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Q1. How much do you know about civil society organizations <strong>in</strong> Mongolia? 117<br />

A lot .3%<br />

Enough 8%<br />

A little 51%<br />

Noth<strong>in</strong>g 41%<br />

Q2. How much <strong>in</strong>fluence do civil society organizations have on Mongolian public officials and<br />

politicians <strong>in</strong> the follow<strong>in</strong>g areas?<br />

At least some <strong>in</strong>fluence:<br />

Policy mak<strong>in</strong>g 49%<br />

Policy implementation 47%<br />

Legislation and legal re<strong>for</strong>m 36%<br />

Budget allocations and expenditures 25%<br />

R. Are CSOs mak<strong>in</strong>g an important contribution to Mongolia <strong>in</strong> the follow<strong>in</strong>g areas?<br />

At least some <strong>in</strong>fluence:<br />

Mobiliz<strong>in</strong>g resources <strong>for</strong> their members, constituents, or community 47%<br />

Organiz<strong>in</strong>g social activities <strong>for</strong> members, constituents, or community 49%<br />

Provid<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong><strong>for</strong>mation to citizens about budget revenues and expenditures 33%<br />

Monitor<strong>in</strong>g per<strong>for</strong>mance of government 34%<br />

Engag<strong>in</strong>g public <strong>in</strong> discussion over issues of public concern 49%<br />

Gather<strong>in</strong>g op<strong>in</strong>ions to communicate to public <strong>in</strong>stitutions or officials 44%<br />

Communicat<strong>in</strong>g government positions on issues of public concern 50%<br />

Assist<strong>in</strong>g government <strong>in</strong> policy implementation (<strong>for</strong> example, GoM contracts) 37%<br />

S. How effective are CSOs at address<strong>in</strong>g the needs of their members or constituents <strong>in</strong> the follow<br />

areas?<br />

Effective or very effective:<br />

Represent<strong>in</strong>g their political <strong>in</strong>terests 35%<br />

Promot<strong>in</strong>g their political awareness 36%<br />

Promot<strong>in</strong>g their political activism 37%<br />

Represent<strong>in</strong>g their economic <strong>in</strong>terests 32%<br />

Promot<strong>in</strong>g their economic activities 32%<br />

Promot<strong>in</strong>g their sociocultural <strong>in</strong>terests 36%<br />

Provid<strong>in</strong>g them with a social community 35%<br />

T. Have you personally benefited from the assistance of a CSO <strong>in</strong> any of the follow<strong>in</strong>g areas?<br />

Represent<strong>in</strong>g your political <strong>in</strong>terests 5%<br />

Promot<strong>in</strong>g your political awareness 8%<br />

Promot<strong>in</strong>g your political activism 14%<br />

Represent<strong>in</strong>g your economic <strong>in</strong>terests 8%<br />

Promot<strong>in</strong>g your economic activities 11%<br />

Promot<strong>in</strong>g your sociocultural <strong>in</strong>terests 12%<br />

Provid<strong>in</strong>g you with a social community 11%<br />

Other 6%<br />

117 After test<strong>in</strong>g the survey, Sant Maral discovered a significant number of respondents could not respond to Questions S through<br />

W. Question 1 was, there<strong>for</strong>e, added and pollsters were <strong>in</strong>structed to move on to Question W if respondents <strong>in</strong>dicated that they<br />

knew noth<strong>in</strong>g about CSOs (41 percent). Consequently, the number of potential respondents <strong>for</strong> Questions 2 through W was<br />

reduced from 606 to 355.

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