essay
The herding household: economy and organization
mongolia in transition • (22) • Published In 1996 • Pages: 65-89
By: Bruun, Ole.
Abstract
In this chapter from the book 'Mongolia in Transition,' Bruun examines herding households' transition to a market economy. One-third of Mongolia's population are herders. With the economic crisis of the 1990s a substantial number of the urban population returned to a herding way of life and a pre-modern means of subsistence, in spite of diminished social services and deteriorating communications and infrastructure in rural areas. With decollectivization, herders have had to rely more on individual household labor and skills, which has led to a growing income disparity among households. Bruun looks at household division of labor and the small household labor-sharing group, the AIL, which has survived. He also notes that few spontaneous organizations have emerged to replace the larger cooperative groups. Bruun discusses household budgets in the second part of the chapter, as well as, markets, corporate organizations, the communication system, and social services.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2006
- Region
- Asia
- Sub Region
- Central Asia
- Document Type
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnographer
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Ian Skoggard ; 2005
- Field Date
- unknown
- Coverage Date
- 1987-1994
- Coverage Place
- Mongolia
- Notes
- Ole Bruun
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCN
- 97101609
- LCSH
- Mongolia