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Wanted: new Progres and Saglyk writers

Progres Foundation is hiring remote writers with interests in economics, social, environmental issues and public health in Turkmenistan. Experience is not necessary. The ability to write clearly is crucial, as is a...

Fitch Upgrades Turkmenistan’s Rating

Fitch Upgrades Turkmenistan’s Credit Rating Despite Persistent Economic and Governance Challenges. In August 2024, Fitch Ratings upgraded Turkmenistan’s Long-Term Foreign-Currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) to...

How Many Turkmen Students Study in Russia?

In his interview to ORIENT the Russian Ambassador to Turkmenistan Ivan Volynkin shared that currently there are around 40,000 Turkmen students studying in Russia. The Progres team looked at publicly available data to...

Economic Diversification Agenda for Turkmenistan

In 2014, the World Bank published a comprehensive 66-page report titled “Turkmenistan – Diversifying the Turkmen economy”. Turkmen economy is dependent on the exports of natural gas and there have been multiple attempts...

Access to safe drinking water in Turkmenistan

Problems such as desertification, water shortage and droughts in Turkmenistan have been covered somewhat in the reports of international organizations. There is limited information available on the state of drinking...