nations Meeting on Gender Budgeting, organized by UNIFEM at National Treasury, Pretoria, South Africa, November 18th 2002.
2002. Resource person, UN High level Consultation on Gender Budgeting in South Asia, organized by UNIFEM at Ministry of Finance, Sri Lanka, September 8th -12th, 2002.
2002, Resource person, ‘National Consultation on Gender Initiatives’, organized by Human Development Resource Centre (HDRC), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), New Delhi, August 23-24th, 2002
2002, Resource Person, UNFPA Programme, “Gender Budgeting” for the senior officials of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, 2002.
2001, Resource person, The World Bank Meeting on ‘Engendering Tenth Five Year Plan’, Bangalore, December 10-11, 2001.
2001, Resource person, Expert Group Meeting on Development of Gender Development Index (GDI) and Gender Empowerment Measure (GEM), organized by Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, India International Centre, New Delhi, June 30th, 2001.
2001, Resource person, National level meetings on ‘Women in Forestry Sector’ organized by Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy (IGFNA), Dehradun, Government of India in
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collaboration with Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA), Mussoorie, December 18-19, 2001
2002, Resource person, UNIFEM Meeting on Gender Budgeting, Kolkata, January 31st -February 1st, 2002.
2005, Resource Person, Gender Budgeting in Selected Ministries: Conceptual and Methodological Issues, prepared a Working Paper for DWCD, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt of India, 2005.
INTERNATIONAL POLICY RESEARCH AND CONSULTANCY
2013, Gender Budgeting, for The Commonwealth Secretariat, UK2010, Contributor, UN Human Development Report 2010 Team for UN Asia Pacific. 2004,Gender Budgeting in Selected Seven Countries in Asia, prepared for The Commonwealth
Secretariat, UK, for 20042003,Macroscan of Union Budget in India through a Gender Lens, prepared for UN Women,
2003. 2003,Financial Projections for Karnataka Education Sector, prepared for The World Bank, 2003 2002,Budgetary Allocations and Gender in Sri Lanka: A Categorization of Financial Inputs,
Colombo, prepared for UN Women –Govt of Sri Lanka, 2002.2002,Financial Projections and Benefit Incidence Analysis (BIA) for Andhra Pradesh Education
Sector, prepared for The World Bank, 2002
REVIEWER/EVALUATOR
Evaluator, Canadian Faculty Fellowship Programme, Shastri India-Canada Institute and DFAIT, Government of Canada.
Reviewer of Journal of Developing Areas, Tennessee, New York, 2008
Reviewer, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Project Report, 2008.
Contributor, UNDP HDR 2010 Team for Asia Pacific, UNDP Human Development Report Team 2010.
External evaluator, PhD/M Phil thesis – JNU (New Delhi), IGIDR (Mumbai), and Banasthali Vidyapeed (Rajasthan) and Kerala University.
Reviewer panel, Journal of Ecology and Natural Environment, JENE, 2010
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INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES
1. 2012, Determining Rate of interest in India: Evidence on fiscal deficit-interest rate linkages in India and financial crowding out, paper presented at International Institute of Public Finance Conference, Dresden, August 2012.
2. 2009, ‘Financial Crisis and Global Recession in the West and in the Developing Countries, paper invited for presentation at International Conference on Developing Economies, University of Venice, Ca' Foscari, June 24-25, 2009.
3. 2007, Is Fiscal Policy Contracyclical in India: An Empirical Analysis, (co-authored), paper presented at Annual Conference on Development and Change, Cape Town, South Africa, December 9-11, 2007.
4. 2004, Fiscal Deficit and Rate of Interest Link in India: An Asymmetric VAR Modeling of Financially Deregulated Regime, paper accepted for presentation at ‘Australasian Macroeconomics Workshop 2004’ at Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis (CAMA), Australian National University (ANU), Canberra, April 15-16, 2004.
