What works in Bhutan
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Evidence snapshot for Bhutan
Bhutan has undertaken significant digital and social innovation initiatives. The Education Technology Framework connected 10 pilot schools to campus-wide internet, reaching 6,000+ students and 400 teachers, while training 24 EdTech ambassadors to cascade digital literacy nationwide, and UPSHIFT has scaled to 264 schools nationwide, training 27,000+ youth in human-centred design and supporting 1,500+ youth-led solutions. Bhutan's self-sovereign National Digital Identity system reached approximately 230,000 active users (roughly 30% of the population) and integrated with 40+ government and private services within 18 months of its October 2023 launch. Environmental conservation efforts include securing 1.1 million hectares of protected Himalayan forest storing 240 million tCO2e, with the tiger population rising by at least 20% by 2024.
Drawn from: Bhutan's Education Technology Framework — Campus-Wide Connectivity and the Digital Lopen Teacher Cascade · UPSHIFT Bhutan — UNICEF's Schools-Based Youth Social-Innovation Programme · Bhutan for Life — Project Finance for Permanence (Bhutan) · Bhutan National Digital Identity (NDI) – Self-Sovereign ID for All Citizens · Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck Super FabLab — Bhutan's National Digital Fabrication Network · RENEW — Bhutan's Royally Founded Network of Community Centres for Survivors of Gender-Based Violence · UNICEF, Bhutan's Ministry of Education & PubCoder — AI-Automated Accessible Digital Textbooks for Students with Disabilities · Eduten AI-Powered Maths Platform — Bhutan's National Grade 4–6 Rollout After a Controlled Pilot
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Strengths & weaknesses vs peers
Strengths
Curator validation +27 pts 100 here · 73 average
Inclusiveness / equity +24 pts 67 here · 43 average
Teacher capability & pedagogy +20 pts 58 here · 38 average
Carbon — sequestration / storage, evidenced +17 pts 44 here · 27 average
Equity & inclusion +17 pts 67 here · 50 average
Multi-stakeholder collaboration +15 pts 89 here · 74 average
Evidence of learning impact +15 pts 42 here · 26 average
Achievement / evidence +13 pts 100 here · 87 average
Gender-mainstreaming embedding +11 pts 100 here · 89 average
Transparency, ethics & data protection +11 pts 58 here · 47 average
Evaluation evidence +11 pts 60 here · 49 average
Weaknesses
Transparency, fairness & accountability -9 pts 44 here · 54 average
Demonstrated reach -16 pts 60 here · 76 average
Effectiveness -16 pts 50 here · 66 average
Impact on gender equality -20 pts 50 here · 70 average
Evaluated outcomes -28 pts 50 here · 78 average
Efficiency -32 pts 0 here · 32 average
Score profile vs peers
Coloured bar: Bhutan. 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
UPSHIFT Bhutan — UNICEF's Schools-Based Youth Social-Innovation Programme · 91
Bhutan for Life — Project Finance for Permanence (Bhutan) · 87
Bhutan National Digital Identity (NDI) – Self-Sovereign ID for All Citizens · 80
Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck Super FabLab — Bhutan's National Digital Fabrication Network · 76
RENEW — Bhutan's Royally Founded Network of Community Centres for Survivors of Gender-Based Violence · 74
Eduten AI-Powered Maths Platform — Bhutan's National Grade 4–6 Rollout After a Controlled Pilot · 67
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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