The Mongolian education system has been in search of a suitable model for many years. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, the country has tested a number of replacements for the top-down, ideologically based schooling that had been dominant for 60 years. At first, it reintroduced the traditional Mongolian script. It then experimented with the...
As it stands now, choice is very limited for people seeking international-level medical care in Mongolia. The SOS Medica Clinic while extremely modern is small and not designed to keep patients for more than a few days. Serious cases are referred to local hospitals or patients are taken out of the country.
Of all the major sectors in the Mongolian economy, only one has failed to stage a significant recovery since the end of socialism. Industry, agriculture, mining, manufacturing and education have managed to claw themselves back from the collapse after the end of Soviet subsidies, and some are now in better shape than they were previously during the...
Education reform and investment are vitally important for Mongolia. The country is set to come into immense wealth from mining, and it needs to spend that money wisely so that the people have the skills, expertise and knowledge to make a living from the industry now and make a living after the minerals are depleted. It must make a few very long-term...
Improving access to health care across the country is a priority not just for the government, but also increasingly for private sector providers. Given that spending on health care is low – just $129 per person in 2009, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO) – providers see a chance to tap into a wider population segment with cost-...
In many ways, the Philippines’ health care sector is a microcosm of the broader economy. Public provision is under-resourced and over-stretched, while private provision is fragmented but also plays a vital supporting role. Workers are largely well trained and skilled, but an overabundance of nurses and physicians – combined with low salaries – has...
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