5. Does Public Investment Crowd Out Private Investment in India: An Empirical Investigation, paper presented at IIPF (International Institute of Public Finance) Conference at Helsinki, August 25th –29th, 2002.
6. Dynamics of Crowding Out in India: An Empirical Investigation, paper accepted for presentation in York’s Annual Meeting on Econometrics, United Kingdom, June 21st – June 22nd, 2002..
7. Fiscal Deficit and Rate of Interest Link in India: An Econometric Analysis of Deregulated Financial Regime, paper presented at Canadian Economic Association 35th Annual Meetings, Mc Gill University, Montreal, May 31st – June 3rd, 2001.
8. Fiscal Policy Stance and Macroeconomic Activity in India: An Empirical Investigation, paper (co-authored), presented at Canadian Economic Association 35th Annual Meetings, McGill University, Montreal, May 31st – June 3rd, 2001.
9. Fiscal Deficit and Rate of Interest Link in India: An Econometric Analysis of Deregulated Financial Regime, paper accepted for presentation at 2001 Australasian Meetings of (World) Econometric Society, Auckland, July 6th –8th, 2001.
10. Fiscal Policy Stance and Macroeconomic Activity in India: An Empirical Investigation, paper (with Pinaki Chakraborty), accepted for presentation for the 2001 Australasian Meetings of (World) Econometric Society, Auckland, July 6th –8th, 2001.
11. Unpacking Federal Fiscal Transfers through a Gender Lens: Empirical Evidence from India" Conference on Engendering Economic Policy, IAFFE 2009, Boston , June 24-26, 2009
12. GRB Planning and Policy Transformation, paper presented at NIPFP-UNFPA-UNIFEM International Workshop, New Delhi, June 9-12, 2009
13. ‘Integrating Time Use Budgets in GRB Policy, paper presented at UNFPA-UNIFEM-NIPFP International Workshop, New Delhi, June 9-12, 2009
14. Water Infrastructure Deficit, Gender and Private Costs in India: Evidence from Time Budget Statistics”, (co authored), invited paper for International Conference on Water Resources Policy in South Asia”, Colombo, December 17-20, 2008.
15. Invited as Plenary speaker for International Conference on Decentralisation: Global trends in participation, representation and access to public services, Mexico city, November 18-21, 2008
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16. Invited by Government of Nepal and UNIFEM, South Asia for regional consultation meeting titled “Integrating GRB into the Aid Effectiveness Agenda” on 19-20 January, 2009, Kathmandu.
17. Invited for Taxation and Gender Equity at World Bank, Washington, D.C., December 11-12, 2008 coauthor presented a paper titled Indirect Tax Incidence and Gender Equity in India.
18. Invited for Taxation and Gender Equity at World Bank, Buenois Aires, Argentina, May 2008, coauthor Pinaki Chakraborty presented a paper titled Indirect Tax Incidence and Gender Equity in India.
19. Gender Budgeting’, invited lecture for International programme FOR ITEC participants on ‘Financial Management” organised by IGAF, Office of Controller General of Accounts, Ministry of Finance at Institute of Government Accounts, New Delhi, November 27th 2008
20. ‘Institutionalising Gender Budgeting: Scope and Limitations’, invited lecture delivered for Nepal delegation of Ministry of Finance officials at UNIFEM South Asia, New Delhi, November 4, 2008
21. Invited as Plenary speaker for International Conference on Decentralisation: Global trends in participation , representation and access to public services, Mexico city, November 18-21, 2008
22. Invited by Government of Nepal and UNIFEM, South Asia for regional consultation meeting titled “Integrating GRB into the Aid Effectiveness Agenda” on 19-20 January, 2009, Katmandu.
23. Taxation and Gender Equity at World Bank, Washington, D.C., December 11-12, 2008 , invited paper titled Indirect Tax Incidence and Gender Equity in India (Coauthored).
