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23.04.2012, Development outlook for Mongolia and Asia Confronting rising inequality, Robert Schoellhammer and Jan Hansen

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Page 1: 23.04.2012, Development outlook for Mongolia and Asia Confronting rising inequality, Robert Schoellhammer and Jan Hansen

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Page 2: 23.04.2012, Development outlook for Mongolia and Asia Confronting rising inequality, Robert Schoellhammer and Jan Hansen

Contribution to GDP (demand)

2

-21

0

21

42

2010 2011

Percentage points

Total consumption total investments net exports GDP

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Sector share of GDP in 2011

3

13.0%

20.2%

7.1%

9.7%7.2%

6.6%

36.3% Agriculture, forestry and fishing

Mining and quarrying

Manufacturing

Wholesale and retail trade

Transportation amd storage

Real estate activities

Others

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Contribution to growth (supply)

4

10.28.9

-1.3

6.4

17.3

-6

0

6

12

18

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Percentage points

Agriculture Industry Services GDP

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GDP per capita (current USD)

5

0

500

1000

1500

2000

2500

3000

3500

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

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Current account and trade indicators

6

-30

-15

0

15

30

-10

-5

0

5

10

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

% of GDP$ billion

Export Imports Current account balance (right)

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Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) as share of GDP

7

0.0%

5.0%

10.0%

15.0%

20.0%

25.0%

30.0%

35.0%

40.0%

45.0%

50.0%

2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

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Mining Economics

• The mining sector in Mongolia creates

– 90% of exports

– 30% of government revenue

– 20% of GDP

– 1.6 % of employment

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Inequality and Economic Growth

• Inequality can weaken the basis of growth itself by:

– holding back accumulation of human capital;

– undermining social cohesion;

– weakening the quality of governance and institutions; and

– increasing pressure for inefficient populist policies

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Two important medium-term challenges for Mongolia

• Strengthen economic and political institutions to ensure transparent, accountable and equitable management of natural resource revenue

• Encourage diversification of the economy and create jobs by supporting investment in non-resource sectors

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Confronting rising inequality in Asia

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Asia’s high growth has led to large reductions in poverty…

7.03.7 3.4 2.4

28.2

9.7

5.7

1.5

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

Developing Asia Sub-Saharan Africa Latin America and Caribbean

Middle East and North Africa

GDP growth and poverty reduction

GDP growth (1990-2010), %

Reduction in poverty rate (1990s-2000s), percentage point

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…but was accompanied by rising inequality in many countries

• Inequality increased in countries accounting for more than 80% of Asia’s population

• Gini coefficients worsened from:

– 32 to 43 in the PRC

– 33 to 37 in India

– 29 to 39 in Indonesia

• Taking developing Asia as a single unit, its Ginicoefficient went from 39 to 46

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