Asia Insights : Mongolia

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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