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| Document Date:
| 2004/04/05 |
| Document Type:
| Country Assistance Strategy Document |
| Report Number:
| 28419 |
| Volume No:
| 1 of 1 |
| Country:
| Mongolia ; |
| Doc Name:
| Mongolia - Country assistance strategy |
| Keywords:
| adjustment policies,adjustment process,agricultural sector,Agriculture,air,alcohol,alcohol consumption,Bank lending,broad consultations,carbon,civil society,climate,coal,command economy,commodities,comparative advantage,Currency unit,data analysis,Debt,Development Assistance,Development Goals,Development Strategy,disasters,drinking water,Economic Growth,economic performance,economic sectors,economic structure,employment,energy efficiency,environmental management,exchange rate,Expenditure Survey,exports,external shocks,financial sector,forestry,Formal safety,GDP,GDP per capita,gender disparities,Gini coefficient,Gross Domestic Product,health care,Household Income,human development,Human Development Report,income countries,income groups,income inequality,infant mortality,inflation,informal sector,Institutional Assessment,Institutional Development,institutional framework,laws,legislation,Lending Program,life expectancy,Living Standards,Living Standards Measurement,Living Standards Measurement Study,macroeconomic management,macroeconomic stability,manufacturing sector,market economy,media,migration,national average,natural resources,nongovernmental organizations,per capita income,policy dialogue,Portfolio,poverty monitoring,Poverty Reduction,Poverty Reduction Strategy,Present Value,primary education,Private Sector,Public Expenditure,public expenditure management,public expenditures,Public Sector,Purchasing Power,Purchasing Power Parity,real GDP,rural areas,rural residents,safety nets,savings,Sectoral Composition,service delivery,Social Indicators,Social Protection,social services,structural reforms,sustainable development,Sustainable Livelihoods,Technical Assistance,Total Revenue,transition countries,transition economies,unemployment,urban air pollution,urban areas,water supply,watershed,World Trade Organization,WTO. Poverty reduction strategies; Economic growth; Reform policy; Macroeconomic stability; Performance indicators; Adjustment lending; Investment loans; Economic & sector work; Advisory services; Rural development; Public sector management; Public expenditures & the poor; Productivity growth; Export development; Private sector participation; Civil service reforms; Governance capacity; Procurement; Policy implementation; Public investment programs; Pension reform; Financial sector reform;
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| Language:
| English |
| Rel. Proj ID:
| MN-Fy04 Mongolia: Country Assistance Strategy -- P071752 ; |
| Region:
| East Asia and Pacific ; |
| Rep Title:
| Mongolia - Country assistance strategy |
| Sector:
| (Historic)Sector not applicable |
| Topics:
| Poverty Reduction |
| SubTopics:
| Environmental Economics & Policies ; Economic Theory & Research ; Poverty Assessment ; Health Monitoring & Evaluation ; Health Economics & Finance |
| Unit Owning:
| World Bank Office: Ulaanbaatar (EACMF) |
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| Mongolia faces considerable challenges in achieving the objectives of the Economic Growth Support and Poverty Reduction Strategy (EGSPRS), where capacities for public sector management, and service delivery are not aligned with the overall strategy, and, the vulnerabilities to climatic and terms-of-trade shocks continue. It is in this context of opportunities, and risks that this four-year (FY05-FY08) Bank Country Assistance Strategy (CAS) is presented, aimed at ensuring macroeconomic stability and public sector effectiveness, supporting production and exports, and improving the environment for private-sector-led development; enhancing regional, rural development, and environmentally sustainable development; promoting good governance, and implementing and monitoring the strategy. The focus now is on building capacities for implementation and enforcement. The CAS is broadly aligned with the EGSPRS, and would directly support a selected subset of the EGSPRS priorities, reflecting key development areas where the Bank has a comparative advantage.The new CAS, builds on the evolution of Bank assistance in recent years, when lending to Mongolia represented about 11 percent of the country's overall Official Development Assistance (ODA) flows, implying the need to be selective, and to complement and enhance other donor efforts. This CAS proposed assistance, focuses on three objectives with the following expected outcomes: 1) consolidating the economic transition through institutional reforms that improve public sector and market efficiency; 2) addressing growing equity concerns, and reducing rural and urban vulnerabilities; and, 3) aligning policies and resources around results. To this end, the Bank proposes a mix of adjustment, investment, and non-lending services, where a key program feature is the proposed use of annual, single-tranche Poverty Reduction Support Credits (PRSCs), to support the implementation of priority EGSPRS objectives. The base case IDA lending shall be characterized by satisfactory performance on macroeconomic management, implementation of the key EGSPRS elements (such as public expenditure management and civil service reforms), improvements in governance and transparency (including procurement processes), and a well-performing IDA portfolio. The high case scenario will be triggered by strong and early EGSPRS implementation of policies on the public investment program, pension reforms, and the financial sector. |
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