What works in Barbados
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Quality scores are 0–100 rubric scores; “strong evidence” reflects study design; adoptions count documented replications elsewhere. Know more
Evidence snapshot for Barbados
Barbados has implemented several digital and economic programmes with documented scale but variable take-up. The National Digital Skills Empowerment Campaign has completed 12,000+ digital courses through a Coursera partnership, yet a 2026 assessment found 41% of employees still lack essential digital skills, prompting a two-track upskilling initiative. The Barbados Welcome Stamp remote-work visa received 5,164 applications and generated US$6 million+ in fee revenue by April 2024, though only about a third of approved applicants actually activated their visas and took up residence. A Joint SDG Fund Programme concluded in November 2024 produced Barbados's first-ever national gender-disaggregated measurement of unpaid domestic and care work, expanding the country's statistical capacity on priority development indicators.
Drawn from: National Digital Skills Empowerment Campaign (NTI) · Joint SDG Fund Programme for Gender-Responsive Population Data (Barbados) · Barbados Welcome Stamp · Barbados Welcome Stamp — a Pioneer 12-Month Remote-Work Visa · Standards and Guidelines for the Use of AI in Assessment — Caribbean Examinations Council's Region-Wide AI Policy for CSEC, CAPE and CCSLC · AI Pair-Programming to Rebuild Barbados's Government Website · CXC's AI-Analysed Diagnostic Literacy & Numeracy System for Caribbean Secondary Schools · Barbados Blue Bond Debt Conversion for Marine Conservation
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Strengths & weaknesses vs peers
Strengths
Evaluation evidence +55 pts 100 here · 45 average
Documented learning +26 pts 100 here · 74 average
Curator validation +26 pts 100 here · 74 average
Demonstrated reach +24 pts 100 here · 76 average
Effectiveness +23 pts 100 here · 77 average
Impact on gender equality +20 pts 100 here · 80 average
Transparency, ethics & data protection +19 pts 67 here · 48 average
Evaluated outcomes +16 pts 100 here · 84 average
Transparency, fairness & accountability +13 pts 67 here · 54 average
Achievement / evidence +9 pts 100 here · 91 average
Gender-mainstreaming embedding +9 pts 100 here · 91 average
Weaknesses
Sustainability / continuity -12 pts 67 here · 78 average
Biodiversity — conservation / improvement, evidenced -17 pts 33 here · 50 average
Equity & inclusion -19 pts 33 here · 52 average
Teacher capability & pedagogy -21 pts 17 here · 37 average
Inclusiveness / equity -25 pts 17 here · 42 average
Evidence of learning impact -28 pts 0 here · 28 average
Carbon — sequestration / storage, evidenced -31 pts 0 here · 31 average
Multi-stakeholder collaboration -42 pts 33 here · 76 average
Efficiency -44 pts 0 here · 44 average
Water & soil — retention, infiltration, erosion control -50 pts 0 here · 50 average
Score profile vs peers
Coloured bar: Barbados. 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
National Digital Skills Empowerment Campaign (NTI) · 92
Joint SDG Fund Programme for Gender-Responsive Population Data (Barbados) · 70
Barbados Welcome Stamp — a Pioneer 12-Month Remote-Work Visa · 57
AI Pair-Programming to Rebuild Barbados's Government Website · 47
CXC's AI-Analysed Diagnostic Literacy & Numeracy System for Caribbean Secondary Schools · 27
Barbados Blue Bond Debt Conversion for Marine Conservation · 27
Each number is the practice's overall 0–100 quality score against its catalogue's rubric. Know more
Cities with evaluated practice
Where the documented practice in Barbados 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
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
Copenhagen Business Hub (Erhvervshus Hovedstaden) · fit 90/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
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
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