Mongolia
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Photo: Thatcher Cook for Mercy Corps
Our strategy
Support rural communities to manage natural resources, meet economic and social needs, and be more resilient in a rapidly changing environment.
The context
Mongolia gains international attention for its dynamic economic growth and the mineral riches found beneath its surface. But the statistics — 17 percent GDP growth; $6 billion of gold and copper annually from one mine alone — bear false witness to the realities of urban and rural citizens. Mining has overwhelmingly benefited the elite, civic education has lagged, and environmental challenges lay at every turn of the country's development path.
Our work
- Conflict & Governance: Strengthening anti-corruption efforts and improving administrative reform at the local level
- Agriculture & Food: Improving the regulation and productivity of dairy and meat businesses
- Economic opportunity: Increasing the income of herders and rural entrepreneurs by connecting them with new techniques and markets
All stories about Mongolia
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Mongolia: A Growing Market for Farmers in Mongolia November 1, 2004
Vegetable growers and dairy producers in Mongolia's Umnugobi province (or aimag) have begun supplying local produce to one of that country's largest mineral exploration operations.
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Mongolia: Hard Work and Smiles for the Family of the Weeping Camel July 6, 2004
Throughout the Gobi and much of Mongolia, the Bactrian Camel (the two-humped version) is ubiquitous. It has become an emblem for tourists and locals alike.
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Mongolia: XacBank Awarded "5-Diamond Profile of the Month" Honor June 29, 2004
Since 2001, XacBank has worked to nurture Mongolia’s emerging economy by providing loans to entrepreneurs. Today, the bank received well-deserved praise for its accomplishments: it was nominated as MIX Market’s “5-diamond profile of the month.”
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Mongolia: Commentary: Fueling Mongolia's Hope November 27, 2002
There has been a lot of talk about nation-building over the past year, first in relation to post-Taliban Afghanistan, and now on potential post-war obligations in Iraq. Another country should be added to the nation-building conversation: Mongolia.
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Mongolia: World Bank President Praises Mongolia Bank May 28, 2002
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Mongolia: Livelihoods Destroyed as 800,000 Livestock Perish in Mongolia—Emergency Relief Efforts Underway February 24, 2002
Extraordinarily harsh winter weather in Mongolia has killed more than 800,000 animals - the cattle, horses, goats and camels that many nomadic Mongolians rely on for survival.
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Mongolia: Market Watch Keeping Herders in Mongolia Informed December 18, 2001
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Mongolia: President Carter, Financier Soros Meet with Mongolia Staff July 25, 2001
Billionaire financier and philanthropist George Soros and former United States President and philanthropist Jimmy Carter paid separate but simultaneous visits to Umnugovi province in the heart of Mongolia’s Gobi desert on September 8 and 9.
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Mongolia: Oasis in the Gobi Desert July 23, 2001
[Editor's note: This story was prepared by Layton Croft, Program Director for Information Systems with the Gobi Regional Economic Growth Initiative. Other stories he has written about the positive impact partnerships and information have played in Mongolia’s rural development.]
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Mongolia: Harbinger of Prosperity in the Gobi Region July 5, 2001