The national strategy of Turkmenistan on climate change is data-scarce with no targets and measurable commitments. Country’s nationally determined contributions (NDCs) are not publicly available. The government has not...
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) published a working paper with Wellbeing Rankings for 215 geographical locations using data from the Gallup World Poll and the US Daily Tracker Poll for 2008-2017. These...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) published a working paper titled: Strengthening Food Safety Systems in the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Member Countries: Current Status, Framework, and Forward Strategies...
Wheat is the most important staple in Turkmen household. Bread is the first thing that is put on Turkmen saçak (a dining table cloth) and the first thing offered to foreign delegates when they step into the Turkmen soil...
The World Bank has published 2022 GovTech Maturity Index (GTMI), which measures digital transformation in the public sector. It is an average of 4 different indexes: Core Government Systems Index (CGSI) captures the key...
Electrification plays a key role in decarbonisation. However, it can be a viable option only when these grids are powered by clean energy. While many countries are moving toward renewables there are still some countries...
The recently published report Modernizing Irrigation in Central Asia: Concept and Approaches by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations presents the results of a year-long study on irrigation...
According to the UN report, UN Women: Rethinking the Care Economy and Empowering Women for a Better Recovery, women in Eastern Europe and Central Asia gain empowerment when their responsibility for unpaid work is...
According to the World Bank Report, internal climate migration in Central Asia is expected to increase by 2050 in all three scenarios: the pessimistic reference scenario, the inclusive development scenario, and the...
The World Meteorological Organization has recently published its first State of Global Water Resources report which assesses the effects of climate, environmental and societal change on global water resources...
