Turkmen students are increasingly pursuing higher education abroad, seeking to return to Turkmenistan afterwards. However, according to the study published in 2017, Labor market integration of returned educational...
The average cost of cooking palaw in Ashgabat was 77.1 Turkmen manat in December 2022, which is -4.4% lower month-on-month (MoM) compared to the prices observed in November 2022 (80.6 manat) and 13.8% cheaper year-on...
Without census data, Turkmenistan cannot be well-governed. The government’s promise of unity, happiness, and bright future cannot be achieved without data. On December 17-27, 2022 Turkmenistan conducted a national...
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...
