01607cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF005193 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451826968 1934-7685 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. Mongolia : Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2008. 1 online resource (94 pages) IMF Staff Country Reports <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students The vast mineral deposits of Mongolia, if properly managed, could make available large budgetary resources, which would help address a wide range of its economic challenges. This report focuses on Mongolia's selected issues in the mining sector, government employment and wages, and saving and credit cooperatives. The attractiveness of Mongolia's mining sector has been eroded in recent years with the introduction of the windfall profit tax (WPT). The high wage bill mainly reflects the large size of government employment and the recent rapid real wage increases. Mode of access: Internet IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 2008/201 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/002/2008/201/002.2008.issue-201-en.xml IMF e-Library