UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM N-CSR

 

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

 

Investment Company Act file number			811-22011
Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Domestic Debt Fund, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
1221 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS 5th FLOOR NEW YORK, NY								10020
(Address of principal executive offices)								(Zip code)
RONALD E. ROBISON 1221 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS 5th FLOOR NEW YORK, NY 10020
(Name and address of agent for service)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:					1-888-378-1630
Date of fiscal year end:	10/31
Date of reporting period:		4/30/07

 

Form N-CSR is to be used by management investment companies to file reports  with the Commission not later than 10 days after the transmission to  stockholders of any report that is required to be transmitted to stockholders  under Rule 30e-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30e-1).  The Commission may use the information provided on Form N-CSR in its  regulatory, disclosure review, inspection, and policymaking roles.

 

A registrant is required to disclose the information specified by Form N-CSR,  and the Commission will make this information public. A registrant is not  required to respond to the collection of information contained in Form N-CSR  unless the Form displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget  ("OMB") control number. Please direct comments concerning the accuracy of the  information collection burden estimate and any suggestions for reducing the  burden to Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission, 450 Fifth Street,  NW, Washington, DC 20549-0609. The OMB has reviewed this collection of  information under the clearance requirements of 44 U.S.C. Section 3507.

 

 

ITEM 1.  REPORT TO STOCKHOLDERS.

 

The Semi-Annual Report to Stockholders has previously filed and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

 

Explanatory Note

 

This amended filing of  form type N-CSRS is being made to address an incorrect filing. A submission was filed July 6, 2007, under Accession number 0001104659-07-052612 which erroneously included the report of The Turkish Investment Fund, Inc. This filing should be disregarded. The Semi-Annual Report for Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Domestic Debt Fund Inc. was subsequently filed correctly under form type N-CSRS on June 12, 2008, under Accession number 0001104659-08-039533.

 

 

Item 2. Code of Ethics.

 

Not applicable for semiannual reports.

 

Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert.

 

Not applicable for semiannual reports.

 

Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services

 

Not applicable for semiannual reports.

 

Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.

 

Not applicable for semiannual reports.

 

Item 6. Schedule of Investments

 

Refer to Item 1.

 

Item 7. Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End

 

Management Investment Companies.

 

Not applicable for semiannual reports.

 

Item 8. Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies

 

Applicable only to annual reports filed by closed-end funds.

 

Item 9. Closed-End Fund Repurchases

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 10. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 11. Controls and Procedures

 

(a)  The Fund’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded  that the Fund’s disclosure controls and procedures are sufficient to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Fund in this Form N-CSR was recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms, based upon such officers’ evaluation of these controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of the report.

 

 

(b)  There were no changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the second fiscal quarter of the period that has materially affected, or is reasonably  likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Item 12. Exhibits

 

(a) Code of Ethics - Not applicable for semiannual reports.

 

(b) Attached hereto.

 

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Domestic Debt Fund, Inc.

 

/s/ Ronald E. Robison
Ronald E. Robison
Principal Executive Officer

June 24, 2008

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

/s/ Ronald E. Robison
Ronald E. Robison
Principal Executive Officer
June 24, 2008
/s/ James Garrett
James Garrett
Principal Financial Officer

June 24, 2008