Overview
MISSION STATEMENT
The United States Department of the Treasury, through its
Office of Technical Assistance (OTA), provides comprehensive
financial advice around the world. OTA’s expert advisors work
directly with foreign governments to support their efforts to
improve their financial systems. A number of these countries
are involved in the transition from state-controlled to
market-based economies, some are developing nations that are
attempting to develop the capacity to better meet the needs of
their populations, while others are emerging from periods of
internal or external conflict. The Office also engages in
financial reconstruction and stabilization efforts for
countries emerging from conflict or those that are considered
to be failed states.
Treasury’s program consists of five core areas:
- Budget Policy and Management
- Financial Institutions Policy and Regulation
- Government Debt Issuance and Management
- Financial Enforcement
- Tax Policy and Administration
The Treasury Department fulfills its responsibilities in
technical assistance primarily through the placement of
resident and intermittent advisors. Long-term, resident
advisors provide advice and training to Ministers of Finance,
Central Bank Governors, and other government officials.
Short-term, intermittent advisors provide highly specialized
assistance, as necessary.
As the contours of a market based financial sector slowly
begin to emerge, Treasury's technical assistance program is
poised to guide financial institutions to adopt policies and
procedures which allow for continued and sustainable growth.
In these changing financial environments, government
institutions must adopt substantially different policies and
procedures, and develop their human capital, in order to play
an effective role in market economies. Experienced advisors
from the United States and other countries provide invaluable
assistance in this process.
The following list provides a cross section of the regions
and countries in which Treasury has had or currently has
technical assistance engagements. This is not intended to be a
comprehensive list as existing engagements are continually
completed and new ones added.
Africa |
Asia / Near East |
Eurasia |
Latin America/ Caribbean
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Burkina Faso |
Afghanistan Bangladesh |
Albania |
Costa Rica |
Chad |
Jordan |
Armenia |
Dominican Republic |
Ethiopia |
Mongolia |
Azerbaijan |
Ecuador |
Ghana |
Philippines |
Bosnia |
El Salvador |
Guinea |
Sri Lanka |
Bulgaria |
Guatemala |
Kenya |
Turkey |
Croatia |
Haiti |
Mauritius |
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Georgia |
Honduras |
Morocco |
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Macedonia |
Nicaragua |
Liberia |
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Montenegro |
Paraguay |
Senegal |
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Romania |
Peru |
South Africa |
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Russia |
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Uganda |
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Serbia |
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Zambia |
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Ukraine |
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Last Updated:
December 30, 2005
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