24. Taxation and Gender Equity at World Bank, Buenos Aires, Argentina, May 2008, invited paper titled Indirect Tax Incidence and Gender Equity in India (coauthored).
25. Public Infrastructure Investment and Unpaid Work: Selective Evidence from Time Use Data, paper accepted for presentation at the XXI AIEL Conference of Labour Economics, Udine, Italy, September 14-15, 2006
26. Engendering Macroeconomics and International Economics, invited for GEM-IWG Conference at Istanbul, Turkey, July 2007.
27. Declining Juvenile Sex Ratio in India: Trends and Determinants”, IAFFE paper, University of Sydney, Australia, July 7-9, 2006.
28. Public Investment and Unpaid Work: Selective Evidence from Time Use Data”, paper presented at an UNDP/BDP-Levy Conference on "Unpaid Work and the Economy” at The Levy Economics Institute of Bard College, New York, October 1-3, 2005.
29. Public Expenditure of Education Sector in India through a Gender Lens: An Analysis of Error Components, IAFFE paper, American University, Washington DC, June 2005.
30. Fiscal Decentralization and Gender Responsive Budgeting: An Empirical Investigation, (with Amaresh Bagchi), paper presented at International Expert Group Meeting on Local Level Gender Responsive Budgeting organized by NIPFP in association with UNIFEM, European Union and IDRC, New Delhi, India, November 1-4, 2004.
31. Fiscal Policy Stance and Gender Development: An Empirical Investigation, IAFFE Conference, Oxford, UK, August 5-7, 2004.
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32. Public Expenditure and Human Development: A Panel Investigation’ paper presented at WIDER (World Institute for Development Economics Research) Conference on ‘Inequality, Poverty and Human Wellbeing” at Helsinki, Finland, May 30-31st, 2003.
33. Human Development in EU accession countries’, invited for this International conference on at Riga, Latvia, June 1-2, 2003.
34. Towards Sustainable Development: Recent Research and Findings, organized by Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute at India International Centre, New Delhi, April 24th to 27th, 2001.
NATIONAL
1. “Global Recession and Indian Economy and Globalization: Perspective, Impact and Challenges”, paper presented at Aligarh University, February 8, 2009.
2. Determining Environmental Quality in a Federal Setting: An Empirical Analysis of Subnational Governments in India, paper accepted for presentation at The Econometric Conference, Mumbai, January 2-5, 2007.
3. Economic Development: Historical Perspective and Contemporary Issues, invited participant for the conference organized by Centre for Development Studies, Trivandrum, March 31 – April 1, 2007
4. Statistical Invisibility of Care Economy in India, invited paper for the World Bank-CFDA Seminar on ‘Towards Mainstreaming Time Use Surveys in National Statistical System in India’, Goa, May 24 –25, 2007
5. Fiscal Deficit, Capital Formation and Crowding Out in India: An Econometric Investigation’, paper accepted for presentation in ‘Growth and Development Conference at Indian Statistical Institute, New Delhi, December, 2006.
6. Fiscal Deficit, Capital Formation and Crowding Out in India: An Econometric Investigation’, paper accepted for presentation at Econometric Society Conference 2006, Amritsar, January 5-7, 2006.
7. Budgetary Forecasts in India: An Analysis of Error Components”, (co-authored), paper presented at the Indian Econometric Conference, Kolkotta, January 20-22, 2005.
8. Fiscal Deficit, Seigniorage and The Conduct of Monetary Policy in India: An Empirical Investigation of Deregulated Financial Regime” paper accepted for presentation in The Indian Econometric Society Conference at Madras School of Economics, January 14-15, 2002.
9. India: Fiscal Policies to Accelerate Economic Growth, World Bank-NIPFP Conference, New Delhi, May 21-22, 2001.
10. Fiscal Deficit and Interest Rate Link in India: An Econometric Analysis of Deregulated Financial Regime, paper presented at Delhi School of Economics in the Conference in honour of Professor K L Krishna, December 20-22, 2000.
