Government-backed Indian digital library giving people with print disabilities free access to accessible-format books. Launched 2016 with 200,000+ titles; by its third …
New Delhi, India
Good practice
Evidence: Observational / pre–post
Top 23%92/100
Barbados' National Training Institute has logged 12,000+ completed digital courses via its free Coursera tie-up. A 2026 assessment found 41% of employees …
Bridgetown, Barbados
Good practice
Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported
Top 23%92/100
Bahrain's iGA trains ~80 unemployed young Bahrainis a year on live e-government projects; its first two cohorts produced 143 graduates, 295 professional …
Manama, Bahrain
Good practice
Evidence: Observational / pre–post
Top 23%92/100
A $7.1M World Bank/GPE-financed project gave Lesotho teachers tech-enabled training and ran youth clubs in junior secondary schools, reaching 40,569 learners, cutting …
Maseru, Lesotho
Good practice
Evidence: Observational / pre–post
Top 23%92/100
A $25M ADB-financed submarine fibre-optic cable, commissioned in 2017, replaced Palau's costly satellite links, multiplying capacity more than tenfold and enabling nationwide …
Koror, Palau
Good practice
Evidence: Observational / pre–post
Top 23%92/100
World Bank/IFC-backed reform ended Comoros' telecom monopoly, introduced a competing operator and 4G, and subsidised broadband for schools — though national internet …
Since 2015, Uruguay's Plan Ibirapitá has given free senior-friendly tablets and digital-skills workshops to low-income pensioners nationwide. By 2019 nearly 193,000 tablets …
World Bank/ADB-financed submarine and domestic fibre links are cutting Kiribati's reliance on costly satellite bandwidth. Vodafone Kiribati reports 87% population coverage, but …
Tarawa, Kiribati
Good practice
Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported
Top 23%92/100
Coracle supplies offline, secure in-cell laptops with preloaded courses, reading material and accessibility tools to about 96 prisons in England and Wales. …
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Good practice
Evidence: Observational / pre–post
Top 23%92/100
A World Bank/DFAT-backed reform opened Solomon Islands' mobile market to competition, cutting call prices ~60% and lifting telecom access from about 11% …
Since 2008, Belo Horizonte's municipal IT company Prodabel has run a computer-reconditioning centre that trains low-income youth to refurbish donated PCs, distributing …
El Salvador launched Chivo, a digital wallet with a $30 sign-up bonus, as a financial-inclusion tool for its majority-unbanked population when Bitcoin …
San Salvador, El Salvador
Good practice
Evidence: Observational / pre–post
Top 23%92/100
The US Veterans Health Administration's Digital Divide Consult (2020) standardises referrals for free loaned tablets and data. A 2024 cohort study found …
Washington, United States of America
Good practice
Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported
Top 23%92/100
Hong Kong's 'Smart Silver' programme has reached 150,000+ elderly residents since 2014 via outreach visits, mobile stations and ICT training; the 2025-26 …
Taiwan's Ministry of Education has built 300 Digital Opportunity Centers in 168 remote/indigenous villages since 2005 (NT$6.8bn/US$212m in phase one), across five …
Taipei, Taiwan
Good practice
Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported
Top 23%92/100
World Bank-financed Digital CASA laid 3,000+ km of fibre-optic cable, connecting nearly 4,000 schools, clinics and offices across Kyrgyzstan's seven regions and …
Azerbaijan's ASAN Xidmet one-stop-shop centres, launched in 2012 and backed by mobile 'ASAN' buses reaching rural areas, digitised dozens of services and …
Baku, Azerbaijan
Good practice
Evidence: Observational / pre–post
Top 23%92/100
Thailand laid fibre broadband to 24,700 rural villages, paired with cascade digital-literacy training reaching 1.2 million people by 2018 and 13.6 million …
A US$7.3M World Bank-financed subsidy paid operator Digicel to build 59 solar-powered base stations in unserved areas (2014-2015), giving an estimated 500,000 …
The Pacific Regional Connectivity Program built Tonga's first submarine cables (2013–2018), lifting broadband penetration from under 2% to 50% and cutting bandwidth …
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Good practice
Evidence: Observational / pre–post
Top 23%92/100