What works in Kabul
All catalogues · Afghanistan profile
Quality scores are 0–100 rubric scores; “strong evidence” reflects study design; adoptions count documented replications elsewhere. Know more
Evidence snapshot for Kabul
The evidence in the CONTEXT block shows limited, place-specific findings about Kabul. Women for Women International's randomised trial enrolled 1,461 women in Kabul and Nangarhar and found that after a 12-month economic and social empowerment programme, income and savings improved (income beta 3.79, savings beta 11.79), gender-inequitable attitudes declined (beta -0.89), and women's mobility outside the province increased (aOR 1.78), though physical intimate partner violence did not fall significantly. SOLA's SOLAx programme, founded in Kabul in 2016, now delivers the Afghan curriculum via WhatsApp to over 20,000 girls across multiple countries and Afghan provinces following the Taliban's 2021 education ban, though no independent evaluation is reported. The practices do not provide quantified comparative data on Kabul versus other Afghan locations.
Drawn from: Ustad Mobile — offline, peer-to-peer literacy app for Afghan women and army recruits · AI Chatbot Co-Facilitator for Online Discussions — Kyoto University's RCT with Afghan Students Amid the Taliban's Education Ban · Women for Women International in Afghanistan — Randomised Trial of a 12-Month Economic and Social Empowerment Programme · SOLAx — SOLA's WhatsApp AI Curriculum Academy for Banned Afghan Girls · Taliban Bans on Women's Education and Employment — Afghanistan's Gender-Equality Reversal · AABIS and APPS — Afghanistan's US-Built Biometric ID Systems Fall Into Taliban Hands
Generated from this place's cited practices only. Always check the linked sources.
Strengths & weaknesses vs peers
Strengths
Evaluation evidence +51 pts 100 here · 49 average
Equity & inclusion +50 pts 100 here · 50 average
Documented learning +26 pts 100 here · 74 average
Demonstrated reach +24 pts 100 here · 76 average
Evidence of learning impact +24 pts 50 here · 26 average
Evaluated outcomes +22 pts 100 here · 78 average
Transparency, ethics & data protection +20 pts 67 here · 47 average
Innovation level +18 pts 80 here · 62 average
Weaknesses
Scalability & sustainability -18 pts 44 here · 62 average
Impact on gender equality -20 pts 50 here · 70 average
Teacher capability & pedagogy -21 pts 17 here · 38 average
Curator validation -23 pts 50 here · 73 average
Evidence of impact / measured public value -24 pts 33 here · 57 average
Efficiency -32 pts 0 here · 32 average
Achievement / evidence -37 pts 50 here · 87 average
Transferability / replicability -38 pts 22 here · 60 average
Gender-mainstreaming embedding -39 pts 50 here · 89 average
Sustainability -45 pts 33 here · 78 average
Transparency, fairness & accountability -54 pts 0 here · 54 average
Governance, capability & sustainability -64 pts 0 here · 64 average
Effectiveness -66 pts 0 here · 66 average
Score profile vs peers
Coloured bar: Kabul. 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
Ustad Mobile — offline, peer-to-peer literacy app for Afghan women and army recruits · 76
SOLAx — SOLA's WhatsApp AI Curriculum Academy for Banned Afghan Girls · 47
Taliban Bans on Women's Education and Employment — Afghanistan's Gender-Equality Reversal · 22
AABIS and APPS — Afghanistan's US-Built Biometric ID Systems Fall Into Taliban Hands · 13
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