11. Macroeconomic Modeling of Fiscal Deficit in India: Asymmetric VAR Framework, Centre for Development Studies, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India, March 30, 2000
12. Financial Devolution to Local Bodies: Indications from a comparative analysis of selected State Finance Commissions (SFC)," paper accepted for presentation in UGC National Seminar on `Contemporary Issues in Development Economics, West Bengal, India, March 30, 2000.
13. Budget Deficit and Interest Rate Link in the Frame work of Sargent's Loanable Fund Model, Centre for Development Studies, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India, October 1998.
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14. Integrating Time Use Budgets into Macro policies, paper presented at International Conference organised by ILO, July 7, 2009, at New Delhi.
15. Determining Gender Equality in a Federal Setting: Analytical Issues Before TFC”, commissioned paper for Thirteenth Finance Commission conference at IRMA, Anand, December 22-23, 2008
16. Gender and Public Finance: Conceptual Issues in Tax and Benefit Incidence’ paper presented in a National Workshop on Experience Sharing and Capacity Building for Engendering Statistics, Trivandrum organized by Ministry of Statistics, Government of India (CSO), CFDA and UNIFEM, October 11-15, 2004.
17. Engendering Microfinance in India, paper presented in a Workshop participated by Lead Banks in India and Ministry of Rural Development at National Institute of Bank Management (NIBM), Pune, March 22-23, 2004.
18. Public Expenditure and Human Development: An Empirical Investigation, paper has been accepted for presentation at The Indian Econometric Society Conference, ISEC, Bangalore, February 2004.
19. Twelfth Finance Commission Seminar organized by Institute of Development Studies, Invited to deliver a talk on ‘Gender Budgeting’ at Yojana Bhavan, Lucknow, February 2004.
20. A Prelude to Gender Budgeting in India, paper presented (co-authored) at an in-house seminar at National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, New Delhi, January 30, 2001
21. Gender Diagnosis and Budgeting in India, paper presented in a National Workshop on ‘Gender Analysis of State Budgets’ organized by Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi, December 6th, 2001
22. Gender Budgeting in India, paper presented in a National Workshop on ‘Gender Budgeting and Gender Indicators: Issues and Challenges’ organized by Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi, October 3-4, 2001.
INTERNATIONAL TRAINING PROGRAMMES
1. June 1-24, 2004, selected as 'Fellow' to attend the course on Knowledge Networking and Capacity Building on 'Gender, Macroeconomics and International Economics', at the University of Utah, Salt Lake City, US.(with Ford Funding).
2. July 15th – August 2nd, 2002, selected for a training program on “Fiscal Decentralization In Developing And Transitional Economies" organized by Georgia State University, Atlanta and World Bank Institute.
3. October 7-13, 2001, selected for the “European Courses in Advanced Statistics (ECAS)” programme titled “Bayesian Statistics and Financial Econometrics” at Lugano, Switzerland.
4. July 9-13, 2001, participated in a National Level Training Programme on “Gender Issues”, the course of Institute of Development Studies, UK, organized by Department of Personnel and Training, Government of India.
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NATIONAL ECONOMETRIC WORKSHOPS1. March 7th to 10th, 2001, participated in the Third Annual Workshop on "Applied Bayesian
Methods in Econometrics and Forecasting” and National Conference on Recent Advances in Quantitative Economics organized by Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore, India.
2. January 10th to 15th, 2000, selected for the workshop on "Applied Bayesian Methods in Econometrics and Forecasting," organized by Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore, India.
3. December 3rd to 10th 1999, participated in the "Winter School in Quantitative Economics," organized by Indian Statistical Institute, New Delhi in association with World Econometric Society.
4. March 4th to 10th, 1999, participated in the workshop on "Applied Bayesian Methods in Econometrics and Forecasting," organized by Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore.
