Abstract
In the past decades Mongolia has made a successful transition into a multi-party democracy and a rapidly growing, if not highly diversified, market economy. The Mongolian economy is increasingly integrated into global markets, in particular through trade and investment liberalization schemes with major trading partners including the European Union and the United States. The planned economy era has however left a legacy of certain practices that still raise concerns among international and national human rights bodies and Mongolia’s trade partners alike. One such practice is involving military conscripts in non-military work and economic development.