2024
CAMBODIA
Technical Assistance Missions

2024

Technical Assistance Missions

 

July 8 – 12: Public Financial Management

The IMF team assisted the Cambodian authorities in recalibrating the fiscal rules reflecting Cambodia’s recent GDP rebasing and the availability of more data from the post-pandemic period. The mission recommended strengthening fiscal institutional arrangements to support the effective introduction of the fiscal rule framework. In addition, practical recommendations were provided on enhancing the medium-term fiscal framework (MTFF) document as requested by the authorities. The mission also delivered a one-day training workshop on fiscal rule framework.
 

June 18 – 21: Macroeconomic Frameworks

 

At the request of the Cambodian authorities, the IMF team conducted a four-day mission to enhance the capacity of the Inter-agency Economic Core Group (IECG) in macroeconomic analysis and forecasting, particularly on upgrading the authorities’ macroeconomic tools, elaborating baseline forecast and shock scenario to inform macroeconomic policy decisions. The IECG comprises staff from the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC), the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF), and the National Institute of Statistics (NIS). In addition, the opening session of this mission was observed by representatives from Ministry of Finance of Japan, along with undersecretary of MEF and NBC.
     

June 10 – 14: Government Finance Statistics

 

 Following a request from the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) of Cambodia and in consultation with IMF’s Asia and Pacific Department, a Government Finance Statistics (GFS) and Public Sector Debt Statistics technical assistance mission was conducted in Phnom Penh during June 10-12, 2024 and Sihanoukville during June 13-14, 2024. The mission worked with the MEF and line ministries (LMs) to assist in capacity building and further improving GFS for policy analysis and decision-making. 
     

April 22 – 26: Government Finance Statistics

 

In consultation with the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) of Cambodia, a Government Finance Statistics (GFS) and Public Sector Debt Statistics (PSDS) technical assistance mission was conducted in Phnom Penh during April 22–24, 2024, and in Siem Reap during April 25–26, 2024. The mission assisted the General Department of Policy (GDP) in further improving GFS and PSDS compilation and dissemination to support fiscal analysis. More specifically, the mission (i) reviewed and analyzed GFS Yearbook data disseminated to the IMF; (ii) agreed on implementation steps relating to reconciliation issues; (iii) reviewed COFOG compilation steps; and (iv) provided a workshop on the Statement of Sources and Uses of Cash (SSUC) and on the classification of State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs).
     

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  Cambodia Technical Assistance Report