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CASE STUDYExample of a social baseline study table of contentsSouth Gobi Social, Economic and Environmental Baseline Study, 2008This particular baseline study wasundertaken of the entire South GobiProvince (Umnugobi aimag) inMongolia. This is a far largerundertaking than would be attemptedby many mining projects, but indicatesthe wide range of information thatcan be included. It was paid for byOyu Tolgoi mining project, now runby Rio Tinto, as a contribution to thepeople and regulators of the entireprovince, and was undertaken by ateam of Mongolian researchers,guided by an external advisory panel,made up of Mongolian national,provincial and local stakeholders,with international organizationobservers.TABLE OF CONTENTSTHE OYU TOLGOI (OT) SOCIO-ECONOMIC BASELINESTUDY TEAMACKNOWLEDGEMENTSEXECUTIVE SUMMARY1. INTRODUCTION2. EXPLANATORY NOTE3. ECONOMY AND FINANCE(includes information on: the Financial sector,Local economy and market, Local budgetrevenues and expenditures, Agriculturalcommodity prices, Attitudes toward migrantsettlersand “outsiders”, Standard of living,Poverty and prosperity, Income/expenditure,Access to income support/social welfarein times of hardship, Employment,under-employment and unemployment,Existing employment sources, Subsistencestrategy, Child labour and Youth issues)4. AGRICULTURE AS SOURCES OF LIVELIHOODS(includes information on: General issues,Livestock sector and Crop production – scaleand trend)5. INDUSTRY(includes information on: Industry as economicsector, Mining sector and Opportunities fornew enterprises, access to finance, capital)6. LOCAL BUSINESS(includes information on: Small businesses,Informal business, Tourism and associatedbusinesses)7. SUPPLY AND SERVICE CAPACITY FROM LOCALSTO LARGE PROJECTS8. ENVIRONMENTAL DATA(includes information on: Climate, Air quality,Soils, Vegetation, Wild fauna, Landscape,Land resources, Specially protected areas,Water resources, Afforestation, Solid wastemanagement, State of water and soilpollution, Opinions of local residents on useof natural resources, Environmental capacityto support humans and livestock)ASSESSMENT TOOLSCommunity Development Toolkit131