MONGOLIA: PROVINCIAL COMPETITIVENESS REPORT 2013 MONGOLIA ECONOMIC FORUM ECONOMIC POLICY AND COMPETITIVENESS RESEARCH CENTER ÝÄÈÉÍ ÇÀÑÃÈÉÍ ÁÎÄËÎÃÎ, ªÐѪËÄªÕ ×ÀÄÂÀÐÛÍ ÑÓÄÀËÃÀÀÍÛ ÒªÂ DDC 338.9 M-692 PROVINCIAL COMPETITIVENESS REPORT ULAANBAATAR 2014 ECONOMIC POLICY AND COMPETITIVENESS RESEARCH CENTER San Business Center, 9th floor, Prime Minister Amar street 29, Sukhbaatar district, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Tel: 976-11-321927 Fax: 976-11-321926 E-mail:
[email protected] Web: www.ecrc.mn Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/ecrcmn Twitter page: http://twitter.com/ursulduhchadvar ISBN 978-99973-63-15-2 © All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying and recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system. Nor may any part of this publication be included as a reference in any other work without authorization. FOREWORD Dear readers, It seems like only yesterday the Economic Policy and Competitiveness Research Center pub- lished its first report “Mongolia in World Competitiveness” in 2011. And today, we are pleased to offer the second report on Provincial Competitiveness, which employs the same method- ological approach as in “Mongolia in World Competitiveness”. In order for our provinces to achieve local growth and development, it is important to be able to compare them. What cannot be measured, cannot be monitored. And what cannot be monitored, cannot be improved. I am confident that this report will prove to be a valu- able source of information and wisdom for provincial administration and decision makers in identifying policy directions, planning ahead and improving future measures, and facilitating a favourable environment for local people and businesses to further improve their livelihood and revenue.