World Bank has introduced to the Administration of Ulaanbaatar the results of research conducted on land utilization, the legal environment, and management.

Governor of the Capital E.Bat-Uul, Deputy Governor of the Capital N.Bataa, World Bank Resident Representative Jim Anderson, members of the research team, officials from the Property Relations Office of Ulaanbaatar, the City General Planning Authority, and ger area development agencies participated in today’s event. 

Work Bank research looked at the population growth of Ulaanbaatar, which has risen  dramatically since 2000, and confirmed that land occupied by construction and buildings has increased by 40 percent.

Due to the expansion of the capital, in comparison with cities with the same area in the region, it is still a city with low population density. 

Expansion of this low density spatial area has negatively influenced an increase in traffic and air pollution, which has also had negative impacts on a decreased availability of schools, hospitals, and insufficient state services.

Due to unplanned land privatization, public land often becomes the property of others.  Land as property falls under laws on land ownership and fees, but opportunities to direct these fees towards infrastructure development are not being acted upon.

Landowners who are paying land fees today are still paying fees according to the property value rates of past years, which was criticized by the World Bank.