Winning the Fight Against Air Pollution in Ulaanbaatar

Impact and results

In 2019, ADB approved a second, $160 million loan to support improved policies, regulatory and institutional capacity, and actions to tackle air pollution. In July 2020, ADB also approved loans totaling $43.65 million as part of a program to support the redevelopment of two additional
subcenters in the eastern and western ger areas (a form of residential district consisting of parcels of land with one or more detached houses) of Ulaanbaatar. The financing is the third tranche of the Ulaanbaatar Urban Services and Ger Areas Development Investment Program, approved in
2013. ADB also extended a loan to the National Power Transmission Grid of Mongolia to install the country’s first large-scale advanced battery energy storage system to accelerate the adoption of renewable energy.