IMF Staff Country Reports

Mongolia: Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix

Publication Date:

November 14, 2002

Electronic Access:

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Summary:

This Selected Issues paper and Statistical Appendix analyzes growth and recovery in Mongolia during transition. The paper describes the major sources of economic growth in Mongolia since the early 1980s in the context of a basic growth accounting framework. It discusses Mongolia’s post-transition growth performance relative to other transition countries. This paper also summarizes the main weaknesses of the existing national accounts statistics and reviews the recent developments and prospects for the main components of GDP.

Series:

Country Report No. 2002/253

Subject:

Agricultural sector Economic sectors Energy sector National accounts Privatization Production Total factor productivity