Education plays a crucial role in building human capital in Turkmenistan and pursuing the country’s long-term economic development. This article examines educational attainment and access in Turkmenistan using...
Since Serdar Berdimuhamedov assumed office on March 19, 2022, the Progres Foundation has monitored his presidency, documenting areas of Turkmen life requiring urgent reform. Four years into his administration, the...
December 2025: Palaw Preparation Costs Increased by 36%. In December 2025, the average cost of preparing palaw in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, reached 83.9 Turkmen manat, marking a 36% increase from 61.7 manat in December...
For the first time since Turkmenistan released its 2022 population census, an analytical report has examined what the data reveals about children’s lives and development. Published by UNICEF in collaboration with the...
At a recent event hosted by the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies at Harvard University, scholars examined how Central Asia’s armed forces have evolved more than three decades after independence. The...
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNDP) recently released the Adaptation Gap Report 2025, a comprehensive assessment of global progress in climate change adaptation and the growing financial requirements to meet...
According to the new report by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), titled “An Eye on Methane 2025: From measurement to momentum”, the global action to tackle methane emissions is increasing. Turkmenistan...
The UNICEF report, titled “Generation 2050 in Central Asia”, provides a comprehensive demographic analysis of the five Central Asian nations from 2025 to 2050. It examines the evolving population structure of children...
The OECD report, “Building a Competitive Investment Landscape in Turkmenistan (2025),” provides the first country-specific analysis of Turkmenistan’s business and investment environment. Authors surveyed...
The physical infrastructure alone is insufficient to unlock the transit potential of Turkmenistan. The report published by the Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) on the Eurasian Transport Network (ETN), which is a system...
