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Asia Pacific Bulletin
Asia Pacific Bulletin
Resource Management in Mongolia: Missed Opportunities and Future Prospects
Resource Management in Mongolia: Missed Opportunities and Future Prospects

Part of the Mongolian Affairs Special Series

Number 651 |
Dr. Richard Pomfret, Senior Adjunct Professor in International Economics at the Johns Hopkins University and Professor of Economics Emeritus at the University of Adelaide, explains that while Mongolia is successfully balancing the influences of Russia and China, "the country has been less successful in exploiting its mineral resources and its location in the Eurasian transport network." |
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Mongolia straddles the shortest rail route between Beijing and Moscow. However, Mongolia’s transport and logistics sector has been allowed to languish through poor maintenance of rail tracks and inadequate investment in rolling stock.
Part of the Mongolian Affairs Special Series

Number 651 |
Dr. Richard Pomfret, Senior Adjunct Professor in International Economics at the Johns Hopkins University and Professor of Economics Emeritus at the University of Adelaide, explains that while Mongolia is successfully balancing the influences of Russia and China, "the country has been less successful in exploiting its mineral resources and its location in the Eurasian transport network." |
for additional titles in the Asia Pacific Bulletin |
Mongolia straddles the shortest rail route between Beijing and Moscow. However, Mongolia’s transport and logistics sector has been allowed to languish through poor maintenance of rail tracks and inadequate investment in rolling stock.