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  • Plan of Action toward Asian and Pacific Decade of Disabled Persons, 2003 - 2012
  • Profile of Disability Related Organizations

Mongolia

1. General/Basic Information

• General Fact Sheet
• 1.1 Introduction
• 1.2 Geography
• 1.3 Socio-economic Profile
• 1.4 Government
• 1.5 National Social Welfare System
• 1.6 Education Profile
• 1.7 Health Profile
• 1.8 Information Communication Technology

2. Current Situation of Persons with Disabilities

• 2.1 Definition and Classification
• 2.2 Government Policy and National Plant towards Persons with Disabilities
• 2.3 Government System
• 2.4 Regional Cooperation
• 2.5 Statistics Data
• 2.6 Law and Legislation
• 2.7 Social Services
• 2.8 Medical Services, Rehabilitation and Assistive Devices
• 2.9 Community Based Rehabilitation
• 2.10 Independent Living Movement
• 2.11 Public Awareness
• 2.12 Sports

Biwako Millennium Framework Seven Priority Areas:

• 2.13 Self-help Organizations of persons with disabilities and related family and parent associations
• 2.14 Women with Disabilities
• 2.15 Early Detection, Intervention and Education
• 2.16 Training and Employment
• 2.17 Access to Built Environment and Public Transportation
• 2.18 Access to Information and Communication
• 2.19 Poverty Alleviation through capacity-building, social security and sustainable livelihood programs

3. The Asian and Pacific Decade of Disabled Persons, 2003-2012: "Towards an Inclusive, Barrier-Free, and Rights-Based Society" Action Guideline: The Biwako Millennium Framework

4. Profile of Disability Related Organizations

• 4.1 Profile of Governmental Organizations and Public Facilities for Persons with Disabilities
• 4.2 Profile of Non-Governmental Organizations of/for Persons with Disabilities

Tables

1. Labor Force by Occupation (2003)
2. Population below Poverty Line
3. Mogolian Educational Structure
4. Degree Distribution in the Total Sutdent Population
5. Human Resources for Health

Figures

1. Map of Mongolia
2. Population
3. Birth Rate(births/1,000 population)
4. Population Growth Rate (%)
5. Life Expectancy at Birth (years)
6. Unemployment Rate (%)
7. GDP per capita
8. Qualification of Primary School Teachers in 1998
9. National Committee on Disability
10. National Association of Mongolian's Organizations of People with Disability

Abbreviations

AIFO	Associazone Italiana Amici Raoul Rollareu
CIA	Central Intelligence Agency
EU	European Union
GDP	Gross Domestic Product
JICWELS	The Japan International Corporation of Welfare Services
LSMS	Living Standard Measurement Survey
MADW	Mongolia Association for Disabled Women
MOSTEC	Ministry of Science, Technology
MOSWL	The Ministry for Social Welfare and Labour of Mongolia
NGO	Non-Governmental Organization
NSO	National Statistical Office
SSWL	State Social Welfare Law of Mongolia
VSO	Voluntary Service Overseas
UNESCO	United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
UNESCAP	United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
WHO	World Health Organization

References

Primary References

• Disability, Poverty and Schooling in Developing Countries reported by Social Protection Unit, Human Development Network, The World Bank, 2005
• Economic Update: Mongolia reported by Asian Development Bank, 2003
• Mongolia Country Profile: Employment of People with Disabilities The Impact of Legislation (Asia and the Pacific) prepared by the ILO In Focus Programme on Skills, Knowledge and employability in the framework of a project funded by Development Cooperation Ireland (DCI), 2003
• Paper: A case study of the community based rehabilitation programme in Mongolia presented by Manjo Sharma and Sunil Deepak

Internet Sources

• United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (http://www.unesco.org)
• University of Texas Libraries (http://www.lib.utexas.edu)
• LogosNet (http://www.logos-net.net)
• World Health Organization (http://www3.who.int)
• WorldEnable (http://www.worldenable.net)
• http://www.soros.org.mn
• UB Graduate School of Education (http://www.gse.buffalo.edu)
• Black Ibex Expeditions (http://www.discovermongolia.mn)
• Mongoliana (http://ub-mongolia.mn)
• Mongolian Embassy, USA (http://www.mongolianembassy.us)
• Country Studies (http://countrystudies.us)
• United Nations Information Technology Service (http://www.unites.org)
• Asian Studies (http://www.asia.msu.edu)
• World Facts (http://worldfacts.us)
• Central Intelligence Agency (http://www.cia.gov)
• World Bank (http://worldbank.org)