What works in American Samoa
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Evidence snapshot for American Samoa
American Samoa has pursued digital equity and infrastructure investments, with BROADBANDiNEI's $37.6 million in BEAD funding approved in September 2024 to extend broadband coverage to roughly 49,710 people across 9,834 registered households, though measured adoption outcomes are not yet published. The territory rolled out Alef Education's AI-adaptive math platform to all 10,000 public-school students starting in September 2023, but no learning-outcome data has been published three years on. In marine stewardship, customary village-enforced giant clam protections (fa'asao closures) achieved larger average clam sizes (17 cm) than federal no-take zones (11.2 cm), demonstrating the effectiveness of community-based resource management. The National Park Service has leased 8,003 acres of rainforest and reef from eight village councils on a 50-year term (1993–2043) at capped annual rent to preserve land under American Samoa's customary, inalienable tenure system.
Drawn from: BROADBANDiNEI — American Samoa's Digital Equity Plan and $37.6M BEAD Build-Out · Village-Based Giant Clam Protection Outperforms Federal No-Take Zones in American Sāmoa · Alef Pathways — AI-Adaptive Math Platform Reaches All Public Schools in American Samoa · National Park of American Samoa Village Land Lease — 50-Year Conservation Rent
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Strengths & weaknesses vs peers
Strengths
Biodiversity — conservation / improvement, evidenced +36 pts 83 here · 48 average
Documented learning +26 pts 100 here · 74 average
Demonstrated reach +24 pts 100 here · 76 average
Sustainability (ongoing) +22 pts 100 here · 78 average
Governance, certification & transferability +20 pts 83 here · 64 average
Equity & inclusion +17 pts 67 here · 50 average
Weaknesses
Carbon — sequestration / storage, evidenced -10 pts 17 here · 27 average
Transparency, ethics & data protection -14 pts 33 here · 47 average
Innovation level -22 pts 40 here · 62 average
Evidence of learning impact -26 pts 0 here · 26 average
Water & soil — retention, infiltration, erosion control -48 pts 0 here · 48 average
Evaluation evidence -49 pts 0 here · 49 average
Score profile vs peers
Coloured bar: American Samoa. 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
BROADBANDiNEI — American Samoa's Digital Equity Plan and $37.6M BEAD Build-Out · 68
Village-Based Giant Clam Protection Outperforms Federal No-Take Zones in American Sāmoa · 40
Alef Pathways — AI-Adaptive Math Platform Reaches All Public Schools in American Samoa · 40
National Park of American Samoa Village Land Lease — 50-Year Conservation Rent · 33
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Cities with evaluated practice
Where the documented practice in American Samoa concentrates — each city has its own evidence profile.
Recommended to adopt or replicate
Transferable practices from elsewhere that address this place's gaps.
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
Ushahidi — Kenya's Crowdsourced Crisis-Mapping Platform · fit 82/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Smart City Wien Framework Strategy · fit 82/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Ciudad Mujer — El Salvador's Integrated Women's Services Programme · fit 100/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
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
Already adopted in 4 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