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Asia Insights : Mongolia

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Facts and background

Population : 2.5 m
Surface area : 1.6 m
Population growth : 1.3 %
Life expectancy (2002): 65.5
Population below national poverty line (1995): 36,3 %
GNI per capita : 480.0
GDP : 1.2 b US $

Source: World Development Indicators Database

 

Head of State:

President Bagabandi, Natsagiyn

Prime Minister Elbedorj, Tsakhiagiyn

Speaker of the State Great Hural      Enkhbayar, Nambaryn

 

Source: Chief of State

 

Politics and society

AsiaSource

CIA World Fact Book

Library of Congress Country Study

National Statistical Office, Mongolia

Mongolia Law Library
Web site of the Mongolia Law Library which is hosted by the Mongolian Society at the Indiana University . The site consists of a selection of Mongolian laws translated into English and made freely available in HTML.

Mongolia n Legislation
The Mongolian legislation site forms part of the Foreign Investment and Foreign Trade Agency (FIFTA) of Mongolia Web site and provides English translations of various Mongolian laws.

Free Inner Mongolia
Free Inner Mongolia is a campaign organised in association with the Mongolian-American Cultural Association which is campaigning for autonomous government for the Mongolian area which was 'annexed' by China during the 1940s.

 

Government sites

Office of the President of Mongolia

Ulsyn Ikh-Khural State Great Assembly - Parliament

Government on Mongolia

The Constitution

 

Political parties

Democratic Party

Mongolian Liberal Democratic Party (MLDP)

Mongolian Social Democratic Party (MSDP)

Mongolian Democratic New Socialist Party (MDNSP)

Mongol Ardyn Khuv'sgalt Nam (Revolutionary People's Party of Mongolia ): communist party  

 

Elections

Presidential election 22 May 2005

Elections in Mongolia

CNN Election Watch

 

News agencies

Montsame Mongolian National News Agency

 

News

Mongolia Online

Mongolia Gateway

Newspapers and Magazines in Mongolia

MN UB Post

Mongolia Today

Mongolian Online Media Network

Ger

The Mongol Messenger

bizMongolia

 

News from foreign sources

BBC news

CNN news

Yahoo News (Reuters/AP/etc)

Reliefweb situation reports

One World - Mongolia

 

Research Institutions, Universities and Networks

Mongolian University of Science and Technology

Institute of Economics, School of Economic Studies, Mongolia

The Institute of Economics undertakes research on economic theory and policy, development economics and transition economies.

Mongolian Development Research Center (MDRC)

The main objectives are to promote the knowledge of development economics in Mongolia and to bring together scholars and specialists who are working on formulating a long-term development concept for Mongolia which is based on a comprehensive manner considering geography, culture, tradition, nomadic way of life, and current economic profile of Mongolia .

Women's Information and Research Centre (WIRC), Mongolia

International Association of Mongol Studies

 

Development organisations / agencies

DevelopmentGateway Mongolia

Asian Development Bank

Asia Foundation: Mongolia

International Monetary Fund Country Information

OECD-DAC Aid at a Glance

UNDP

USAID

World Bank

 

Other resources

Mongolia Online

Mongolia Resource Page

Great Mongol Homepage

Mongolia : an annotated directory of Internet resources       

AsiaBot: Mongolia

Dansk Mongolsk Forening  

 

 

 

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