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The education system in Mongolia is recovering from the deep crisis of the mid-1990s. There are still many children in rural areas who do not attend primary or secondary school.
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Mongolia’s heat and electricity supply system functions in the central system but in poor condition and with high losses. Both electricity and heat demand are expected to increase between 4 to 5 percent annually until 2020.
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Mongolia’s natural resources are fragile and stressed by human activity, harsh winters, hot summers and low rainfall. To address these challenges, the Mongolia has enacted a series of environmental laws, expanded its system of nature reserves, and started to invest in energy-efficient technologies and pollution abatement schemes.
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Mongolia faces considerable challenges in achieving a satisfying health sector service delivery system. Capacities for public sector management and service delivery are not aligned with the overall sector strategy.
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In response to declining indicators for the country's social well-being, the World Bank is now exploring ways to strengthen its support for poverty assistance and social-sector work. Meantime, participation and civic engagement, and gender mainstreaming are key priorities with supporting activities. Efforts to increase opportunities for citizen participation and encourage social accountability and public voice are ongoing. Also, a gender assessment study to assist stakeholders to identify how the gender dimension of poverty can be incorporated into development assistance planning has been completed.
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Urban development in Mongolia is set in a demographic context where the historically nomadic population is migrating to and settling in cities and towns.
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