Mongolia and ADB
In the Spotlight
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ADB Begins New Mongolia Partnership with $250 Million to Avert Crisis in Social Services, Banking Sector
ADB's Country Partnership Strategy for Mongolia envisages total assistance of $1.2 billion over 2017-2020, and approved two policy-based loans totaling $250 million. The loans will help maintain funding for social welfare programs for the poor and vulnerable, and stabilize and restructure the banking industry.
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Technology Brings First-class Health Services to Rural Mongolia
Mongolia, with support from ADB, is improving primary health care in remote areas across the country thanks to technological innovations such as e-Health and Telemedicine.
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Ensuring Health Care Services for the Poor During a Financial Crisis: The Medicard Program in Mongolia: Experiences and Lessons Learned
This paper describes the Medicard program implemented in Mongolia in 2011–2013 to protect the poor by providing free health services.
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Mongolia: Development Effectiveness Brief
ADB’s assistance has played an important role in transforming Mongolia into a middle-income economy, and ADB’s country strategy for Mongolia has evolved over the years to match the changing needs of the country.
Mongolia urgently needs to restore macroeconomic stability to ensure social stability, and to develop in the longer term a more resilient and diversified economy that can consistently deliver rapid, inclusive, and sustainable growth.
ADB assistance in Mongolia addresses key development challenges by supporting investments, policy reforms, capacity building, and knowledge sharing to sustain inclusive growth in a period of economic difficulty.
Mongolia is a member of the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) Program.
Fact Sheet
Asian Development Bank and Mongolia: Fact Sheet
Updated yearly, this ADB Fact Sheet provides social and economic indicators on Mongolia as well as concise information on ADB's operations in the country and contact information.
Latest
ADB has supported the social protection sector in Mongolia for the past 20 years and has helped to build its foundation.
Mongolia Social Protection Sector Fact Sheet
While Mongolia has made significant achievements in expanding access to education, ensuring its quality and relevance remains a major challenge.
Mongolia Education Sector Fact Sheet
Opening Remarks at the 10th Astana Economic Forum – Wencai Zhang
Remarks by ADB Vice President Wencai Zhang at the Central Asian Economies’ Shared Prosperity: CAREC 2030 Strategy Session of the 10th Astana Economic Forum on 15 June 2017 in Astana, Kazakhstan.
Projects in Mongolia
Proposed
- Ulaanbaatar Affordable Housing and Urban Renewal Project
- Upscaling Renewable Energy Sector Project
- Modernizing Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures to Facilitate Trade
- Development of the Health Sector Master Plan (2019-2027)
- Strengthening Information and Communication Technology Systems for Efficient and Transparent Tax Administration
Approved/Active
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44
Maternal mortality ratio in Mongolia, per 100,000 live births (2015)
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21.6%
Population living below the national poverty line in Mongolia (2014)
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3.09
Population in Mongolia, in millions (2016)
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2.1%
Average annual population growth rate in Mongolia (2011-2016)
