Established?in Bangkok in September 2012, originally as the IMF Technical Assistance Office for Lao P.D.R. and Myanmar (TAOLAM).
Main beneficiaries:?The core beneficiary countries are Myanmar, Lao P.D.R., Cambodia and Vietnam. Select capacity development projects based in CDOT also cover other countries in Southeast Asia and in the Pacific Island region.
External donors:?Thailand and Japan. The Bank of Thailand hosts the CDOT Office. The Japan Administered Account for Selected IMF Activities (JSA) supports?project activity?in public financial management, monetary and foreign exchange operations, government finance statistics, external sector statistics, and macroeconomic management.
Regional collaboration:?CDOT also works in tandem with other IMF offices in the region involved in capacity development, including the?IMF-Singapore Regional Training Institute?,?South Asia Training and Technical Assistance Center, and?Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific in Tokyo.
Upcoming and Recent Events
The?Eleventh Meeting of the Advisory Committee of the IMF Capacity Development Office in Thailand (CDOT)
May 30, 2025
Technical Assistance on External Sector Statistics in Cambodia
April 28 - May 9, 2025
Course on Central Bank Foreign Exchange (FX) Operations and Reference Exchange Rate
April 21 - 24, 2025
Technical Assistance on?Macroeconomic Frameworks in Vietnam
March 24 – April 2, 2025
Technical Assistance on?Monetary and FX Operations in?Lao P.D.R.
March 4 – 13, 2025
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Development Partners
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Beneficiaries
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? | Bank of the Lao P.D.R. | ? |
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? | General Statistics Office of Vietnam |
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? | Ministry of Planning and Investment |
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? | Ministry of Finances |
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? | State Bank of Vietnam |
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Publications
