Mongolia: A Case Study in Foreign Direct Investment

We had a chance to speak with Marius Toime, who is currently a project finance partner at Berwin Leighton Paisner’s office in Singapore, where he specializes in mining contracts and financing in the Asia Pacific Region and is a noted expert on investment in Mongolia, on which he has written extensively. SD: As you noted…

Mongolia: IMF considering support to bolster economy

Yesterday, the IMF announced it had received a communiqué from the Mongolian government making an official request for support for their ailing economy, which has seen foreign direct investment plunge some 70% in the past year and a government reconsidering austerity measures versus development of potentially lucrative international mining projects. Mongolia has already received an…