Tariq Saeedi We promised 18 articles in this series. --- Our team delivered. By illustrating the profound improvements in a quality of life that is so easily taken for granted today, we have established a clear benchmark. Throughout this series, our primary objective was to build a rigorous "then-and-now" narrative. In this Afterword, I want to emphasize that the … [Read more...]
Turkmenistan at 35: Part 2 – From Five Loaves to a World of Bread
Elvira Kadyrova and Ramilya Delmuhametova There are some changes in a country that announce themselves loudly. New roads, airports, buildings and factories are difficult to miss. And then there are changes that sit quietly on the dinner table. Bread is one of them. Thirty-five years ago, when Turkmenistan became independent, the bread available to ordinary consumers … [Read more...]