More than half of all migrants from Turkmenistan are women. By mid-2024, women accounted for 52.6% of the country’s emigrant population, up slightly from 52.3% in 2019.This reflects a broader regional pattern: female...
Quarterly Report (April – June 2026): Palaw Preparation Costs Surge 29%. The average cost of preparing palaw in Ashgabat reached 91.4 Turkmen manat in June 2026, up 29.4% from 70.7 manat in June 2025. The sharp year-on...
Turkmenistan receives the lowest levels of Official Development Assistance (ODA) in Central Asia, and development bank lending remains limited due to fewer opportunities for deeper financial and institutional engagement...
The 2026 “State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World” report focuses on understanding and addressing the high cost of healthy diets. In Turkmenistan, 4.1% of the population is undernourished while 1.1...
Saglyk.org is seeking to hire a creative, trend-savvy Social Media Coordinator to lead our Instagram and TikTok content development and marketing efforts. Progres Foundation is a Turkmen think tank that promotes nuanced...
Progres Foundation is looking for a motivated and detail-oriented economist to join our team of researchers and experts. This is a great opportunity for a junior professional or recent graduate looking to build hands-on...
The State Commission for Admission to Studies is the central governmental body tasked with overseeing the annual higher and secondary vocational education admission process in Turkmenistan. Established by presidential...
Turkmenistan has launched a specialized online platform, dalasgar.bilim.tm, designed to track higher education admission campaigns across 22 universities spanning the country’s five regions, Ashgabat, and Arkadag...
An important dialogue emerged after Progres Foundation’s TikTok video, discussing housing access in Turkmenistan, went viral. The post attracted over half a million views and hundreds of comments sharing personal...
Following our initial 2021 assessment, the Progres Foundation has updated its analysis to evaluate how the Ashgabat housing market has evolved over the past five years. Our findings reveal a diverging trend in housing...
