What works in Benin
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Evidence snapshot for Benin
Benin has pursued three distinct digital and educational initiatives in recent years. Community Digital Points deployed 43 subsidised internet access and training centres across 43 communes by late 2020, though this fell short of the original 77-commune target; the government's estimate of "over one million people reached" is not independently audited. On representation, reserved parliamentary seats for women expanded the National Assembly in 2023 and increased women's representation from 7.2% to 25.7%—a 18.5 percentage-point jump—though the reform passed through an opposition-free legislature. In education, the STEPS project produced 28 AI-assisted science textbooks piloted in 5 Beninese schools, with 94% of teachers reporting increased confidence in teaching science and the Ministry of Education initiating formal approval procedures for national adoption.
Drawn from: Points Numeriques Communautaires (Community Digital Points) · Benin's Reserved Parliamentary Seats for Women (2019 Electoral Code Reform) · STEPS — AI-Assisted, Curriculum-Aligned Science Textbooks for Primary Schools in Benin · STEPS — AI-Assisted Science Curriculum Cuts Development Costs 70% for Benin's Primary Schools · Fondation des Savanes Ouest-Africaines: A Trust Fund for the W-Arly-Pendjari Complex · SUMMER CAMP — CDC Bénin and EPITECH's Inclusive Digital-Careers Training for Blind and Low-Vision Youth · Bouche du Roy Blue Carbon Mangrove Restoration — Community-Led Coastal PES in the Mono Delta · Benin's Startup Act — The First National Startup-Labelling Cohort
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Strengths & weaknesses vs peers
Strengths
Efficiency +68 pts 100 here · 32 average
Biodiversity — conservation / improvement, evidenced +36 pts 83 here · 48 average
Effectiveness +34 pts 100 here · 66 average
Impact on gender equality +30 pts 100 here · 70 average
Curator validation +27 pts 100 here · 73 average
Carbon — sequestration / storage, evidenced +23 pts 50 here · 27 average
Evaluated outcomes +22 pts 100 here · 78 average
Teacher capability & pedagogy +18 pts 56 here · 38 average
Achievement / evidence +13 pts 100 here · 87 average
Gender-mainstreaming embedding +11 pts 100 here · 89 average
Fire resilience — risk reduction, evidenced +11 pts 17 here · 6 average
Weaknesses
Demonstrated reach -9 pts 67 here · 76 average
Inclusiveness / equity -10 pts 33 here · 43 average
Governance, capability & sustainability -14 pts 50 here · 64 average
Transparency, ethics & data protection -14 pts 33 here · 47 average
Innovation level -14 pts 48 here · 62 average
Water & soil — retention, infiltration, erosion control -15 pts 33 here · 48 average
Evaluation evidence -16 pts 33 here · 49 average
Transferability / replicability -20 pts 40 here · 60 average
Multi-stakeholder collaboration -24 pts 50 here · 74 average
Sustainability -28 pts 50 here · 78 average
Transparency, fairness & accountability -37 pts 17 here · 54 average
Evidence of impact / measured public value -40 pts 17 here · 57 average
Score profile vs peers
Coloured bar: Benin. 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
Points Numeriques Communautaires (Community Digital Points) · 88
Benin's Reserved Parliamentary Seats for Women (2019 Electoral Code Reform) · 82
STEPS — AI-Assisted, Curriculum-Aligned Science Textbooks for Primary Schools in Benin · 67
STEPS — AI-Assisted Science Curriculum Cuts Development Costs 70% for Benin's Primary Schools · 60
Fondation des Savanes Ouest-Africaines: A Trust Fund for the W-Arly-Pendjari Complex · 60
Bouche du Roy Blue Carbon Mangrove Restoration — Community-Led Coastal PES in the Mono Delta · 47
Benin's Startup Act — The First National Startup-Labelling Cohort · 43
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 Benin 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