Rathin Roy is currently public resource management advisor, Bureau for Development Policy, United Nations Development Programme, New York. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge in public economics. Roy has taught economics at the universities of Cambridge, Manchester, and London, and he has published books and research papers on a range of fiscal issues in developing countries. Topics at the global level include fiscal space, public investment and fiscal policy, MDG-costing, pro-poor fiscal policy, fiscal decentralization, and enabling fiscal frameworks for the MDGs. Roy has also applied his policy analysis on country fiscal issues, including Cambodia, China, Laos, Syria, Yemen, and Zambia. He has provided technical advice to governments on macro-fiscal policy issues in more than 40 developing countries in Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and Eastern Europe.