Kazakhstan's Damu Fund tested three SME finance instruments; a 2026 World Bank study found market-aligned partial guarantees raised employment ~24% and sales …
In July 2017, 15 volunteer teams in Richmond, Virginia logged 60,000+ car-mounted temperature readings, finding 15–20°F intra-city gaps that helped secure five …
Richmond, United States of America
Good practice
Evidence: Observational / pre–post
Top 3%91/100
Makerere University engineers built AirQo in 2015 to fill Africa's air-quality data gap with low-cost, solar-powered sensors. It now runs 200+ monitors …
Kampala, Uganda
Good practice
Evidence: Observational / pre–post
Top 3%91/100
Since 1999, Berlin has run resident-majority neighbourhood councils in disadvantaged districts, channelling over €530M and ~8,200 projects into 42 areas, though evaluation …
Berlin, Germany
Good practice
Evidence: Observational / pre–post
Top 3%91/100
Since 2006, Kounkuey Design Initiative has co-designed 11 flood-resilient public spaces with Kibera residents on reclaimed dumpsites, installing 520m of flood protection …
Ukraine's ProZorro platform, co-built from 2014 by volunteer technologists, government and donors, cut single-supplier contracting from 11% to 5% within a year …
Kyiv, Ukraine
Good practice
Evidence: Observational / pre–post
Top 3%91/100
Founded in 1972, KNUST's Technology Consultancy Centre pioneered Ghana's Intermediate Technology Transfer Unit model with informal-sector artisans in Kumasi; replicated nationally via …
Kumasi, Ghana
Good practice
Evidence: Quasi-experimental
Top 3%91/100
Since 2004, Toronto's TRIEC Mentoring Partnership has logged 27,000+ mentoring matches for skilled immigrants; an independent, federally funded evaluation found participants 2.5x …
Toronto, Canada
Good practice
Evidence: Quasi-experimental
Top 3%91/100
Since 2003 Toronto's TRIEC has matched 5,300+ skilled immigrants with professional mentors; a 2020 evaluation found participants 2.5x more likely to land …
Toronto, Canada
Good practice
Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported
Top 3%91/100
City-wide non-profit (founded 2013) steering Leuven toward climate neutrality via a quadruple-helix model of government, knowledge institutions, companies and citizens. From 60 …
Halle 2 is a municipal-led second-hand store combining circular economy principles with the aim of actively supporting sustainable lifestyles by Munich’s residents. …
Munich, Germany
Good practice
Evidence: Quasi-experimental
Top 3%91/100
The Berlin Equal Opportunities Program has become an important instrument of university equality policy. The state universities of the state of Berlin, …
Berlin, Germany
Good practice
Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported
Top 3%91/100
IN Amsterdam offers a simplified process for registration, residence permits and BSN for international newcomers and companies looking to hire highly skilled …
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Good practice
Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported
Top 3%91/100
4-year social entrepreneurship programme now focused on impact entrepreneurship. Amsterdam Impact strengthens the ecosystem for all companies that simultaneously create financial and …
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Good practice
Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported
Top 11%89/100
Spain's Royal Decree 902/2020 requires every employer to keep a gender-disaggregated pay register, and larger firms to run job-evaluation and equal-pay audits; …