What works in Riyadh
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Quality scores are 0–100 rubric scores; “strong evidence” reflects study design; adoptions count documented replications elsewhere. Know more
Strengths & weaknesses vs peers
Strengths
Evaluation evidence +64 pts 100 here · 36 average
Documented learning +27 pts 100 here · 73 average
Demonstrated reach +25 pts 100 here · 75 average
Curator validation +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
Gender-mainstreaming embedding +10 pts 100 here · 90 average
Weaknesses
Fire resilience — risk reduction, evidenced -9 pts 0 here · 9 average
Evidence of impact / measured results -10 pts 50 here · 60 average
Governance, certification & transferability -16 pts 50 here · 66 average
Teacher capability & pedagogy -17 pts 22 here · 39 average
Water & soil — retention, infiltration, erosion control -18 pts 33 here · 51 average
Biodiversity — conservation / improvement, evidenced -20 pts 33 here · 53 average
Equity & inclusion -21 pts 33 here · 54 average
Sustainability -24 pts 56 here · 80 average
Carbon — sequestration / storage, evidenced -35 pts 0 here · 35 average
Transferability / replicability -37 pts 22 here · 59 average
Inclusiveness / equity -41 pts 0 here · 41 average
Efficiency -52 pts 0 here · 52 average
Transparency, fairness & accountability -54 pts 0 here · 54 average
Multi-stakeholder collaboration -78 pts 0 here · 78 average
Score profile vs peers
Coloured bar: Riyadh. 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
Saudi Arabia Vision 2030 Women's Labour Market Reforms · 85
Attaa Digital – Saudi Arabia's Volunteer-Powered National Digital Literacy Initiative · 76
Saudi Arabia National AI Curriculum — K-12 AI literacy for six million students · 53
NOOR — Saudi Arabia's National Education Management Information System · 47
AAEE — King Saud University's Automated Arabic Essay Evaluator for Saudi School Students · 33
Estishraf & National Data Bank — Saudi Arabia's SDAIA Platforms for AI-Driven Government Foresight · 33
Premium Residency Program — Saudi Arabia's Talent & Investor Residency Track · 33
Saudi Green Initiative — National Tree-Planting & Land Rehabilitation Programme · 20
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
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
Copenhagen Business Hub (Erhvervshus Hovedstaden) · 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