Urban Poverty in Ulannabaatar : Understanding the Dimensions and Addressing the Challenges
Mongolia’s economic growth from 2010 has been unprecedented with GDP peaking at 17.5 percent in 2012 when Mongolia was the fastest growing economy globally. This unparalleled growth of the economy was accompanied by an equally impressive decline in...
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| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2018
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/231661543335016040/Urban-Poverty-in-Ulannabaatar-Understanding-the-Dimensions-and-Addressing-the-Challenges http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31047 |
| Summary: | Mongolia’s economic growth from 2010 has
been unprecedented with GDP peaking at 17.5 percent in 2012
when Mongolia was the fastest growing economy globally. This
unparalleled growth of the economy was accompanied by an
equally impressive decline in poverty by 17 percentage
points between 2010 to 2014. However, much of this decline
was during 2010-2012. From 2012-2014 poverty declined by
less than 6 percentage points, partly due to slowing growth
and declining foreign direct investment. World Bank (2016)
estimates raise concerns that poverty reduction is likely to
come to a standstill due to the negative welfare impact of
the economic slowdown in 2015, which is expected to continue
through 2016. During 2015-16, urban poverty was projected to
increase, and World Bank estimates suggest that
approximately 6.5 percent of the urban population may have
already fallen below the poverty line. The risks of an
impending stall in poverty reduction are particularly strong
in urban areas that are home to almost two-thirds of
Mongolia’s population and account for 55.6 percent of the
poor. Given the trends of rapid urbanization and growing
centrality of cities in Mongolia, this report delves deep to
examine multiple dimensions of urban poverty and how social
groups might differ in their experiences of urban poverty.
The objective of this report is: to carry out an in-depth
analysis of the extent, nature and spatial distribution of
poverty in the capital city of Ulaanbaatar, which holds the
largest proportion of urban population in the country and
serves as the most important destination for rural-urban
migrants,and to identify sources of vulnerability for poor
and excluded populations using a variety of data sources
that go beyond income metrics and highlight the deeply
multidimensional nature of urban poverty in Ulaanbaatar. The
report takes a mixed methods approach, combining
quantitative, qualitative and spatial analyses. Availability
of rich spatial data and the use of spatial techniques are
used to create a better understanding of the locational
distribution of urban poor and the nature of poor places. |
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