What works in Doha
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Evidence snapshot for Doha
Doha has hosted two major digital-economy initiatives: Qatar Science & Technology Park, a free-trade zone backed by $800 million in investment that hosts 400+ companies from 39 countries and runs corporate-backed accelerators (the WaterTech Accelerator received 226 applications and the FemTech Accelerator 242 applications, 71% women-led), and Better Connections Program, which installed 1,927 computer/Wi-Fi facilities in migrant worker housing and distributed 20,000+ refurbished computers to reach approximately 1.5 million beneficiaries. These initiatives demonstrate Doha's efforts to expand digital access and entrepreneurship, though the evidence on jobs created, revenue generated, or company exits from the science park remains less mature than peer institutions, and the Better Connections Program addresses digital skills rather than underlying migrant labour-rights protections.
Drawn from: Better Connections Program · Qatar Science & Technology Park: A Free-Zone Bridge from Research to Global Markets · Qatar's 2020 Minimum Wage and Kafala Reform for Domestic Workers · WISE EdTech Testbed — Global Survey Finds Only 30% of Qatari Teachers Understand How AI Works · Hukoomi AI — Qatar's GPT-Powered National e-Government Portal
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Strengths & weaknesses vs peers
{# KAN-369 chips show whole points; the explanation lives in the section's bottom note (KAN-370) so each concept is explained exactly once. #}Strengths
Evaluation evidence +64 pts 100 here · 36 average
Teacher capability & pedagogy +27 pts 67 here · 39 average
Documented learning +27 pts 100 here · 73 average
Inclusiveness / equity +26 pts 67 here · 41 average
Demonstrated reach +25 pts 100 here · 75 average
Curator validation +25 pts 100 here · 75 average
Impact on gender equality +17 pts 100 here · 83 average
Evaluated outcomes +16 pts 100 here · 84 average
Weaknesses
Evidence of impact / measured public value -10 pts 50 here · 60 average
Multi-stakeholder collaboration -12 pts 67 here · 78 average
Sustainability (ongoing) -13 pts 67 here · 80 average
Transparency, ethics & data protection -17 pts 33 here · 50 average
Transparency, fairness & accountability -20 pts 33 here · 54 average
Equity & inclusion -21 pts 33 here · 54 average
Transferability / demonstrated replication -26 pts 33 here · 59 average
Governance, capability & sustainability -33 pts 33 here · 66 average
Efficiency -52 pts 0 here · 52 average
Effectiveness -81 pts 0 here · 81 average
Gender-mainstreaming embedding -90 pts 0 here · 90 average
Score profile vs peers
Coloured bar: Doha. 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
Better Connections Program · 72
Qatar Science & Technology Park: A Free-Zone Bridge from Research to Global Markets · 67
Qatar's 2020 Minimum Wage and Kafala Reform for Domestic Workers · 59
WISE EdTech Testbed — Global Survey Finds Only 30% of Qatari Teachers Understand How AI Works · 47
Hukoomi AI — Qatar's GPT-Powered National e-Government Portal · 40
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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- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
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- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
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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
Copenhagen Business Hub (Erhvervshus Hovedstaden) · fit 90/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Stadtidee Aarau — Switzerland's First City-Wide Participatory Budget Using the Method of Equal Shares · fit 90/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
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