Asian Development Bank

JFPR 9015: Improving Living Environments of the Poor in Ger Areas
Mongolia (MON)
MON - Poverty in Ger Areas

Project Summary

Counterpart loan/project(s)

• Loan 1847-MON: Housing Finance Sector Loan, and the Integrated Urban Services for Secondary Towns Loan.

Budget

Executing Agency

Ministry of Infrastructure

Implementing Agency

• microfinance institutions (NGOs) for saving/repayment collection activities
• local community and private sector persons for bathhouse, greenhouse, and briquette making activities
• Project Implementation Unit for approval of project activities, and demonstration housing component
• Poverty Alleviation Program Office, at the aimag centers' level, for confirming potential project beneficiaries
• local independent research institute for poverty impact assessment

Coordinating Body/ Steering Committee/ Project Advisory Board

Steering Committee comprising representatives from the Ministry of Infrastructure, Ministry of Finance and Economy, Poverty Alleviation Program Office, city governments, Ger housing areas, ADB, and Project Implementation Unit

Scope

The project will target the poor and low-income groups in selected Ger housing areas of the three cities covered under part B of Loan 1847-MON: Housing Finance Sector Loan, and eight aimag centers in eastern and central Mongolia under the Integrated Urban Services for Secondary Towns Loan. The cities are Baruun-Urt, Choibalsan, Choir, Dalanzadgad, Darkhan, Mandalgovi, Ondorkhaan, Sainshand, Tsetserleg, Ulaanbaatar, and Zuunmod.

Objectives

Pilot innovative and sustainable approaches to address housing-related poverty in selected Ger areas of Mongolia.

• Pilot sustainable opportunities for housing finance to the poor.
• Show viable approaches for running public bath houses in Ger areas with poverty targeting.
• Use community assets to reduce the costs of housing for the poor.

• housing finance
• communal services center
• housing environment
• project management

Main Project Components and Activities

• housing finance for the poor
• low-cost demonstration houses
• viable public bath houses
• promoting community resources for reducing housing costs, and improving the housing environment through briquette making and greenhouses
• project management and poverty impact assessment

NGO Cooperation

local microfinance institutions (e.g. MONCOD, HAAS)

Any Other Relevant Information

• News Releases

Contact Information

Mr. Sangay Penjor
East and Central Asia Department
Tel. +632 632 6298
E-mail: spenjor@adb.org