Living standards and poverty
essay 1996 Odgaard, Ole

MongoliaAsia > Central Asia
In this chapter from the book 'Mongolia in Transition,' Odgaard tries to assess the degree of poverty Mongolia has fallen into in the post-socialist era. He examines the collapse of Mongolia's social service sector after Soviet Union subsidies were a...

A Society and economy in transition
essay 1996 Bruun, Ole & Odgaard, Ole

MongoliaAsia > Central Asia
In this chapter from the book 'Mongolia in Transition,' the authors discuss the post-Soviet era economic and political changes in Mongolia, which began in 1990. The overnight change from a planned economy to a market economy involved the privatizatio...