Social entrepreneurship refers to entities with social or environmental causes at their core. Like any business, social enterprises aim to profit, to sustain their founders, pay their staff and shareholders. However, much of their profits also go to causes that address development challenges.
By Haoliang Xu, UN Assistant Secretary General and UNDP Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific University of Humanities, Ulaanbaatar,Mongolia Wednesday, 22nd February 2017
It is a crisp autumn afternoon. The dazzling sun brightens the colors of the wooden compound walls and dwellings of Chingeltei district.
“The earth is what we all have in common.” Those are the words of environmental activist, Wendell Berry.
A brochure created for the UN day, 2017 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
The United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) 2017-2021 for Mongolia has been designed as an integrated programme that fosters cooperation, enhanced coordination and strengthened partnerships, in support of efforts to attain the “Mongolia Sustainable Development Vision – 2030”.

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77%

of Mongolian land is classified as degraded or desertificated

29%

of the population lives below national poverty line

17.1%

of Parliamentarians is female which is below world average

62%

of university students are female

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