What works in Rio de Janeiro
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Evidence snapshot for Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro is home to multiple evidence-based social and civic interventions. CDI/Recode's IT and citizenship schools began in a Rio favela in 1995 and have cumulatively reached 1.9 million people globally since then. Program H, Promundo's gender-transformative curriculum for young men, was developed in Rio favelas from 1999–2001 and has since been implemented in 32 countries; its evaluation tool (the GEM Scale) was validated on 742 Rio men, finding that higher scores correlated with less self-reported partner violence. A randomised controlled trial of formalization support in Rio's Complexo Maré favela found that in-person visits with follow-up technical assistance increased microentrepreneur formalization by approximately 5 percentage points. Rio's Centro de Operações e Resiliência (COR), built after deadly 2010 landslides, integrates 50+ agencies' data and reportedly cut emergency response times by more than 30%, though the evidence base for these improvements is primarily self-reported rather than independently verified.
Drawn from: CDI/Recode – Community IT & Citizenship Schools in Brazil's Favelas · Program H — Promundo's Gender-Transformative Curriculum for Young Men · Face-to-Face vs WhatsApp Nudges — SEBRAE's Formalization Trial in Rio de Janeiro's Complexo Maré · Centro de Operações e Resiliência (COR) — Rio de Janeiro's Integrated City Command Centre · Favela-Bairro — Rio de Janeiro's In-Situ Favela Upgrading Programme · Pref Rio — Rio de Janeiro's AI WhatsApp Agent Proactively Connects Vulnerable Families to Public Services · Tijuca Forest & Refloresta Rio — Continuous Urban Reforestation to Protect Rio de Janeiro's Water Supply Since 1861
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Strengths & weaknesses vs peers
Strengths
Evaluation evidence +51 pts 100 here · 49 average
Effectiveness +32 pts 100 here · 68 average
Impact on gender equality +29 pts 100 here · 71 average
Curator validation +27 pts 100 here · 73 average
Evidence of impact / measured results +26 pts 83 here · 57 average
Documented learning +26 pts 100 here · 74 average
Demonstrated reach +24 pts 100 here · 76 average
Evaluated outcomes +21 pts 100 here · 79 average
Water & soil — retention, infiltration, erosion control +19 pts 67 here · 48 average
Multi-stakeholder collaboration +15 pts 89 here · 74 average
Transparency, fairness & accountability +13 pts 67 here · 54 average
Inclusiveness / equity +13 pts 56 here · 43 average
Achievement / evidence +12 pts 100 here · 88 average
Gender-mainstreaming embedding +11 pts 100 here · 89 average
Innovation level +8 pts 70 here · 62 average
Weaknesses
Biodiversity — conservation / improvement, evidenced -15 pts 33 here · 48 average
Efficiency -33 pts 0 here · 33 average
Score profile vs peers
Coloured bar: Rio de Janeiro. 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
CDI/Recode – Community IT & Citizenship Schools in Brazil's Favelas · 96
Program H — Promundo's Gender-Transformative Curriculum for Young Men · 89
Face-to-Face vs WhatsApp Nudges — SEBRAE's Formalization Trial in Rio de Janeiro's Complexo Maré · 81
Centro de Operações e Resiliência (COR) — Rio de Janeiro's Integrated City Command Centre · 71
Favela-Bairro — Rio de Janeiro's In-Situ Favela Upgrading Programme · 62
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
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
Abolition of Chhaupadi — Ending Menstrual Exile Huts in Nepal's Far- and Mid-Western Districts · fit 82/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Guyana's One-Third Gender Candidate Quota — Two Decades of Sustained Representation · fit 82/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Serbia's 40% Electoral Gender Quota — From One-in-Three to Near-Parity Party Lists (2020-2025) · fit 82/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Bogotá's Care Blocks (Manzanas del Cuidado) · fit 82/100
- Rated highly transferable
- 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