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What works in Bahamas

4 evaluated practices · All catalogues

Evidence snapshot for Bahamas

The Bahamas has implemented several digital and conservation initiatives with mixed early evidence. AccessAbility Bahamas' free mobile app reached over 2,000 users (roughly 20% of persons with disabilities) in its first year, bundling emergency services, sign-language interpretation, and job listings, though these figures come from government reporting rather than independent evaluation. In November 2024, the country closed a $300 million debt conversion deal unlocking an estimated $124 million over 15 years for a Protected Areas Fund managing 6.8 million hectares of marine protected areas, though management improvements remain in early implementation stages with only 26 of 70 protected areas assessed as of mid-2026. A 2016 constitutional referendum on gender-equal citizenship rights passed unanimously in parliament but was rejected by voters (61–79% No).

Drawn from: AccessAbility Bahamas Mobile App · The Bahamas Debt Conversion for Marine Conservation (Nature Bond) · Bahamas Debt Conversion Project for Marine Conservation · The Bahamas' 2016 Constitutional Referendum on Gender-Equal Citizenship Rights - A Failed Reform

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Strengths & weaknesses vs peers

Strengths

Evaluation evidence +0.67

Governance, certification & transferability +0.306

Demonstrated reach +0.265

Curator validation +0.25

Evaluated outcomes +0.163

Weaknesses

Fire resilience — risk reduction, evidenced -0.099

Biodiversity — conservation / improvement, evidenced -0.216

Carbon — sequestration / storage, evidenced -0.238

Transferability / replicability -0.271

Sustainability -0.314

Efficiency -0.517

Water & soil — retention, infiltration, erosion control -0.538

Documented learning -0.724

Effectiveness -0.811

Impact on gender equality -0.827

Gender-mainstreaming embedding -0.902

Achievement / evidence -0.927

Top good practices here

AccessAbility Bahamas Mobile App · 72

The Bahamas Debt Conversion for Marine Conservation (Nature Bond) · 33

Bahamas Debt Conversion Project for Marine Conservation · 27

The Bahamas' 2016 Constitutional Referendum on Gender-Equal Citizenship Rights - A Failed Reform · 26

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 125

  • Rated highly transferable
  • Backed by strong evidence

SASA! Community Mobilisation Programme against Intimate Partner Violence — Uganda · fit 125

  • Rated highly transferable
  • Backed by strong evidence

Digital Green — Video-Mediated Agricultural Extension · fit 125

  • Backed by strong evidence

Rwanda's Land Tenure Regularization Programme — Titling Land in Women's Names · fit 115

  • Rated highly transferable
  • Backed by strong evidence

Copenhagen Business Hub (Erhvervshus Hovedstaden) · fit 115

  • Rated highly transferable
  • Backed by strong evidence