evidoria

What works in Cape Town

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13
evaluated practices
70/100
average quality score
23%
strong evidence, of 13 assessed
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Quality scores are 0–100 rubric scores; “strong evidence” reflects study design; adoptions count documented replications elsewhere. Know more

Evidence snapshot for Cape Town

Cape Town's evidence base demonstrates successful interventions across digital inclusion, safety, and innovation. SmartCape expanded public internet access from 5 computers in 6 libraries in 2002 to 670 terminals across 104 branches serving 500,000+ registered users with 45 minutes of free daily internet and digital-skills training. VPUU's combination of infrastructure upgrading and community safety work achieved a 34% reduction in reported interpersonal-violence exposure near upgraded areas in Khayelitsha, with roughly one-third murder-rate declines in some sections. UCT's Research Contracts & Innovation office has built 40 spin-off companies worth over R250 million since 2000, with HyPlat securing pension-fund investment toward 1,200 projected manufacturing jobs—though these practices focus on specific programmes rather than citywide outcomes.

Drawn from: SmartCape – Cape Town's Municipal Library Digital Access and Skills Programme · Working for Water (South Africa) · VPUU — Violence Prevention through Urban Upgrading in Khayelitsha, Cape Town · South Africa's Women's Budget Initiative — Parliament-led gender analysis of the national budget (1995–2000) · UCT Research Contracts & Innovation — University of Cape Town's Technology Transfer Office · Grindstone Accelerator — Scale-Up Programme for Revenue-Stage South African SMEs · South African Universities Switch Off Turnitin's AI Detector Over Bias and False-Positive Risks · One Man Can — Sonke Gender Justice's Community Mobilisation Campaign Against Gender-Based Violence

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Strengths & weaknesses vs peers

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Strengths

Evaluation evidence +64 pts 100 here · 36 average

Water & soil — retention, infiltration, erosion control +49 pts 100 here · 51 average

Equity & inclusion +46 pts 100 here · 54 average

Fire resilience — risk reduction, evidenced +36 pts 44 here · 9 average

Evidence of impact / measured results +32 pts 92 here · 60 average

Transparency, ethics & data protection +28 pts 78 here · 50 average

Documented learning +27 pts 100 here · 73 average

Demonstrated reach +25 pts 100 here · 75 average

Curator validation +25 pts 100 here · 75 average

Biodiversity — conservation / improvement, evidenced +25 pts 78 here · 53 average

Governance, certification & transferability +23 pts 89 here · 66 average

Evaluated outcomes +16 pts 100 here · 84 average

Multi-stakeholder collaboration +13 pts 92 here · 78 average

Gender-mainstreaming embedding +10 pts 100 here · 90 average

Weaknesses

Carbon — sequestration / storage, evidenced -24 pts 11 here · 35 average

Effectiveness -31 pts 50 here · 81 average

Impact on gender equality -33 pts 50 here · 83 average

Efficiency -52 pts 0 here · 52 average

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Score profile vs peers

Evaluation evidence
100 · 36
Water & soil — retention, infiltration, erosion control
100 · 51
Equity & inclusion
100 · 54
Fire resilience — risk reduction, evidenced
44 · 9
Evidence of impact / measured results
92 · 60
Transparency, ethics & data protection
78 · 50
Documented learning
100 · 73
Demonstrated reach
100 · 75
Curator validation
100 · 75
Biodiversity — conservation / improvement, evidenced
78 · 53
Governance, certification & transferability
89 · 66
Evaluated outcomes
100 · 84
Multi-stakeholder collaboration
92 · 78
Gender-mainstreaming embedding
100 · 90
Transferability / replicability
67 · 59
Achievement / evidence
100 · 93
Scalability & sustainability
71 · 66
Innovation level
69 · 64
Sustainability (ongoing)
81 · 80
Inclusiveness / equity
42 · 41
Teacher capability & pedagogy
33 · 39
Evidence of learning impact
22 · 30
Carbon — sequestration / storage, evidenced
11 · 35
Effectiveness
50 · 81
Impact on gender equality
50 · 83
Efficiency
0 · 52

Coloured bar: Cape Town. Grey bar: peer average across the corpus. Both on a common 0–100 scale.

Points compare this place's average on each dimension with the average across all evaluated places, on a common 0–100 scale. Know more

Top good practices here

SmartCape – Cape Town's Municipal Library Digital Access and Skills Programme · 96

Working for Water (South Africa) · 87

VPUU — Violence Prevention through Urban Upgrading in Khayelitsha, Cape Town · 86

South Africa's Women's Budget Initiative — Parliament-led gender analysis of the national budget (1995–2000) · 78

UCT Research Contracts & Innovation — University of Cape Town's Technology Transfer Office · 76

Grindstone Accelerator — Scale-Up Programme for Revenue-Stage South African SMEs · 76

South African Universities Switch Off Turnitin's AI Detector Over Bias and False-Positive Risks · 67

One Man Can — Sonke Gender Justice's Community Mobilisation Campaign Against Gender-Based Violence · 63

Each number is the practice's overall 0–100 quality score against its catalogue's rubric. Know more

Recommended to adopt or replicate

Transferable practices from elsewhere that address this place's gaps.

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Ciudad Mujer — El Salvador's Integrated Women's Services Programme · fit 100/100

  • Rated highly transferable
  • Backed by strong evidence
  • Addresses this place's weak dimensions
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SASA! Community Mobilisation Programme against Intimate Partner Violence — Uganda · fit 100/100

  • Rated highly transferable
  • Backed by strong evidence
  • Addresses this place's weak dimensions
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Rwanda's Land Tenure Regularization Programme — Titling Land in Women's Names · fit 90/100

  • Rated highly transferable
  • Backed by strong evidence
  • Addresses this place's weak dimensions
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Sweden's Barnahus (Children's House) — Multidisciplinary One-Stop Centres for Child Victims of Sexual Abuse and Violence · fit 90/100

  • Rated highly transferable
  • Backed by strong evidence
  • Addresses this place's weak dimensions
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Abolition of Chhaupadi — Ending Menstrual Exile Huts in Nepal's Far- and Mid-Western Districts · fit 82/100

  • Rated highly transferable
  • Addresses this place's weak dimensions
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Guyana's One-Third Gender Candidate Quota — Two Decades of Sustained Representation · fit 82/100

  • Rated highly transferable
  • Addresses this place's weak dimensions
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Serbia's 40% Electoral Gender Quota — From One-in-Three to Near-Parity Party Lists (2020-2025) · fit 82/100

  • Rated highly transferable
  • Addresses this place's weak dimensions
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Bogotá's Care Blocks (Manzanas del Cuidado) · fit 82/100

  • Rated highly transferable
  • Addresses this place's weak dimensions

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