Welcome to IMF Capacity Development Office In Thailand (CDOT)
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
Webinar on Data Adequacy Assessment and Data Provision to the Fund for Surveillance Purposes
July 10, 2024
IMF’s World Economic Outlook Presentation
Bangkok, Thailand, May 3, 2024
IMF’s Gender Strategy Presentation
Bangkok, Thailand, April 29 - 30, 2024
Government Finance Statistics (GFS) Workshop
Bali, Indonesia, March 4 - 7, 2024
High-level Seminar on Climate Change Issues for Governors and Financial Sector Policymakers
Bangkok, Thailand, December 12 - December 13, 2023
Publications
