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  "title": "REGIONAL OFFICE FOR ASIA AND THE PACIFIC (OAP)",
  "sourceUrl": "https://www.imf.org/en/countries/resrep/oap-home/our-region",
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  "summary": "Country specific information, including economic analysis and policy recommendations, are found in the individual country page in the table below.",
  "profileBlocks": [
    {
      "type": "office",
      "heading": "Office Information",
      "lines": [
        {
          "text": "IMF Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (OAP)"
        },
        {
          "text": "Tokyo, Japan",
          "href": "https://www.imf.org/en/countries/jpn",
          "linkText": "Japan",
          "links": [
            {
              "href": "https://www.imf.org/en/countries/jpn",
              "linkText": "Japan"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "text": "For inquiries about OAP's activities,"
        },
        {
          "text": "please submit your questions here.",
          "href": "https://www.imf.org/en/Countries/ResRep/OAP-Home/OAP-InquiryForm",
          "linkText": "here.",
          "links": [
            {
              "href": "https://www.imf.org/en/Countries/ResRep/OAP-Home/OAP-InquiryForm",
              "linkText": "here."
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "text": "For press inquiries"
        },
        {
          "text": "Email: OAPMedia@IMF.org",
          "href": "mailto:oapmedia@imf.org",
          "linkText": "OAPMedia@IMF.org",
          "links": [
            {
              "href": "mailto:oapmedia@imf.org",
              "linkText": "OAPMedia@IMF.org"
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  "sections": [
    {
      "heading": "Regional role and scope",
      "content": "- The Office supports the IMF’s Asia and Pacific Department to monitor economic developments across 37 member economies in the region.\n- Country specific information, including economic analysis and policy recommendations, are found in the individual country page in the table below."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Asia-Pacific Economies (listed)",
      "content": "- Australia\n- Bangladesh\n- Bhutan\n- Brunei Darussalam\n- Cambodia\n- China, People's Republic of\n- Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China\n- Macao, Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China\n- Fiji\n- India\n- Indonesia\n- Japan\n- Kiribati\n- Korea, Republic of\n- Lao People's Democratic Republic\n- Malaysia\n- Maldives\n- Marshall Islands\n- Micronesia, Federated States of\n- Mongolia\n- Myanmar\n- Nauru\n- Nepal\n- New Zealand\n- Palau\n- Papua New Guinea\n- Philippines\n- Samoa\n- Singapore\n- Solomon Islands\n- Sri Lanka\n- Thailand\n- Timor Leste, Democratic, Republic of\n- Tonga\n- Tuvalu\n- Vanuatu\n- Vietnam"
    },
    {
      "heading": "Capacity Development Centers in the Asia-Pacific region",
      "content": "- The IMF has a global network of capacity development centers that help implement its capacity development work across member economies.\n- In the Asia-Pacific region, six such centers offer training courses and provide technical assistance:\n  - South Asia Regional Training and Technical Assistance Center (SARTTAC)\n  - IMF Capacity Development Office In Thailand (CDOT)\n  - Regional Technical Assistance Centers (PFTAC)\n  - China-IMF Capacity Development Center (CICDC)\n  - Caucasus, Central Asia, and Mongolia Regional Capacity Development Center (CCAMTAC)"
    },
    {
      "heading": "Programs and activities highlighted",
      "content": "- Asia-Pacific Regional Seminar Series\n- High-level Economic Policy Conferences\n- Peer-to-Peer Learning\n- Macroeconomist Training Program\n- Japan-IMF Scholarship Program for Asia"
    },
    {
      "heading": "News and social channels",
      "content": "- News (archive): News on OAP Website\n- Social Media:\n  - IMF Newsletter ー Tokyo\n  - IMF Tokyo\n  - IMF Asia Pacific Office\n  - More on IMF Social Hub"
    }
  ],
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    "The Office supports the IMF’s Asia and Pacific Department to monitor economic developments across 37 member economies in the region.",
    "Country specific information, including economic analysis and policy recommendations, are found in the individual country page in the table below.",
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    "Bangladesh",
    "Bhutan",
    "Brunei Darussalam",
    "Cambodia",
    "China, People's Republic of",
    "Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China",
    "Macao, Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China",
    "Fiji",
    "India",
    "Indonesia",
    "Japan",
    "Kiribati",
    "Korea, Republic of",
    "Lao People's Democratic Republic",
    "Malaysia",
    "Maldives",
    "Marshall Islands",
    "Micronesia, Federated States of",
    "Mongolia",
    "Myanmar",
    "Nauru",
    "Nepal",
    "New Zealand",
    "Palau",
    "Papua New Guinea",
    "Philippines",
    "Samoa",
    "Singapore",
    "Solomon Islands",
    "Sri Lanka",
    "Thailand",
    "Timor Leste, Democratic, Republic of",
    "Tonga",
    "Tuvalu",
    "Vanuatu",
    "Vietnam",
    "The IMF has a global network of capacity development centers that help implement its capacity development work across member economies.",
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    "Asia-Pacific Regional Seminar Series",
    "High-level Economic Policy Conferences",
    "Peer-to-Peer Learning",
    "Macroeconomist Training Program",
    "Japan-IMF Scholarship Program for Asia",
    "News (archive): News on OAP Website",
    "Social Media:"
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