How where you live in Turkmenistan determines your access to resources and opportunities. Summary: Person’s place of birth and residence determine how much development they experience. Ashgabat outperforms all...
According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), the global military expenditure increased for the ninth consecutive year increasing by 6.8% in 2023. This increase is mainly attributed to the...
The State of the Climate in Asia 2023 report by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) analyzed key indicators influencing the climate in Asia. According to the report, in 2023 Asia had the second highest mean...
Cabar Asia’s article How do invisible people live in Central Asia highlights the fate of thousands of people who lack basic rights including to healthcare, education, employment and even marriage just because they do...
The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) released its 2024 Special 301 Report outlining protection and enforcement of intellectual property (IP) rights among the U.S. trading partners. Turkmenistan...
March 2024: Rice prices continue to decline. Palaw costs decline by 17%. March 2024 witnessed a substantial decline in the cost of preparing palaw in Ashgabat, with the average expense dropping to 65.3 Turkmen manat...
Summary: Turkmenistan loses 16.9% of its human development due to inequalities which are mainly driven by inequalities in income and life expectancy. The richest 1% of the people in Turkmenistan hold 19.9% of the income...
The Turkmenistan Family Code and the Civil Procedure Code have undergone revisions, published on March 30, 2024, notably removing the sections regarding divorce due to a spouse’s absence, thus disallowing divorces...
A study by Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS) has investigated the effects of dust from the Aralkum Desert across Central Asia. The results have shown that the region became 7% dustier in the last 30...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) analyzes global privatization trends over the last four decades in a policy brief titled “Privatization of State-Owned Enterprises: A Summary of Experience”. Global Privatization Trends...
