What works in Panama City
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Evidence snapshot for Panama City
Panama has pursued digital inclusion and innovation infrastructure over the past 25 years through multiple initiatives. Internet para Todos deployed 1,320 free public Wi-Fi access points nationwide, reaching an estimated 80–84% of the population at a cost of B/.21.6 million since 2017. Ciudad del Saber converted a former U.S. military base into a 120-hectare innovation district that now hosts 260+ resident organisations, generates 11,378 direct jobs, and has incubated 300+ startups generating over B/.21 million in combined revenue. However, a 2018 audit of 46 websites found 14,571 WCAG 2.0 accessibility errors, revealing that Panama's 2016 web-accessibility law has not yet achieved compliance in practice.
Drawn from: Panama's Law 15 Web-Accessibility Mandate Meets a 14,571-Error Reality Check · Ciudad del Saber — Panama's 25-Year Conversion of a Former U.S. Military Base into an Innovation District · Internet para Todos – Red Nacional Internet 2.0 (Panama) · Ciudad del Saber — Converting a US Military Base into an Innovation District · Entre Pares 5.0 — Panama's National Teacher AI and Digital Literacy Cascade Programme · Panama's Gender Equality Seal (Sello de Igualdad de Género) for Companies · Panama Equips Every Public-School Teacher with Offline-Capable AI Laptops in a $44m, World-First National Rollout · Panamá Conecta's AI-Built Fuel Subsidy Platform — Rapid Development, National-Scale Uptake
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Strengths & weaknesses vs peers
Strengths
Water & soil — retention, infiltration, erosion control +52 pts 100 here · 48 average
Evaluation evidence +51 pts 100 here · 49 average
Carbon — sequestration / storage, evidenced +39 pts 67 here · 28 average
Teacher capability & pedagogy +29 pts 67 here · 37 average
Curator validation +27 pts 100 here · 73 average
Demonstrated reach +24 pts 100 here · 76 average
Equity & inclusion +17 pts 67 here · 50 average
Gender-mainstreaming embedding +11 pts 100 here · 89 average
Weaknesses
Evidence of learning impact -10 pts 17 here · 26 average
Transparency, ethics & data protection -14 pts 33 here · 47 average
Biodiversity — conservation / improvement, evidenced -15 pts 33 here · 48 average
Transferability / replicability -16 pts 44 here · 60 average
Innovation level -17 pts 45 here · 62 average
Governance, certification & transferability -24 pts 40 here · 64 average
Documented learning -24 pts 50 here · 74 average
Evaluated outcomes -29 pts 50 here · 79 average
Efficiency -33 pts 0 here · 33 average
Achievement / evidence -38 pts 50 here · 88 average
Effectiveness -68 pts 0 here · 68 average
Impact on gender equality -71 pts 0 here · 71 average
Score profile vs peers
Coloured bar: Panama City. 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
Panama's Law 15 Web-Accessibility Mandate Meets a 14,571-Error Reality Check · 84
Internet para Todos – Red Nacional Internet 2.0 (Panama) · 68
Ciudad del Saber — Converting a US Military Base into an Innovation District · 67
Entre Pares 5.0 — Panama's National Teacher AI and Digital Literacy Cascade Programme · 67
Panama's Gender Equality Seal (Sello de Igualdad de Género) for Companies · 56
Panamá Conecta's AI-Built Fuel Subsidy Platform — Rapid Development, National-Scale Uptake · 53
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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
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- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
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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