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 several large-scale programmes to improve rural access and outcomes. FSSAP's conditional stipends and fee waivers for girls in secondary school cut dropout from 14.7% to 3.5%, raised girls' enrolment share from 30% to 48%, and increased age at first marriage by one year, supporting over 2 million girls annually. The government's Digital Centres network has established 5,000+ community e-service hubs serving 76.8 million people, cutting service time by 85% and costs by 63%. Grameen Bank's Village Phone programme financed 278,570 women operators across 34 zones to provide rural telephone access, with operators earning roughly US$300 annually—above the national average of the time. These programmes demonstrate Bangladesh's use of conditional cash transfers, digital infrastructure and micro-franchise models to expand rural services and women's economic participation, though the evidence is primarily observational rather than from randomised trials.
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) · 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 · Bangladesh Vulnerable Group Development (VGD) Programme for Rural Women
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Strengths & weaknesses vs peers
Strengths
Evaluation evidence +55 pts 100 here · 45 average
Inclusiveness / equity +38 pts 80 here · 42 average
Documented learning +26 pts 100 here · 74 average
Demonstrated reach +24 pts 100 here · 76 average
Equity & inclusion +21 pts 73 here · 52 average
Weaknesses
Multi-stakeholder collaboration -9 pts 67 here · 76 average
Governance, capability & sustainability -10 pts 54 here · 64 average
Curator validation -17 pts 57 here · 74 average
Carbon — sequestration / storage, evidenced -20 pts 11 here · 31 average
Biodiversity — conservation / improvement, evidenced -40 pts 11 here · 51 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
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
Bangladesh Vulnerable Group Development (VGD) Programme for Rural Women · 85
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
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
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
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
Guyana's One-Third Gender Candidate Quota — Two Decades of Sustained Representation · 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