MENTOR ROLE
AS INSTRUCTOR, INTERNATIONAL TRAINING PROGRAMMES
2009, Instructor, International Training Programme for Capacity Building on Gender Responsive Budgeting (GRB) among UN officials, Economists, Government Officials, Civil Society Organisations, Parliamentarians, UNIFEM-European Commission, at New Delhi, June 2009
2008, Instructor, International Training programme on Gender Responsive Budgeting (GRB) for Afghanistan delegation of senior government officials, organised by Institute of Government Accounts, Ministry of Finance and GTZ Kabul at IGAF, New Delhi, December 2008.
2008, Instructor, ‘International Training Programme for ITEC participants on ‘Financial Management” organised by IGAF, Office of Controller General of Accounts, Ministry of Finance at Institute of Government Accounts, New Delhi, November 2008
2008, Instructor, South Asian Programme of Public Finance Course, NIPFP-World Bank, 2006
2008, Instructor, International training programme on “Budget and Public Expenditure Management, organized by National Institute of Finance Management (NIFM), 2004- 2005
FOR CIVIL SERVICE PROBATIONERS, GOVT OF INDIA
Instructor, IAAS Probationers Training on Public Finance and Fiscal Policy, NIPFP, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011Instructor, IES Probationers Training Programme on Fiscal and Monetary Policy, NIPFP, 2009, 2010, 2011Instructor, IRS Probationers Training on Public Finance and Fiscal Policy at NIPFP, 2008, 2010, 2011.Instructor, ISS Probationers Training in Fiscal and Monetary Policy at NIPFP, 2010, 2011
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CAPACITY BUILDING FOR GOVT OFFICIALS AT NATIONAL/STATE LEVEL
Fiscal Policy and Budget Management course for State Government Officials 2008, Non Tax Revenue: Conceptual Issues and Reforms’, October 22, 2008Gender Budgeting at Subnational level’, lecture delivered for Fiscal Policy and Budget Management course for State government officials, NIPFP, October 16, 2008Gender Budgeting in India, for middle level officers of State Governments in India, NIPFP-British High Commission, 2005.Capacity Building for Local self governments in Kerala, course for State government officials and University Teachers in Kerala, lecture delivered on Conceptual Issues in Local level gender budgeting’, Centre for Development Studies, Kerala, 2007Gender Budgeting, invited to deliver lecture at Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA), New Delhi on a national programme on ‘Incorporating gender into public policy’, 2005.‘Gender Budgeting In India’, invited to deliver lecture for Indian Administrative Services (IAS) Probationers 2004 at Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA), Mussoorie. “Issues in Gender Budgeting” for officials in Institute of Government Accounts, Ministry of Finance, Government of India, 2004. GRB – Conceptual Issues and Empirical Evidence, NIPFP IRS Training Programme, October 2009, New Delhi. Conceptual Issues of Gender Responsive Budgeting (GRB), NIPFP IRS Training Programme, November 2009, New Delhi. Gender: Concepts, Diagnosis and Budgeting: Dec 21, 2009, UNFPA GRB Workshop, New Delhi Entry points of GRB in India: Experiences of Central Govt and Kerala: Dec 21, 2009, UNFPA GRB Workshop, New Delhi Analytical Tools for GRB: Dec 22, 2009, UNFPA GRB Workshop, New DelhiSteps to do GRB: cross country analysis : Dec 22, 2009, UNFPA GRB Workshop, New DelhiGRB process in the State of Rajasthan: Selected Department-specific Inventory Analysis: Dec 22, 2009, UNFPA GRB Workshop, New DelhiAnalytical matrices for GRB: Dec 23, 2009, UNFPA GRB Workshop, New DelhiDepartment Specific Gender budget statements analysis in retrospect : Dec 23, 2009, UNFPA GRB Workshop, New Delhi GRB and Time Use : Integrating Unpaid Care Economy Sector in GRB : Dec 23, 2009, UNFPA GRB Workshop, New Delhi Gender Based Analysis in Specific Departments: Best Practice Evidence from Canadian Model : Dec 24, 2009 , UNFPA GRB Workshop, New Delhi
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CAPAPCITY BUILDING, SOUTH ASIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY TEACHERS
Instructor, South Asian Programme of Public Finance Course, NIPFP-World Bank, Macroeconomics of Fiscal Deficit: Alternative Paradigms, New Delhi, 2006. Fiscal Deficit and Rate of Interest Link: Analytical and Empirical Issues’ , Refresher Course on Public Economics for College and University Teachers, NIPFP-World Bank, New Delhi, 2005.Measurement Issues and Macroeconomic Impact of Deficit: Alternative Paradigms’, Refresher Course on Public Economics for College and University Teachers, NIPFP-World Bank, New Delhi, 2005.Macroeconomic Impact of Deficits, lecture delivered at National Training of Teachers at NIPFP, May 25, 2009.
