What works in Recife
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Evidence snapshot for Recife
Recife has emerged as a significant technology and creative-economy hub through Porto Digital, a cluster founded in 2000 that by 2024 hosted 475 companies employing 21,551 people and generating R$ 6.2 billion in revenue, while raising the IT sector's share of Pernambuco's GDP from 1.6% to 4% over 24 years. The city has also deployed assistive technology at scale: Livox, an AI-adaptive communication app, was formally adopted into Recife's public schools with 500 tablets across 111 schools to support students with communication disabilities. These initiatives reflect Recife's focus on regenerating its historic urban core while building inclusive innovation capacity, though the evidence base is strongest for deployment numbers and institutional adoption rather than measured outcomes of social or communication impact.
Drawn from: Porto Digital — ICT & Creative Economy Cluster (Recife) · Porto Digital · Livox — AI-Adaptive Augmentative Communication App Scaled Across Recife's Public Schools
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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
Equity & inclusion +46 pts 100 here · 54 average
Teacher capability & pedagogy +27 pts 67 here · 39 average
Transferability / demonstrated replication +24 pts 83 here · 59 average
Evidence of impact / measured results +23 pts 83 here · 60 average
Multi-stakeholder collaboration +22 pts 100 here · 78 average
Sustainability / continuity +20 pts 100 here · 80 average
Scalability +12 pts 78 here · 66 average
Weaknesses
Transparency, ethics & data protection -17 pts 33 here · 50 average
Score profile vs peers
Coloured bar: Recife. 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
Porto Digital — ICT & Creative Economy Cluster (Recife) · 81
Porto Digital · 76
Livox — AI-Adaptive Augmentative Communication App Scaled Across Recife's Public Schools · 60
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Recommended to adopt or replicate
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