Posted on 12/1/2007

The normal holiday lull in project activity was intensified by a major reshuffling of personnel in the Government of Mongolia’s (GOM) Cabinet of Ministers. Key counterparts and staff in the Ministries of Finance, Fuels & Energy, and Industry & Trade were not available and project implementation suffered accordingly. The new members of the Cabinet were confirmed by year end and USAID project activity levels are expected to pick up rapidly. USAID Mongolia Representative Barry Primm and Senior Program Manager Jeff Goodson took leave in December. TDY coverage was provided by USAID Cambodia’s Supervisory Program Officer Joan Silver and USAID Manila’s Supervisory Executive Officer Cory Edwards.