Ph D AND M PHIL SUPERVISOR1. Supervisor of a Ph D Scholar, Batch at Centre for Development Studies, JNU, India
(Topic: Macroeconomic Effects of Financial Liberalisation in India: An Empirical Analysis), degree awarded from JNU, 2013.
2. Supervisor of a M Phil Scholar, 2006-2008 Batch, Centre for Development Studies, JNU, India. (Topic: Empirics of Federal Transfers: Evidence from India) degree awarded from JNU, 2009.
3. Supervisor of a M Phil Scholar, 2006-2008 Batch, Centre for Development Studies, JNU, India.(Topic: Macroeconomic Analysis of Prices in India), degree awarded from JNU, 2009.
4. Supervisor of a M Phil Scholar, 2007-2009 Batch, Centre for Development Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India (Topic: Efficiency of Financial Markets in India).
GRASSROOL LEVEL WORK EXPERIENCE
1. 2004, Worked in Tribal and Non-Tribal Villages of Assam (Bongaigaon) with microfinance clients (especially women), Self Help Groups, Block level village officials and Lead Bank to analyse the impact of largest credit-linked microfinance programme in India on women’s empowerment and capability (in particular health and education).
2. 2004, Worked in Villages of Orissa with microfinance clients (especially women), selected Banks, Self Help Groups, District level government officials and NGOs to evaluate the impact of Government-led microfinance programmes on women’s financial and social empowerment and capability (with special reference to health and education).
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3. 2003, Worked in Villages of Rajasthan (Sriganganagar) with the households with micro enterprises (especially refugees from Pakistan), Lead Bank and Block level officials to evaluate the constraints in extending government-led microfinance programmes for the relevant households; as well as the potential impact of microfinance on the intrahousehold bargaining power of women. The exogenous factors for the non-cohesive formation of Self help Groups at the village is also analyzed in the backdrop of households who were yet to be recognized as Indian citizens.
RESEARCH CO-ORDINATION AND ORGANISATION SKILLS
1. Organized an International Technical Training Workshop on Gender Responsive Budgeting for the High level Officials from Asian Pacific and CIS/CEE region in co-ordination with UNIFEM and UNFPA, New Delhi, June 9-12, 2009.
2. Organized a Technical Training Workshop on Gender Responsive Budgeting (GRB) in Rajasthan in co-ordination with UNFPA, December 21-24, 2009.
3. Organized an International Workshop on Taxation and Gender Equity: A Comparative Analysis of Direct and Indirect Taxes in Developing and Developed Countries in co-ordination with the American University, Washington DC and University of Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa on 3rd November, 2008 at NIPFP Auditorium, New Delhi.
4. Organized International Expert Group Meeting on “Local Level Gender Responsive Budgeting”, in co-ordination with UNIFEM, IDRC and European Commission, India International Centre, New Delhi, November 1-4, 2004.
5. Organized Asian Regional Workshop on “Financing Local Service Delivery for the MDGs: Challenges and Opportunities” at NIPFP in association with UNDP Regional Office, Bangkok and United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF), New Delhi, December 7-9, 2005.
