Turkmenistan
No. 51161. United States of America and Turkmenistan
Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of Turkmenistan regarding the surrender of persons to the International Criminal Court. Ashgabat 25 December 2003
Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan’s economic growth has been impressive with real GDP per capita tripling between 2000 and 2015 moving the country to upper-middle-income status thanks largely the exploitation and export of natural gas. While data on poverty levels are unavailable it is clear that the standard of living of the population has improved considerably (World Bank 2014). Natural gas revenue enables the government to provide electricity gas and water to the entire population free of charge. Prices of other basic consumer goods are also subsidized. Despite resulting distortions low prices have generally improved the standard of living and secured the approval of the administration among the citizenry. In addition natural gas exports have allowed Turkmenistan to accumulate large foreign exchange reserves although their magnitude is difficult to ascertain and thus to maintain a currency peg to the US dollar. Investment has been high as well although many of the projects are of questionable usefulness in promoting diversification and inclusive growth.
Overview of the State of Forests and Forest Management in Turkmenistan
The overview of the State of Forests and Forest Management in Turkmenistan aims to present the forest resources and the forest sector of the country including trends in and pressures on the resource to describe the policies and institutions for the forest sector and to list the major challenges the sector faces and the policy responses in place or planned. The study is a cooperative effort by the author the UNECE/FAO secretariat and national experts done with the use of the best available data. It attempts to cover all dimensions of sustainable forest management.