The UN Child Rights Committee emphasizes issues requiring urgent attention and measures from the government of Turkmenistan. The Committee’s concerns, as articulated in its concluding observations, highlight...
In Turkmenistan 87% of the children aged 0-17 years in formal residential care are children with disabilities. UNICEF published a policy brief on Keeping Families Together in Central Asia that emphasized the goal of...
September 2024: Palaw costs decline by 8%. Fluctuating Ingredient Prices and Global Trends Impact Costs in Ashgabat. In September 2024, the average cost of preparing palaw in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan fell to 63.6 Turkmen...
A joint report by the Center for Global Sustainability at the University of Maryland and the Energy Foundation China titled “Overview of methane mitigation policies in global key emitters beyond the United States and...
August 2024: Palaw costs decline by 12%. In August 2024, the average cost of preparing palaw in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan decreased to 60.2 Turkmen manat, an 11.7% reduction from 68.2 manat in August 2023. This also...
Experts from Central Asian countries (except Turkmenistan) discussed the issue of environmental migration and its possible increase in the future at a meeting organized by CABAR.asia. Projections indicate that global...
Altyn Asyr Lake is a man-made lake in the Karashor depression of the Karakum Desert in Turkmenistan. The project was an evolution of the initial idea to direct collector drainage waters into the Caspian Sea via a Trans...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has published its Country Partnership Strategy (CPS) for Turkmenistan in August 2024 outlining a plan to transform the nation into a sustainable, climate-resilient economy from 2024 to...
Turkmenistan has made some limited headway in reducing maternal mortality but a closer examination of the available data reveals gaps and challenges that could hinder further progress. According to the World Health...
The International Accountability Project (IAP), a global advocacy organization, developed a public tracker to monitor projects proposed by development banks to Central Asian and the South Caucasus countries. This...
