麻豆社

Mongolia鈥檚 economy has tripled in size since becoming a democracy 30 years ago and the sudden growth has brought many challenges. It's a nation of sweeping grassland pastures and an ever-growing Gobi desert, sealed between Russia to its north and China to its south. Such large autocratic neighbours bring a sense of threat to this fledgling democratic nation. All those issues and more are raised by the public and debated by a panel of politicians at the moment a new coalition government is being formed.

Presenter Jonny Dymond is at the Chinggis Khaan Museum in the Mongolian capital, Ulaanbaatar. He is joined by:
Bulgantuya Khurelbaatar, Deputy Speaker of the State Great Hural (parliament), MP for the Mongolian People鈥檚 Party and former Minister for Labour and Social Protection
Jargalan Batbayar, Chairwoman of the Democratic Women's Union and MP for the Democratic Party
Munkhnaran Bayarlkhagva, independent analyst, formerly of the National Security Council of Mongolia
Munkhdul Badral Bontoi, Citizens' Representative of Sukhbaatar District Council and former parliamentary candidate for the HUN Party

Producer: Charlie Taylor

(Photo: A nomadic Mongolian herder leads his camel and livestock over sand dunes beneath the Altai mountains. Credit: Timothy Allen/Getty Images)