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Mongolian Democracy: ’Unless your life improves, what's the point of a market economy?’

Sun, 2009-12-13 06:32 — Robyn

ZUUNKHARAA, Mongolia -- There are many ways to measure the success of Mongolia’s 20 years of democracy. One is by visiting here.

This town once bustled as a railroad hub nestled between the city of Darkhan, near the Russian border, and the capital Ulan Bator. But trains rarely run on the line anymore, and Zuunkharaa has become a ghost town, unsettlingly quiet even on a weekday afternoon.

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