What works in Afghanistan
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Evidence snapshot for Afghanistan
Afghanistan faces severe restrictions on women's education under Taliban rule since 2021, yet several programmes have adapted to continue learning delivery. Code to Inspire taught ~200 young women to code with 60-70% finding employment before pivoting to remote delivery with ~80% of students continuing online; Ustad Mobile raised literacy scores from 32/100 to 71/100 using basic phones, though its post-2021 continuity is unverified. A randomized trial by Kyoto University showed that AI chatbot co-facilitation increased discussion participation (8.73 vs 5.11 posts per student, p<0.01) for 80 barred undergraduates. Women for Women International's 12-month programme improved economic outcomes (income, savings, gender attitudes) in 1,461 women but did not significantly reduce intimate partner violence at 22 months.
Drawn from: Code to Inspire · Ustad Mobile — offline, peer-to-peer literacy app for Afghan women and army recruits · AI Chatbot Co-Facilitator for Online Discussions — Kyoto University's RCT with Afghan Students Amid the Taliban's Education Ban · Women for Women International in Afghanistan — Randomised Trial of a 12-Month Economic and Social Empowerment Programme · SOLAx — SOLA's WhatsApp AI Curriculum Academy for Banned Afghan Girls · Digital Citizen Fund's Edy — Offline AI Learning App for Afghan Girls Banned from School · Code to Inspire — Afghanistan's First All-Female Coding School, Now Interrupted · Wakhan National Park — Community-Managed Snow Leopard Conservation in Afghanistan's Pamir Corridor
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Strengths & weaknesses vs peers
Strengths
Biodiversity — conservation / improvement, evidenced +52 pts 100 here · 48 average
Evaluation evidence +51 pts 100 here · 49 average
Equity & inclusion +50 pts 100 here · 50 average
Documented learning +26 pts 100 here · 74 average
Demonstrated reach +24 pts 100 here · 76 average
Inclusiveness / equity +24 pts 67 here · 43 average
Evaluated outcomes +22 pts 100 here · 78 average
Innovation level +14 pts 76 here · 62 average
Transparency, ethics & data protection +9 pts 56 here · 47 average
Weaknesses
Impact on gender equality -20 pts 50 here · 70 average
Curator validation -23 pts 50 here · 73 average
Evidence of impact / measured public value -24 pts 33 here · 57 average
Teacher capability & pedagogy -27 pts 11 here · 38 average
Carbon — sequestration / storage, evidenced -27 pts 0 here · 27 average
Scalability & sustainability -29 pts 33 here · 62 average
Efficiency -32 pts 0 here · 32 average
Transferability / replicability -35 pts 25 here · 60 average
Achievement / evidence -37 pts 50 here · 87 average
Sustainability -38 pts 40 here · 78 average
Gender-mainstreaming embedding -39 pts 50 here · 89 average
Governance, capability & sustainability -47 pts 17 here · 64 average
Water & soil — retention, infiltration, erosion control -48 pts 0 here · 48 average
Transparency, fairness & accountability -54 pts 0 here · 54 average
Effectiveness -66 pts 0 here · 66 average
Multi-stakeholder collaboration -74 pts 0 here · 74 average
Score profile vs peers
Coloured bar: Afghanistan. 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
Code to Inspire · 96
Ustad Mobile — offline, peer-to-peer literacy app for Afghan women and army recruits · 76
SOLAx — SOLA's WhatsApp AI Curriculum Academy for Banned Afghan Girls · 47
Digital Citizen Fund's Edy — Offline AI Learning App for Afghan Girls Banned from School · 33
Code to Inspire — Afghanistan's First All-Female Coding School, Now Interrupted · 29
Wakhan National Park — Community-Managed Snow Leopard Conservation in Afghanistan's Pamir Corridor · 27
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Cities with evaluated practice
Where the documented practice in Afghanistan concentrates — each city has its own evidence profile.
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
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