Mongolia : A Guide to Economic and Political

With Mongolia fast becoming a significant exporter of minerals and raw materials, this book provides a full account of political and economic events in this important country. It focuses on the period since the establishment of the Soviet-backed Mongolian People?s Republic in 1924 and the transition towards a democratic free market system since the collapse of the Soviet Union. Covering key topics in Mongolia?s recent development, the book looks at: economic and political reform process the role of the private sector foreign aid trade and investment the attempts to tackle pressing issues such as growth, inflation, unemployment, poverty, problems of climate and weather, and pollution. This book is an important resource for anyone seeking to understand this fascinating country?s affairs.

Ian Jeffries is Reader in Economics and a member of the Centre of Russian and East European Studies in the University of Wales Swansea.

Acknowledgements	p. vii
Introduction and summary	p. 1
Political, demographic and economic background	p. 4
Political background	p. 4
Demographic background	p. 8
Economic background	p. 9
Politics	p. 12
The transition to a democratic state	p. 12
A chronology of political developments since 6 June 1993	p. 15
The economy	p. 42
Economic planning and reforms in the communist period	p. 42
The transition to a market economy	p. 45
Prices in the communist and post-communist periods	p. 49
The role of the private sector in the communist period and post-communist privatization	p. 50
Foreign trade in the communist and post-communist periods	p. 59
Foreign aid in the communist and post-communist periods	p. 63
Foreign direct investment in the communist and post-communist periods	p. 67
Agriculture in the communist and post-communist periods	p. 77
Economic performance in the communist period	p. 83
Economic performance in the post-communist period	p. 84
The Soviet (Stalinist) economic system	p. 91
General issues in the transition from command to market economies	p. 104
Bird flu	p. 117
Postscript	p. 189
Bird flu	p. 189
Economy	p. 191
Bibliography	p. 193
Index	p. 204
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