Mongolia’s Economy Continues to Pick Up, But Growth Remains Uneven ULAANBAATAR, November 28, 2023 – Mongolia’s economy is projected to grow by 5.8 percent in 2023 and 6.2 percent in 2024 as the...
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Mongolia: Sustainable Livelihoods Project and Second Sustainable Livelihoods Project, Report No. 169867, March 31, 2022
Summary Background and Description Despite strong macroeconomic growth in recent years, Mongolia has struggled to translate this growth into increased household welfare, especially for poor people...
Equipment, vaccine, and training: Supporting Mongolia’s COVID-19 response and recovery
STORY HIGHLIGHTS Since early 2021, the World Bank has been supporting Mongolia’s response to COVID-19, while helping the country prepare for future health crises. So far, more than 6,100 pieces of...
Climate Risk Country Profile - Mongolia
This profile is intended to serve as public goods to facilitate upstream country diagnostics, policy dialogue, and strategic planning by providing comprehensive overviews of trends and projected...
Mongolia: New World Bank Group Country Partnership Framework to Focus on Sustainable and Resilient Recovery
Washington, May 25, 2021 -- A new Country Partnership Framework (CPF) for Mongolia was discussed today by the World Bank Group's Board of Executive Directors. The strategy, which covers the period of...
World Bank Hands Over Personal Protective Equipment Worth $1 MLN to the Ministry of Health
ULAANBAATAR, April 1, 2021 - The World Bank Country Manager Andrei Mikhnev today handed over personal protective equipment (PPE) worth about US$1 million to the Ministry of Health. The PPE, purchased...
Bringing Herders Closer to Markets and Livestock Services
Investments to improve livestock productivity and quality and boost market access helped reduce rural poverty and household food insecurity on a sustainable basis in Mongolia. The project supported...
Monitoring COVID-19 Impacts on Households in Mongolia
Results from Mongolia COVID-19 Household Response Phone Survey (first round) Mongolia has taken early and decisive measures to prevent the inflow and outbreak of COVID-19. Despite the limited cases...
World Bank Group’s Response to COVID-19 (coronavirus) in Mongolia
The World Bank Group is moving quickly to help countries respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. In Mongolia, the Bank has been working closely with the government to address various challenges brought by...
The European Union and the World Bank Support Mongolia’s Efforts to Address COVID-19 (coronavirus) Impact
ULAANBAATAR, April 10, 2020 — The European Union and the World Bank will reprioritize the use of EUR 680,000 within the Strengthening Governance in Mongolia Project, funded by the European Union, to...
Mongolia: World Bank Mobilizes $2.2 Million to Strengthen Medical Diagnostic Services in Response to COVID-19
ULAANBAATAR, March 25, 2020—The World Bank mobilized US$2.2 million to help strengthen Mongolia’s hospital services in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. The funding will be used to purchase the most...
New Insurance Model Protects Mongolian Herders from Losses
STORY HIGHLIGHTS The government of Mongolia worked with the World Bank to look for solutions to better protect herders from climate related losses to their livestock. A new insurance scheme was...
Lessons from the Dzud: Adaptation and Resilience in Mongolian Pastoral Social-Ecological Systems
Executive Summary Rationale, Methods, and Objectives Dzud is the Mongolian term for a winter weather disaster in which deep snow, severe cold, or other conditions render forage unavailable or...
Dzud Disaster Financing and Response in Mongolia
Abstract The paper focuses on financing and institutional arrangements for dzud. It seeks to encourage a more coordinated, predictable, timely and targeted approach to dzud on the part of both the...
Project Profile: Reducing Vulnerability of Rural Communities in Mongolia
The project has benefited a total of 1,763,432 people and 505,745 households Overview The Sustainable Livelihoods Project II (2008-2012) is the second part of a three-phase program, which aims to...
Mongolia: Enhancing Policies and Practices for Ger Area Development in Ulaanbaatar
Summary The sustainable development of ger areas in Ulaanbaatar (UB), the capital city of Mongolia, is one of the critical development issues facing the country. The transition to a market economy...
Assisting the plight of Mongolian herders and sustaining a valued and traditional way-of-life
Mongolia's semi-nomadic and nomadic herders comprise approximately 30 to 40 per cent of the country's population and are Mongolia's single poorest cohort. These hardy and proud countryside dwellers...
Livestock Insurance Project Funded to Reach More Mongolian Herders
Press Release No:2010/269/EAP Contacts: In Washington: Elisabeth Mealey (202) 458 4475 emealey@worldbank.org In Mongolia: Sunjidmaa Jamba (976 11) 312647 ext 207 sjamba@worldbank.org WASHINGTON DC,...
Dzud: a slow natural disaster kills livestock --and livelihoods-- in Mongolia
Submitted by Arshad Sayed on Sun, 2010-01-31 23:33 Mongolia is currently experiencing a white "dzud" - a multiple natural disaster consisting of a summer drought resulting in inadequate pasture and...
MONGOLIA IN THE GRIP OF A "DZUD": Just like the herders, we must prepare ourselves for hard times
Videos: Conditions in Mongolia l World Bank response Arshad Sayed, Country Manager, the World Bank in Mongolia Rogier van den Brink, a lead economic for Mongolia, the World Bank February 1, 2010 -...