Mongolia Marches Toward Modernity

Spendthrifts
A cameraman tapes young models on a fake shopping-spree, ending at the Zaisan Monument, a popular tourist destination, to promote the opening of the new Ulan Bator shopping mall. The International Monetary Fund is projecting per-capita GDP to quadruple by 2018 from $2,000 to $8,000.

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