The recent growth of Mongolia's economy can be attributed to

A. closer economic ties with the former Asian Tiger countries.
B. a rise in the global demand for cashmere.
C. the extraction and sale of valuable minerals.
D. its shift from a nomadic to a settled culture.


C. the extraction and sale of valuable minerals.

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