VINAY CHAND

DATE OF BIRTH 2nd May 1945 PROFESSION Consultant Economist ADDRESS 230, Finchley Road, London NW3 6DJ, United Kingdom Telephone (44-20)-7794 5977 Fax (44-20)-7431 5715 Email vinaychand@msn.com Professional Qualifications B.Sc.(Econ.)Honours M.Sc. London School of Economics and Political Science

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Summary Consultant Economist since 1976 with extensive experience in projects, mostly in Asia and the Pacific, covering market studies, project formulation, business plans, feasibility, mid, pre-completition and evaluation stages on agriculture, farming systems, agro-industry, water, trade and investment promotion as well as business evaluation and marketing consultancy for private clients in Europe and Asia. Specialist in production, distribution and marketing, processing, price formulation and export development and promotion of commodities. In particular, of agricultural products.
Clients Include:
European Community	Agriculturist on pre-completion Mission to Philippines on Agrarian Reform Support Programme in 5 provinces in southern Philippines; Mission leader/Economist Project preparation for assistance to South Indian farmers, Mission Leader/Economist on Mid-Term Evaluation of Project to assist copra and coconut oil production in Kerala, India; Main contractor feasibility study for Kiribati on processing and marketing of value-added coconut products; EDF sector study for Caribbean Community on coconut production and processing; Assignments for CDI on markets in Western Europe for value-added products from Ghana.
United Nations	Evaluation of projects programme for ITC over a 20 year period on market development and promotion of jute products; Market studies, product development and promotion for ITC, mostly for India, Philippines, Thailand and Sri Lanka; Commodity export development studies for FAO on hard fibres; Institutional strengthening of commodity development board in Sri Lanka UNDP.
World Bank/IFC	Dambulla Horticultural Development and development of the Wholesale Fruit/Vegetable Market, Sri Lanka and examination of the marketing and distribution system for horticultural produce; Feasibility study in Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu for two projects submitted by local entrepreneurs; Assistance Mission for planning for Director General of Estate Crops in Indonesia in preparation of Repelita IV; Export of fresh & Processed Fruit & Vegetables to Europe as a reference study to be used in evaluation projects for EMENA Region.
Asian Development Bank	Agricultural sector Mission to Western Samoa; Horticultural loan Mission to Indonesia.
Commonwealth Fund for Technical Co-operation	Feasibility of production of coconut products in Kiribati; Feasibility of production of coconut products in the Cook Islands; Feasibility of production of products from fresh limes in Gambia; Market development prospects for high value jute products; Market prospects for cashew and products from Mozambique; Marketing and Distribution of sisal baler and binder twine from Tanzania.
Private Sector	Marketing Director for HVR AB producing residential water purifiers. Included various studies on markets, marketing and distribution; Director of Xzero AB developing rinse water stations for Semiconductor Industry using new proprietory technology known as 'membrane distillation'; Prospects for investing in India for a leading Italian two-wheel vehicle component manufacturer; Feasibility study on Integrated Cococnut Processing in Tamil Nadu for MCC Scarab of India; Identification, pre and feasibility studies for Indonesian Consortium on developing Agro-tourism in West Java; Feasibility study on high yield tiger prawn cultivation in Philippines for Etoille de Mer Ltd.; Diversification study on production of spices, essential oils and oleoresins in East Java for BAT Indonesia; Feasibility study on production of mattresses, car seats and other products of rubberised coir in Sri Lanka for export for Swedlanka; Acquisition study on a high tech rubber products company for Wilkinson Sword; Handling, packaging and marketing citric acid in Europe for Pfizer Chemicals; Acquisition study on global confectionery producing machinery for Metal Box.