WB COUNTRY MANAGER WANTS SUPPORT FROM MP

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ A member of parliament and a head of the Standing Committee on security and foreign policy Mr Ts.Oyunbaatar received the World Bank country manager for Mongolia Jim Anderson on Monday. In a talk about projects, made ready by the World Bank for realization, Mr Anderson asked the MP to have them discussed by the related Standing Committee and by parliament. The projects are “Smart Governance”, “Third Sustainable Livelihood”, “MN Education Quality Reforms” and “E-Health”. He also noted that the third stage of the “Sustainable Livelihood” is to be funded by a non-refundable aid from the Government of Switzerland, "but it might be cancelled if the implementation is postponed again". In response, Ts.Oyunbaatar said he supports these projects. He also noted that the public tend to be unpleasant towards the outcomes of projects funded by foreign investments. "We intend to give directions to the cabinet to ensure more openness and transparency in the implementation of those projects”. Oyunbaatar went on to say that the Government is intensely addressing the issues of corruption and suggested holding discussions and running researches into the issue. To this Mr Anderson said it is possible that the WB support a project concerning corruption.