Cambodia and the IMF
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Office Information
Exchange Square, 13th floor, Unit 1301
Building No. 19 & 20, Street 106,
Sangkat Wat Phnom, Khan Daun Penh,
Phnom Penh, Kingdom of Cambodia
Phone: 855 23 268 602 and 268 603
Fax: 855 23 268 601
Email: APDKHMRR@imf.org
At a Glance
- 2026 Projected Real GDP (% Change) : 4.0
- 2026 Projected Consumer Prices (% Change): 3.0
- Country Population: 18.051 million
- Date of Membership: December 31, 1969
- Article IV/Country Report: December 2, 2025
- Special Drawing Rights (SDR): 259.32 million
- Quota (SDR): 175.0 million
- Number of Arrangements since membership: 2
Scope and recent engagement
- The International Monetary Fund provides official IMF reports and Executive Board documents in English that deal with Cambodia.
- Executive Board items and categories referenced:
- Executive Board Calendar
- Board Discussions on Cambodia
- Article IV Staff Reports
- Financial Position in the Fund
- Transactions with the Fund
- Contact Us
- The last Article IV Executive Board Consultation was on November 21, 2025.
- The IMF invited participation in a survey about the IMF’s work and communications in Asia to help improve engagement ahead of the 2026 Annual Meetings in Thailand.
Resident Representative and IMF Phnom Penh Office team
- Jochen M. Schmittmann — Regional Resident Representative for the IMF Resident Offices in Vietnam, Cambodia and Lao PDR.
- Prior roles: Deputy Head of the IMF’s Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific in Tokyo; Desk Economist on the Japan team; Mission Chief for the Federated States of Micronesia; IMF Resident Representative in Singapore (covering Singapore, Malaysia, and Asian financial markets).
- Other IMF experience: Asia and Pacific, Western Hemisphere, Finance, and Monetary and Capital Markets departments; part of the team managing the IMF’s investments.
- Research/publications: behavioral finance, climate finance, currency hedging, labor markets, economic impact of demographic change in Asia.
- Education: Ph.D. in Financial Economics from Goethe University Frankfurt.
- PROEUNG Varith — Economist (joined August 2023 as Secondee).
- Previous employer: Ministry of Economy and Finance, Macroeconomic and Fiscal Policy Department.
- Focus areas: real sector monitoring (garment, transportation and communication, real estate sector); non-bank financial sector – pawnshop.
- Other work: forecasting and monitoring; research team at the Supreme National Economic Council (digital and society economy, garment, transportation).
- Education: bachelor’s degree in economics and management from Université Lumière Lyon 2, France.
- Chheang Sophearom — Economist (joined December 2024 as Secondee).
- Previous employer: National Bank of Cambodia, Monetary Policy and Research Department (liquidity monitoring, analysis and reporting).
- Prior work in technology: mobile developer and project management.
- Education: master’s degree in Economics and Management from the Czech University of Life Sciences Prague; Master of Computer Science from Delhi Technological University; bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and Engineering from the Royal University of Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
- Leng Chan Leapho — Office Manager (joined January 2003).
- Responsibilities: administers the office; handles operations and the budget of the office.
- Prior experience:
- Personal assistant to the Australian Ambassador, Australian Embassy in Phnom Penh (December, 1994 to January, 2003).
- Human Rights Assistant, United Nations Cambodia Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Cambodia (October, 1993 to December, 1994).
- Office Assistant/Interpreter, UNTAC (August, 1992 to October 1993) based in Kompong Speu Province.
- Dental Assistant and Head of Dental Assistants (Dental Clinic) with International Organizations (CRS – Catholic Relief Services and COERR) at refugee camps on the Cambodian-Thai border (January 1983 to July 1992).
- Education: Bachelor of Laws from the Royal University of Law and Economics in Phnom Penh.
- Language: good working knowledge of Thai.
- Pich Chenda — Secretary (joined March 2001).
- Responsibilities: data collection, daily update, mission schedule; helps administer IMF training programs for the office.
- Education: Associate of Education from International Institute of Cambodia.
- Prior experience:
- Teacher volunteer (January 1995 to January 1996).
- Secretary, Strategic Planning Division of the Council for the Development of Cambodia under the United States Agency for Development program in Cambodia (February 1996 to September 1997).
- Administrative Assistant, MRC/Danida Inventory and Management of Cambodian Wetlands Project (October 1997 to February 2001).
- Chhan Kong Yong — Office Driver (joined March 2012).
- Prior experience: Cashier (1994 – 2000); private IMF driver to the IMF Advisor to the Ministry of Planning (National Institute of Statistics) from 2001 to 2008.
- Malai Khem Sokunthi — Office Aide/Cleaner (joined June 1994; except during office closure from October 1997 – November 1999).
- Noted for making “absolutely the best cup of tea/coffee in Phnom Penh.”
Operational and contact notes
- The Resident Representative leads local engagement and provides continuity for IMF interactions in Cambodia, Vietnam, and Lao PDR.
- The office combines macroeconomic, financial sector, research, administrative, and outreach functions through a multi-disciplinary team of secondees, locally recruited staff, and international IMF personnel.