November 2022: The Palaw Index drops by 16.7%. Wheat flour prices face a drop of 33% on an annual basis. The average cost of cooking palaw in Ashgabat was 80.6 Turkmen manat in November 2022, which is 4.6% lower month...
October 2022: Another big drop in the cost of palaw. Sunflower oil prices seeing the drop of 15% on an annual basis. The average cost of cooking palaw in Ashgabat was 84.5 Turkmen manat in October 2022, which is 0.5%...
September 2022: The cost of palaw drops for the fourth month in a row. Onions are seeing the largest drop in price on an annual basis at 45% decline. The average cost of cooking palaw in Ashgabat was 84.9 Turkmen manat...
August 2022: The cost of palaw drops for the third month in a row The average cost of cooking palaw in Ashgabat was 87 Turkmen manat in August 2022, which is 0.4% more expensive month-on-month (MoM) compared to the...
July 2022: The cost of palaw drops for the second month in a row. The average cost of cooking palaw in Ashgabat was 86.6 Turkmen manat in July 2022, which is 1.1% more expensive month-on-month (MoM) compared to June...
June 2022: The price of palaw drops for the second time this year. The average cost of cooking palaw in Ashgabat was 85.7 Turkmen manat in June 2022, which is 4% higher month-on-month compared to May 2022 (82.4 manat)...
Purpose The goal of this policy brief is to inform and address the rising inflation in Turkmenistan and initiate an informed and constructive discussion on inflation among the policymakers and public in Turkmenistan...
May 2022 Special Report: Palaw Index prices saw a slight increase. The cost of palaw rises nearly 5 percent in May. The latest data reveal that between April and May of 2022, the cost of cooking palaw in Ashgabat rose 4...
April 2022: The price of palaw decreases for the first time in the last 7 months. The average cost of cooking palaw in Ashgabat was 78.7 Turkmen manat in April 2022, which is 0.3% lower month-on-month compared to March...
March 2022: The price of palaw increases and reaches 79 manat In March 2022, the average cost of cooking palaw in Ashgabat was 79 Turkmen manat, which is 2% higher month-on-month compared to February 2022 (77.4 manat)...