Discusses the legal requirements for selling to the host government, including whether the government has agreed to abide by the WTO Government Procurement Agreement or is a party to a government procurement chapter in a U.S. FTA. Specifies areas where there are opportunities.

Mongolia has brought its procurement process in line with World Bank procurement rules and its World Trade Organizationobligations.  However, oversight of the process remains weak and inconsistent leading to irregularities in practice.  Mongolia has been an observer to the WTO Convention on Government Procurement since 1999 but is not a party to it.

Many governments finance public works projects through borrowing from the Multilateral Development Banks.  Please refer to the “Project Financing” section in “Trade and Project Financing” for more information. 
 

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