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Fiscal Challenges and Social Welfare Reform in Mongolia

18 May 2018
Mongolia has been facing various economic challenges in recent years. Its gross domestic product growth decelerated, its fiscal deficit widened, and government debt decreased. It needs to ramp up its social protection programs to assist the poor and most vulnerable.

Firm and Worker Dynamics in an Aging Labor Market

17 May 2018
The author assesses the impact of an aging labor force on business dynamism, labor market fluidity, and economic growth. The analysis embeds endogenous growth through creative destruction in an equilibrium job ladder model, highlighting feedback between the extent of mismatch in the labor market…

Discussion on "Firm and Worker Dynamics in an Aging Labor Market"

17 May 2018
In discussing the presentation on the “Firm and Worker Dynamics in an Aging Labor Market” by Niklas Engbom, the presenter offers an alternative method to separate the direct age effect on job-to-job mobility. He also encouraged the authors to quantify the contribution of "on-the-job search" on…

Sustainability Outlook of Mongolia

22 February 2018
This presentation shared the sequence of activities involved in producing a national sustainability outlook and emphasized the importance of visioning, policy mapping, identifying leverage points, and quantitative and qualitative modeling, among others.

Sustainability Outlook of Mongolia (SOM): Process and Content

22 February 2018
This presentation discussed the process of developing Mongolia's Sustainability Outlook (SOM) and gave an overview of its contents.

Eco-compensation vs. Pollution Compensation: US Transboundary Watershed Management—Experiences and Lessons

8 December 2017
Who pays, who benefits, how much, and how—these are among the questions tackled in the presentation to better differentiate eco-compensation from pollution compensation, particularly in the context of watershed management. The experiences and lessons of the United States in transboundary watershed…

Eco-Compensation and Agriculture: Lessons from the United States, Questions for the People’s Republic of China

8 December 2017
Why is agriculture important for eco-compensation? Agriculture is key to food security, rural livelihoods, economic growth, and human survival; but, it is also a major source of environmental degradation. Current farming practices (e.g., tillage, introduction of new plant varieties, application of…

MobiCom: "E money" Customer and Regulatory Understanding

9 November 2017
This presentation shares brief information on e-money, customer-based infrastructure, and the convenience joint cards provides to users, in the context of Mobicom's experience. It also highlights how information sharing can help reduce risk.

Poverty and Social Analysis in Action: Ulaanbaatar Urban Services and Ger Area Development Investment Program

10 October 2017
Poverty and social analysis (PSA) enabled the Ulaanbaatar Urban Services and Ger Area Development Investment Program to become more responsive to the needs and context of its target beneficiaries. PSA guided program implementation by providing a thorough assessment of the social impacts of the…

The Food Stamp Program: A Secret History of the First Targeted Benefit in Mongolia

30 August 2017
Back in 2008, Mongolia suffered from the highest inflation rate in Asia, reaching up to 30%. This led to lower food quality, especially for women and limited funds for education and health needs. The government, through ADB assistance, established a food stamp program to help the poor buy critical…