What works in Bangladesh
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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 Bangladesh
Bangladesh has implemented multiple programmes that expanded access to education, financial services, and digital infrastructure in rural areas. The Female Secondary School Assistance Programme (FSSAP) supported over 2 million girls annually, reducing dropout rates from 14.7% to 3.5% and raising girls' secondary enrolment from 30% to 48%. The Union Digital Centres network of 5,000+ centres has served 76.8 million people with 150+ e-services, cutting service time by 85% and costs by 63%, while complementary initiatives like the Grameen Village Phone Programme financed 278,570 women operators to extend telecommunications access across rural communities. Together, these practices demonstrate Bangladesh's success in using targeted subsidies, microfinance and grassroots digital infrastructure to reach underserved populations, though the evidence focuses primarily on access and uptake metrics rather than long-term livelihood or poverty outcomes.
Drawn from: Female Secondary School Assistance Programme (FSSAP) — Conditional Stipend for Girls' Education, Bangladesh · Grameen Village Phone Programme · Infolady – D.Net's Bicycle-Riding Women Info-Entrepreneurs Bringing ICT Services to Rural Bangladesh · Union Digital Centres – Grassroots e-Service Delivery Network (Bangladesh) · bKash — Mobile Financial Services Reshaping Financial Inclusion in Bangladesh · UNFPA Women-Friendly Spaces for Rohingya Refugee Women - Cox's Bazar · a2i's Disability Innovation Lab — Disability-Led Advocacy Forces Accessible Bank Design in Bangladesh · Katalyst — Swisscontact's Market-Systems Programme for Bangladesh's SMEs and Smallholder Farmers
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Strengths & weaknesses vs peers
Strengths
Evaluation evidence +51 pts 100 here · 49 average
Inclusiveness / equity +29 pts 72 here · 43 average
Documented learning +26 pts 100 here · 74 average
Demonstrated reach +24 pts 100 here · 76 average
Equity & inclusion +17 pts 67 here · 50 average
Evaluated outcomes +11 pts 89 here · 78 average
Transferability / replicability +8 pts 68 here · 60 average
Weaknesses
Achievement / evidence -9 pts 78 here · 87 average
Innovation level -9 pts 53 here · 62 average
Teacher capability & pedagogy -10 pts 28 here · 38 average
Effectiveness -11 pts 56 here · 66 average
Multi-stakeholder collaboration -12 pts 61 here · 74 average
Transparency, ethics & data protection -14 pts 33 here · 47 average
Carbon — sequestration / storage, evidenced -16 pts 11 here · 27 average
Biodiversity — conservation / improvement, evidenced -20 pts 28 here · 48 average
Score profile vs peers
Coloured bar: Bangladesh. 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
Grameen Village Phone Programme · 96
Infolady – D.Net's Bicycle-Riding Women Info-Entrepreneurs Bringing ICT Services to Rural Bangladesh · 96
Union Digital Centres – Grassroots e-Service Delivery Network (Bangladesh) · 96
bKash — Mobile Financial Services Reshaping Financial Inclusion in Bangladesh · 92
UNFPA Women-Friendly Spaces for Rohingya Refugee Women - Cox's Bazar · 89
Katalyst — Swisscontact's Market-Systems Programme for Bangladesh's SMEs and Smallholder Farmers · 86
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 Bangladesh 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