What works in Kingston
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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 Kingston
Kingston Creative's Downtown Kingston Art District & CREATECH Programme shows that since 2017, the nonprofit Kingston Creative has regenerated Downtown Kingston's stigmatised core through art and culture initiatives, installing 116+ murals and holding 81 Art Walk editions. The programme has reached over 1,500 creative entrepreneurs through CREATECH, with 60 businesses receiving technology-integration support and 25 connected to international markets; Downtown Kingston was named "Best Creative Destination" at the 2023 Creative Tourism Awards, competing against 152 entrants from 28 countries. The evidence demonstrates reach and award recognition but does not quantify economic impact, employment outcomes, or crime reduction.
Drawn from: Universal Service Fund Community Access Points & Public Wi-Fi Programme · Women's Centre of Jamaica Foundation – Programme for Adolescent Mothers · Jamaica Accessible Digital Textbooks (ADT) — AI-Enhanced Storybooks for Students with Disabilities · Kingston Creative — Downtown Kingston Art District & the CREATECH Programme · WeatherNext AI Forecasting and Jamaica's Response to Hurricane Melissa · DIA Urban Lab — Citi Foundation's Youth Innovation Pipeline in Kingston · Jamaica Yallahs-Hope River Watershed Management and PES Programme · Safer Internet Together — Nationwide Digital Literacy & Online Safety Programme, Jamaica
Generated from this place's cited practices only. Always check the linked sources.
Strengths & weaknesses vs peers
Strengths
Water & soil — retention, infiltration, erosion control +49 pts 100 here · 51 average
Efficiency +48 pts 100 here · 52 average
Transparency, ethics & data protection +34 pts 83 here · 50 average
Teacher capability & pedagogy +27 pts 67 here · 39 average
Demonstrated reach +25 pts 100 here · 75 average
Effectiveness +19 pts 100 here · 81 average
Impact on gender equality +17 pts 100 here · 83 average
Evaluated outcomes +16 pts 100 here · 84 average
Evaluation evidence +14 pts 50 here · 36 average
Biodiversity — conservation / improvement, evidenced +14 pts 67 here · 53 average
Equity & inclusion +13 pts 67 here · 54 average
Gender-mainstreaming embedding +10 pts 100 here · 90 average
Weaknesses
Fire resilience — risk reduction, evidenced -9 pts 0 here · 9 average
Scalability & sustainability -9 pts 57 here · 66 average
Transferability / replicability -9 pts 50 here · 59 average
Evidence of impact / measured public value -13 pts 47 here · 60 average
Transparency, fairness & accountability -20 pts 33 here · 54 average
Innovation level -22 pts 43 here · 64 average
Governance, certification & transferability -22 pts 44 here · 66 average
Documented learning -23 pts 50 here · 73 average
Multi-stakeholder collaboration -23 pts 56 here · 78 average
Curator validation -75 pts 0 here · 75 average
Score profile vs peers
Coloured bar: Kingston. 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
Universal Service Fund Community Access Points & Public Wi-Fi Programme · 88
Women's Centre of Jamaica Foundation – Programme for Adolescent Mothers · 85
Jamaica Accessible Digital Textbooks (ADT) — AI-Enhanced Storybooks for Students with Disabilities · 73
Kingston Creative — Downtown Kingston Art District & the CREATECH Programme · 62
WeatherNext AI Forecasting and Jamaica's Response to Hurricane Melissa · 60
DIA Urban Lab — Citi Foundation's Youth Innovation Pipeline in Kingston · 57
Jamaica Yallahs-Hope River Watershed Management and PES Programme · 53
Safer Internet Together — Nationwide Digital Literacy & Online Safety Programme, Jamaica · 48
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
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
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
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