6. Course co-ordinator of Training of IAAS Probationers 2006 on Public Finance at NIPFP, January 30- February 18th, 2006.
7. Organised a National level Stakeholders’ Consultations on Gender Budgeting in co-ordination with IFES-USAID, New Delhi, March 2006.
CHAIR / PLENARY SPEAKER (SELECTED)
Chairperson, IIPF (International Institute of Public Finance) Conference for the session on ‘Public and Private Investment’ at Helsinki, August 25th –29th, 2002.
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Chairperson, ‘Credit, Intrahousehold Bargaining and Macropolicy’, International Conference on Engendering Macroeconomics and International Economics, University of Utah, sponsored by Ford and IDRC, Summer 2005.
Invited as Plenary speaker for International Conference on Decentralisation: Global trends in participation, representation and access to public services, Mexico City, November 18-21, 2008, Sponsored by IDRC and Govt of Mexico, not participated.
Invited as Plenary speaker for International Conference on Engendering Macroeconomics and International Economics, Istanbul, Summer 2006, sponsored by IDRC, Ford and UN entities, not participated.
TEACHING
1. Visiting Faculty, Department of Economics, University of Utah , Salt Lake City, USA, Summer 2005
Course: Macroeconomics and Gender
2. MPhil in Applied Economics, Centre for Development Studies (Jawaharlal Nehru University).
Courses: Public Economics [Elective; Course 205]; 2007-09 Public Finance [Elective; Course 408]; 2007-09
3. Integrated M Phil – PhD Programme , IGNOU School of Social Sciences, New Delhi
Courses: Public Economics (RECE-010), March 2010
1. Module 3 of RECE -010, PUBLIC GOODS2. Module 6 of RECE -010 , THEORIES OF PUBLIC EXPENDITURE3. Module 5 of RECE -010, PUBLIC CHOICE, VOTING MODELS, & POSITIVE
THEORIES OF GOVT BEHAVIOUR
SELECTED ELECTRONIC AND PRINT MEDIA
1. Discussion on UNDP Human Development Report, interviewed by Times Group Sahara (March 2010)
2. Discussion on Union Budget, 2005-06, telecasted in USA, in Asian News International (ANI) in March 2005.
3. Discordant Noise in Growth Box, article written in Amartya Sen Special issue of Economic Times, November 2006.
4. Taking a Lead in Gender Budgeting, Financial Express, March 13, 2006.
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5. Statistics Skip Care Economy, Financial Express, March 13, 2006.6. Gender Budgeting: Equity and Efficiency Dimensions, Economic Times, March 10, 2005. 7. No Pride in this Prejudice, Financial Express, (with Amaresh Bagchi), November 19, 2004.
PERSONALDate of Birth: May 31, 1973 Nationality: IndianMarital Status: Married with one child
REFEREES
1. Dr Rathin RoyDirector and Chief ExecutiveNational Institute of Public Finance and Policy18/2 Satsang Vihar Marg, Special Institutional Area (Near JNU)A-17 Aruna Asafali Marg, New Delhi 110067Tel: +91.11.26857274Fax: +91.11.2685.2548Email: [email protected]
2. Dr Ashok LahiriExecutive DirectorAsian Development BankManila 5ADB AvenueMandal Uyong City0401 Metro Manila.Tel: (63-2)632-4444Fax: (63-2)636-2444Email: [email protected]
Short Bio
As a faculty of NIPFP, I have worked with the Commonwealth Secretariat, European Commission, IDRC, GTZ, UNFPA, UNDP, UNIFEM and the World Bank; and also with Ministry of Finance, sectoral Ministries, Planning Commission as well as various State and local governments on issues
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related to public finance and policy. Been actively engaged in research, public policy, teaching, capacity building, policy advocacy and knowledge networking with research institutes within India and across countries.
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