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PDF En Inglés Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized URBAN POVERTY IN ULAANBAATAR Understanding the Dimensions and Addressing the Challenges CONTENTS 1.0 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 07 6.0 INCOME POVERTY IN ULAANBAATAR 20-23 6.1 Levels and Trends 20 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 08-13 2.0 6.2 Spatial Distribution of Income Poverty 20 2.1 Introduction 08 KEY CHARACTERISTICS OF URBAN POOR 24-41 2.2 Background and Context 08 7.0 IN ULAANBAATAR 2.3 Income Poverty in Ulaanbaatar 10 7.1 Typology of Ger Areas and Relationship to Income Poverty 24 2.4 Multidimensional Poverty 11 7.2 Trends of Growing Unemployment 27 2.5 Vulnerable Groups 12 7.3 Mechanisms that Perpetuate Unemployment 28 2.6 Conclusion 13 MULTIDIMENSIONAL POVERTY 42-49 INTRODUCTION: BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT 14-15 8.0 IN ULAANBAATAR 3.0 8.1 Overview of the Methodology 42 3.1 Poverty Decline in Mongolia: Strong Start but Faltering Progress 14 8.2 Level and Distribution of Multidimensional Poverty in Ulaanbaatar 45 3.2 Uniquely Urban Nature of Poverty in Mongolia 14 8.3 Understanding the Dimensions of Deprivation 46 AIM OF THE REPORT AND METHODOLOGY 16-17 4.0 THE IMPORTANCE OF NON-MONETARY DIMENSIONS 50-67 4.1 Aim of the Report 16 9.0 9.1 Urban Poor’s Access to Municipal Services 52 4.2 Methodology 16 9.2 Urban Poor are Underserviced in terms of Water Delivery 53 5.0 ULAANBAATAR: UNPRECEDENTED 18-19 9.3 Burden of Lack of Access to Sanitation is Disproportionate for Urban Poor 55 GROWTH OF A PRIMATE CITY 9.4 Lack of Effective Solid Waste Management is an Important Dimension of 56 5.1 Rapid Urbanization has Coincided with Urban Sprawl 18 Multidimensional Deprivation for Urban Poor and Non-Poor LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES 9.5 Urban Poor Bear Disproportionate Burden of 57 Dysfunctional Health Care System TABLES 9.6 Lower Internet Access among Urban Poor is Likely to 60 Table 1: Urban-Rural national poverty trends: 2010 – 14 Table 2. Regional poverty trends: 2010 - 14 Exclude Them from UB’s e-Governance Initiatives Table 3. District Level poverty Headcount Table 4. Poverty by Household Head's Characteristics, Ulaanbaatar 9.7 Neighborhood Relations in Ger Neighborhoods 61 Table 5. Income by Locality Type Table 6. Labor Force Participation Rate in Ulaanbaatar: 2010-14 9.8 Salience of Alcoholism in Ulaanbaatar’s Neighborhoods 62 Table 7. Distribution of Ulaanbaatar's Population by Household Head's Gender and Linkages with Poverty Table 8. Characteristics of Urban Poor by Quintile (percent) Table 9. Deprivation Line Table 10. Key Hotspots of multidimensional poverty MARGINALIZED GROUPS 68-77 Table 11. Poverty Level & Dimensional Contribution to Overall Poverty by Ger & Non-Ger Areas 10.0 Table 12. Absolute dimensional contribution to multidimensional poverty 68 Table 13. Transitional Probabilities comparing Income versus Multidimensional Poor Individuals based on their 10.1 Rural-Urban Migrants: Not Poor but Vulnerable Income Status – Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia: 2012 71 Table 14: Access to water by quintile 10.2 Challenges Related to Obtaining a Plot in the Fringe Table 15. Access to Improved Sanitation Facilities Table 16. Frequency of garbage collection by Income Quintiles and Location in the City Table 17. Distribution of migrants and non-migrants across residential locations 78-79 11.0 COMMUNITY LIVING IN THE DALAN DAVKHAR CEMETERY Table 18. Determinants of (Log) Income in Ulaanbaatar FIGURES OTHER VULNERABLE GROUPS 80-81 Figure 1. Distribution of the poor by location: 2010-14 Figure 2. Average Poverty Headcount per Khoroo 12.0 Figure 3. Relative Contribution of Each Dimension to Multidimensional Poverty 12.1 Disabled 80 Figure 4. Poverty headcount and centralized water access Figure 5: Ulaanchuluut landfill site – in the territory of 26th khoroo, Songinokhairkhan district 12.2Street Children 80 Figure 6: Administrative procedures for obtaining urban residency status 12.3 Apartment Entrance Hall Watchmen 80 MAPS Map 1. Poverty Headcount Map 2. Kindergartens within a 30 minute walking time: 2014 CONCLUSION 82-85 Map 3. School Capacity by Khoroo: 2014 13.0 Map 4. Kindergartens within a 40 minute walking time: 2014 13.1 Extend Infrastructure in Line with Urban Population Growth 83 Map 5. Multidimensional Poverty Clustering Map Map 6. Clustering of Income and Multi-deprivation BI-LISA 13.2 Migrant Registration Reform 83 Map 7. Ulaanbaatar Poverty Headcount and School Accessibility Map 8. Access to Sanitation Services 13.3 Develop Mechanisms for Improving Regulatory Oversight and 84 Map 9. Access to Garbage Pickup Map 10. Internet Access in Ulaanbaatar Enforcement Around Corruption Map 11. Perceived Alcoholism within communities Map 12: Dalan Davkhar cemetery – surrounded by khoroos 7, 10, 11 and 12, Chingeltei district 14.0 REFERENCES 86 15.0 ANNEX 87-97 7 © 2017 International Bank for Reconstruction and Development / The World Bank 1818 H Street NW, Washington, DC 20433 Telephone: 202-473-1000; Internet: www.worldbank.org 1.0 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Some rights reserved This work is a product of the staff of The World Bank with external contributions. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this work do not necessarily reflect the views of The World Bank, its Board of Executive Directors, or the governments they represent. The World Bank does not guarantee the accuracy of the data included in this work. 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