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Developing Mongolia's Legal Framework: A Needs Analysis

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Government and the Administration

Mongolia is administered chiefly by thirteen ministries together with a number of other government-related agencies. In many cases their responsibilities are overlapping, but there is little cooperation between them. Legal advice is not given a high priority, and some administrative organisations have no legal advisors at all. The primary task of the legal advisors in most ministries is to draft the necessary laws to create a regulatory framework for various aspects of the economy, in some cases prior to privatisation. These advisors, however, generally have no experience in the operation of a market economy, and few translated texts or models from which to work. Training in how to regulate areas of the economy, in drafting, and in languages or translation would therefore be beneficial.

Mongolia has a complex administrative structure that operates at many levels. This is a result of both the nomadic culture and the fact that the population is spread over a vast area. At the highest levels are the ministries and state departments. Below them are the aimag governments and further down are those of the soums, bags and horoos, each with its own body of officials. As the emphasis of this report is on central government, this local administration will not be considered.

The central Mongolian administration consists of ministries and departments charged with administering the legislation under their aegis,¹⁶ supervising its implementation, advising the government on proposed laws and decisions, providing information to the public on new legislation, and educating their staff.

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¹⁶ The Mongolian language is free of gender problems.

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