Central Asia Barometer (CAB) is a regional non-profit organization conducting public opinion surveys on social, economic, and political atmosphere in the countries of Central Asia. The Barometer runs the surveys twice a...
In January 2023 Bruce Pannier, a journalist covering Central Asia, provided an analysis to the European Neighborhood Council (ENC) titled Russia’s War in Ukraine Shifts Central Asia’s Connectivity. He explained how...
The World Bank has published its biannual report Global Economic Prospects and this time again it excluded Turkmenistan from the report due to a lack of reliable and quality data. Overall, the report forecasts a sharp...
Huawei is the largest telecommunications equipment manufacturer and the second-largest manufacturer of smartphones in the world. While Huawei has been operating in Turkmenistan for over 20 years, little is known about...
According to the article Central Asia’s wild apple trees are disappearing by Eurasianet, climate change and human activity will drive apple trees away from their native Central Asia by the end of the century. What Is...
In 2022, the Kyrgyz ministry of education detected over 100 children who currently do not go to school due to their parents’ religious beliefs. However, according to the report, Kyrgyzstan: Children Deprived of...
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...
