What works in Colombo
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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 Colombo
The evidence shows three interventions tested or implemented in Colombo:
[SIYB business training reached 1,256 women across greater Colombo and Kandy], with results showing that training alone did not raise profits for existing subsistence enterprises, but training plus a cash grant boosted profits for eight months before the gain disappeared; for aspiring entrepreneurs, training led to earlier business entry and higher profitability among new entrants. University Business Linkage Cells were established at universities including Colombo as part of Sri Lanka's AHEAD technology-transfer system, which generated 228 patent applications, 77 licence agreements and 42 market-ready products between 2019 and 2023. The evidence does not quantify Colombo-specific outcomes for either intervention.
Drawn from: Sri Lanka's National Assistive Technology Assessment — A 6,100-Person Survey That Already Shaped Policy · SLASSCOM — Sri Lanka's National IT-BPM Chamber Driving Sector-Wide Company Growth · SIYB Business Training for Women Entrepreneurs — Colombo & Kandy's Two-Track Randomised Trial · University Business Linkage (UBL) Cells — Sri Lanka's AHEAD Technology-Transfer Network · 25% Women's Quota in Local Government Elections · Nenasala Telecentre Network · Colombo Wetland Management Strategy — Ramsar Wetland City Flood Buffer · Mithuru Piyasa — Sri Lanka's Hospital-Based One-Stop Centres for Gender-Based Violence Survivors
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Strengths & weaknesses vs peers
Strengths
Water & soil — retention, infiltration, erosion control +52 pts 100 here · 48 average
Curator validation +27 pts 100 here · 73 average
Demonstrated reach +24 pts 100 here · 76 average
Evaluated outcomes +21 pts 100 here · 79 average
Biodiversity — conservation / improvement, evidenced +18 pts 67 here · 48 average
Teacher capability & pedagogy +18 pts 56 here · 37 average
Evaluation evidence +18 pts 67 here · 49 average
Achievement / evidence +12 pts 100 here · 88 average
Inclusiveness / equity +11 pts 53 here · 43 average
Weaknesses
Innovation level -10 pts 52 here · 62 average
Effectiveness -18 pts 50 here · 68 average
Impact on gender equality -21 pts 50 here · 71 average
Transparency, fairness & accountability -31 pts 22 here · 54 average
Efficiency -33 pts 0 here · 33 average
Transparency, ethics & data protection -36 pts 11 here · 47 average
Gender-mainstreaming embedding -39 pts 50 here · 89 average
Score profile vs peers
Coloured bar: Colombo. 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
SLASSCOM — Sri Lanka's National IT-BPM Chamber Driving Sector-Wide Company Growth · 76
SIYB Business Training for Women Entrepreneurs — Colombo & Kandy's Two-Track Randomised Trial · 76
University Business Linkage (UBL) Cells — Sri Lanka's AHEAD Technology-Transfer Network · 76
25% Women's Quota in Local Government Elections · 74
Nenasala Telecentre Network · 72
Colombo Wetland Management Strategy — Ramsar Wetland City Flood Buffer · 67
Mithuru Piyasa — Sri Lanka's Hospital-Based One-Stop Centres for Gender-Based Violence Survivors · 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.
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
Already adopted in 3 other places
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
Already adopted in 4 other places
Karya — Fair-Wage AI Data-Work Platform Bringing Digital Income to Rural India · fit 100/100
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
safe+natal — Comadrona-Designed Smartphone Checklist for Maternal Risk Screening in Rural Guatemala · fit 100/100
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Digital Green — Video-Mediated Agricultural Extension · fit 100/100
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Kartu Prakerja – National Digital Skills and Financial Inclusion Programme · fit 100/100
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
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
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Already adopted in 6 other places
Fit estimates how well a practice matches this place, 0 (poor) to 100 (excellent); the list is ordered to favour practices that address this place's gaps. Know more