Format:
1 Online-Ressource (202 pages)
ISBN:
9781611222715
Series Statement:
Asian Political, Economic and Security Issues
Content:
Intro -- MONGOLIA PROFILES, FOREIGN RELATIONS AND U.S. INTERESTS -- MONGOLIA PROFILES, FOREIGN RELATIONS AND U.S. INTERESTS -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 MONGOLIA: ISSUES FOR CONGRESS* -- SUMMARY -- OVERVIEW -- MONGOLIA'S DEMOCRACY -- Mongolia's Democratic Development -- Views of Mongolia's Democracy and Human Rights -- Institutions and Electoral Procedures -- Presidency of the Community of Democracies -- ECONOMIC ISSUES -- Investment Climate -- Flagship Mining Projects -- Oyu Tolgoi Copper and Gold Deposit -- Tavan Tolgoi Coal Deposit -- Dornod Uranium Deposit -- MONGOLIA'S ENGAGEMENT WITH THE WORLD -- Deployments to Iraq, Afghanistan, and U.N. Peacekeeping Missions -- Stance in International Organizations -- Nuclear-Weapons-Free Status -- Relations with the United States -- U.S. Assistance to Mongolia -- Millennium Challenge Corporation Compact -- Other U.S. Government Programs in Mongolia -- Relations with Russia60 -- Relations with China -- Relations with Japan -- Relations with the Koreas -- Relations with the European Union -- APPENDIX A. SELECT LEGISLATION ON MONGOLIA -- APPENDIX B. MONGOLIAN ELECTIONS 1992-PRESENT -- End Notes -- Chapter 2 MONGOLIA PROFILE* -- PROFILE -- Geography -- People -- Government -- Economy -- PEOPLE -- HISTORY -- CHRONOLOGY OF MONGOLIAN HISTORY 1921-PRESENT -- GOVERNMENT AND POLITICAL CONDITIONS -- Political Parties -- Legal System -- Principal Government Officials -- ECONOMY -- Environment -- FOREIGN RELATIONS -- U.S.-MONGOLIAN RELATIONS -- Chapter 3 2010 COUNTRY REPORTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS PRACTICES: MONGOLIA* -- RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS -- Section 1. Respect for the Integrity of the Person, Including Freedom From -- A. Arbitrary or Unlawful Deprivation of Life -- B. Disappearance -- C. Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
Content:
Prison and Detention Center Conditions -- D. Arbitrary Arrest or Detention -- Role of the Police and Security Apparatus -- Arrest Procedures and Treatment While in Detention -- E. Denial of Fair Public Trial -- Trial Procedures -- Political Prisoners and Detainees -- Civil Judicial Procedures and Remedies -- f. Arbitrary Interference with Privacy, Family, Home, or Correspondence -- Section 2. Respect for Civil Liberties, Including -- A. Freedom of Speech and Press -- Internet Freedom -- Academic Freedom and Cultural Events -- B. Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and Association -- C. Freedom of Religion -- D. Freedom of Movement, Internally Displaced Persons, Protection of Refugees, and Stateless Persons -- Protection of Refugees -- Section 3. Respect for Political Rights: The Right of Citizens to Change Their Government -- Elections and Political Participation -- Section 4. Official Corruption and Government Transparency -- Section 5. Governmental Attitude Regarding International and Nongovernmental Investigation of Alleged Violations of Human Rights -- Section 6. Discrimination, Societal Abuses, and Trafficking in Persons -- Women -- Children -- Anti-Semitism -- Trafficking in Persons -- Persons with Disabilities -- Societal Abuses, Discrimination, and Acts of Violence Based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity -- Other Societal Violence or Discrimination -- Section 7. Worker Rights -- A. The Right of Association -- B. The Right to Organize and Bargain Collectively -- C. Prohibition of Forced or Compulsory Labor -- D. Prohibition of Child Labor and Minimum Age for Employment -- E. Acceptable Conditions of Work -- Chapter 4 2011 MONGOLIA INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT* -- A.1. OPENNESS OF GOVERNMENT TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT -- Creating Oyu Tolgoi -- Legislation and Regulation that May Negatively Affect the Investment Climate
Content:
