What works in Bahrain
3 evaluated practices · All catalogues
Evidence snapshot for Bahrain
Bahrain has invested in targeted workforce development and digital government infrastructure, with the Technical Development Programme training roughly 80 unemployed young Bahrainis annually on live e-government projects, producing 143 graduates and nearly 100 technical-role hires across its first two cohorts. The country's Supreme Council for Women, established in 2001, has delivered concrete milestones including the appointment of the first female cabinet minister in 2004 and female judges from 2006, with women now holding roughly 20% of parliamentary seats. However, independent human-rights monitors document persistent structural gaps, including labour protections for domestic workers and nationality restrictions affecting Bahraini mothers. Bahrain has also deployed an AI-powered traffic enforcement system with 500 smart cameras, but no violation counts, costs, or safety outcomes have been publicly released.
Drawn from: Technical Development Programme (TTDP) · Bahrain's Supreme Council for Women — Two Decades of Top-Down Reform · 500 Smart Cameras — Bahrain's AI-Powered Automated Traffic Enforcement System
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Strengths & weaknesses vs peers
Strengths
Evaluation evidence +0.67
Documented learning +0.276
Demonstrated reach +0.265
Curator validation +0.25
Sustainability +0.186
Evaluated outcomes +0.163
Gender-mainstreaming embedding +0.098
Weaknesses
Transferability / replicability -0.104
Efficiency -0.517
Transparency, fairness & accountability -0.547
Evidence of impact / measured public value -0.598
Governance, capability & sustainability -0.694
Effectiveness -0.811
Impact on gender equality -0.827
Top good practices here
Technical Development Programme (TTDP) · 92
Bahrain's Supreme Council for Women — Two Decades of Top-Down Reform · 63
500 Smart Cameras — Bahrain's AI-Powered Automated Traffic Enforcement System · 20
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