Turkmenistan may be the only country that provided free electricity for such a long time and it continues to provide highly subsidized cheap electricity with the lowest electricity prices in the world at 2.5 TMT per 100...
According to Eurasianet’s article, Uzbekistan: Widespread child labor persists away from the fields, child labor remains a common practice across Uzbekistan, despite being against the law. The Uzbek Government The...
Serdar Berdimuhamedov became the president of Turkmenistan in March 2022. A year ago Progres laid out and shared with our readers the short-term priorities for his presidency that are feasible and measurable. Progres...
What does the public in Turkmenistan think about the status of women and girls? PRESS RELEASEMarch 8, 2023 Women and girls in Turkmenistan are not safe online and their chances of encountering hateful content have been...
In his study, The Role of Party Interest Articulation in the Personalist-Authoritarian Regimes of the Central Asian Republics of Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Tajikistan, published in 2020, Professor Rico Isaacs of the...
January 2023: Palaw Index drops by 8.8%. Onion prices saw a staggering 164% increase amid extreme cold weather. The average cost of cooking palaw in Ashgabat was 78.2 Turkmen manat in January 2023, which is 1.5% higher...
According to a study conducted by the Eurasian Monitor, very few surveyed Central Asian and Eastern European countries find Turkmenistan to be a “hostile” nation in terms of political support and partnership. People...
According to Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index, Turkmenistan continues to struggle with endemic corruption and is showing no signs of improvement in 2022. What is the Corruption Perception Index...
Startup companies are a crucial part of boosting the Tajik economy. However, according to the report “Tajikistan: startups are needed, but conditions are lacking” by the Central Asian Bureau for Analytical Reporting...
Summary Since 2015 Turkmenistan has been implementing import-substitution policies which came into force during the foreign currency shortages and the emergence of the black-market exchange rate. In this policy brief...