The 2009 Nuclear Energy Law of Mongolia (NEL) -- The2009 Law on the Prohibition of Minerals Exploration in Water Basins and Forested Areas -- Presidential Ban on the Processing of Exploration and Mining Licenses -- Public Private Partnership/Concession Law -- Use of NGOs as Regulators May Affect Provision of Services -- The Mongolian Judiciary and the Sanctity of Contracts -- Concerns over Exit Visas -- Limitations on Participation in Real Estate, Petroleum Extraction, and Strategic Minerals Deposits -- Windfall Profits Tax Eliminated -- New Mining Royalty Regime Imposed -- Revisions of the Mongolian Tax Code -- Unfinished Business (Including Customs Rates) -- Privatization Policies and Resistance of Mongolian firms to Foreign Investment -- Mongolian Businesses vs. Foreign Direct Investors -- Key Investment Laws -- Ministerial Structure Impacts Foreign Investment -- Mongolia's Ranking as a Place to Do Business -- A.2. CONVERSION AND TRANSFER POLICIES -- A.3. EXPROPRIATION AND COMPENSATION -- Security of Ownership -- I: Implications of the Current Minerals Laws for Use Rights -- Minerals Law of 2006 -- Expropriatory Aspects of the 2009 Nuclear Energy Law -- Acts of Provincial Administrations -- Expansion of License Revocation Powers to the Soum Level -- National Security Concerns May Lead to Loss of Rights -- A.4. DISPUTE SETTLEMENT -- Problems with Dispute Settlement in Mongolia's Courts -- Bankruptcy and Debt Collection -- Binding Arbitration: International and Domestic -- A.5. PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS AND INCENTIVES -- Revocation of the VAT Exemption -- New Royalty Regime -- More Generous Loss Carry-forward provisions -- Few Restrictions on Foreign Investment -- Limited Performance Requirements -- Requirements in the Petroleum and Mining Sectors -- Requirements Imposed on Foreign Investors Only -- Tariffs -- WTO TRIMS Requirements
Content:
A.6. RIGHT TO PRIVATE OWNERSHIP AND ESTABLISHMENT -- Competition from the State-Owned Sector -- Government Re-enters the Mining Business -- A.7. PROTECTION OF PROPERTY RIGHTS -- Mongolia's Current Regime to Protect Creditors -- Debt Collection Procedures -- Protection of Intellectual Property Rights -- Restrictive Aspects of Current Mining Laws -- Minerals Law of 2006 -- Nuclear Energy Law of 2009 -- A.8. LEGISLATIVE AND REGULATORY TRANSPARENCY -- Problems with the Drafting Process for Legislation and Regulations -- System Lacks Transparency -- The Impact of NGOS and Private Sector Associations on GOM Policy -- Laws, Regulations, and Policies that Impede FDI -- Abuse of the Exit Visa System -- Use of NGOs as Regulators May Affect Provision of Services -- A.9. EFFICIENT CAPITAL MARKETS AND PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT -- Capital and Currency Markets -- Inflation Concerns -- Equity Markets -- The Banking Sector -- A.10. COMPETITION FROM STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES (SOE) -- Corporate Governance of Mongolian SOEs -- Aviation SOE -- Rail SOE -- Mining SOEs -- Mongolia's Human Development Fund and Development Bank -- Fiscal Stability Law -- A.11. CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (CSR) -- A.12. POLITICAL VIOLENCE -- A.13. CORRUPTION -- Current Views on Mongolian Corruption -- Failure of this One Indicator Signifies Failing the MCC Scorecard -- Current Anti-Corruption Law -- Anti-Corruption Resources Available to U.S. Citizens -- U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act -- Guidance on the U.S. FCPA -- Other Assistance for U.S. Businesses -- A.14. BILATERAL INVESTMENT AGREEMENTS -- Taxation Issues of Concern to American Investors -- Windfall Profits Tax on Copper and Gold Ends, but Sliding Royalties Begin -- The Mongolian Tax Code -- Unfinished Taxation Business: Improving Institutions and Practices -- A.15. OPIC AND OTHER INVESTMENT INSURANCE PROGRAMS -- A. 16. LABOR
Content:
A. 17. FOREIGN TRADE ZONES/FREE PORTS -- A. 18. FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT STATISTICS -- Incomplete Reporting -- Data Not Available -- Chapter 5 2010 MINERALS YEARBOOK: MONGOLIA (ADVANCE RELEASE) -- THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF MONGOLIA -- Minerals in the National Economy -- Government Policies and Programs -- Production -- Structure of the Mineral Industry -- Mineral Trade -- Commodity Review -- Metals -- Industrial Minerals -- Mineral Fuels and Related Materials -- Outlook -- REFERENCES -- INDEX
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781619426542
Additional Edition:
Print version Vang, Jamey J.L Mongolia: Profiles, Foreign Relations and U.S. Interests Hauppauge : Nova Science Publishers, Incorporated,c2012 ISBN 9781619426542
Language:
English
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