Human Development Report Mongolia 1997 Human Development Report Mongolia 1997
Contributors: United Nations Development Programme.
Publisher: United Nations Development Programme
Published: 1997
Place of publication: [Ulaanbaatar
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Number of pages: 59
Subjects: Human services -- Mongolia.
First sentence: Read and download the report here: http://www.scribd.com/doc/20793173/Human-Development-Report-Mongolia-1997
Description: This groundbreaking Mongolian Human Development Report - the country’s first - went beyond just chronicalling Mongolia’s state of development in statistics and graphs. It placed the story of the Mongolian people during the transition years (post-1989) at its heart, using photographs, stories and case studies to detail the bigger narrative at play.

Designed, laid out and published in Mongolia, the report broke with the practices of many other international organisations, who would publish outside of Mongolia - denying local companies much-needed work. The report’s costs helped to kick-start a publishing boom in the country and significantly raIsed standards in design and layout. The foundations laid down by the project producing the report, ushered in a new age in publishing for Mongolia.

The report’s launch was innovative, not only being distributed for free across the country, but also part of a multimedia campaign including television programming, public posters, town hall meetings and a ‘roadshow’ featuring the report’s researchers and writers.

The initial print run of 10,000 copies was doubled as demand for the report increased. To the surprise of many, once hearing about the free report, herders would travel to the capital, Ulaanbaatar, to pick up their copy. The report proved people cared passionately about the development of their country and that development concepts are not to be the secret domain of ‘development practitioners’.
Notes: Microfiche. New Delhi : Library of Congress Office ; Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1999. 2 microfiches. Master microform held by: DLC.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 47-48).