What works in Bhutan
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Evidence snapshot for Bhutan
Bhutan is pursuing integrated digital and sustainability initiatives across education, identity, and environmental sectors. In education, Bhutan's Education Technology Framework connected 10 pilot schools to campus-wide internet, reaching over 6,000 students and 400 teachers, while training 24 EdTech ambassadors from all 20 districts to cascade digital literacy to roughly 600 teachers nationwide. On digital infrastructure, Bhutan's National Digital Identity system reached over 230,000 active users and issued 234,568 foundational credentials—approximately 30% of the population—within 18 months of its October 2023 launch, integrating with 40+ government and private services. On conservation, Bhutan's Project Finance for Permanence secures 1.1 million hectares of protected Himalayan forest storing an estimated 240 million tCO2e, with the country remaining carbon-negative and its 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 · 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 · 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 · Gender Responsive Planning and Budgeting — Bhutan's National Commission for Women and Children · Eduten — AI-Adaptive Maths Platform Rolled Out Nationwide in Bhutan's Primary Schools
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Strengths & weaknesses vs peers
Strengths
Carbon — sequestration / storage, evidenced +69 pts 100 here · 31 average
Water & soil — retention, infiltration, erosion control +50 pts 100 here · 50 average
Biodiversity — conservation / improvement, evidenced +49 pts 100 here · 51 average
Evaluation evidence +30 pts 75 here · 45 average
Evidence of learning impact +28 pts 56 here · 28 average
Fire resilience — risk reduction, evidenced +26 pts 33 here · 7 average
Documented learning +26 pts 100 here · 74 average
Curator validation +26 pts 100 here · 74 average
Equity & inclusion +26 pts 78 here · 52 average
Teacher capability & pedagogy +18 pts 56 here · 37 average
Evaluated outcomes +16 pts 100 here · 84 average
Achievement / evidence +9 pts 100 here · 91 average
Gender-mainstreaming embedding +9 pts 100 here · 91 average
Weaknesses
Governance, certification & transferability -14 pts 50 here · 64 average
Sustainability -16 pts 62 here · 78 average
Evidence of impact / measured public value -26 pts 33 here · 59 average
Demonstrated reach -26 pts 50 here · 76 average
Efficiency -44 pts 0 here · 44 average
Transparency, fairness & accountability -54 pts 0 here · 54 average
Effectiveness -77 pts 0 here · 77 average
Impact on gender equality -80 pts 0 here · 80 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
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
Eduten AI-Powered Maths Platform — Bhutan's National Grade 4–6 Rollout After a Controlled Pilot · 67
Gender Responsive Planning and Budgeting — Bhutan's National Commission for Women and Children · 63
Eduten — AI-Adaptive Maths Platform Rolled Out Nationwide in Bhutan's Primary Schools · 60
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Cities with evaluated practice
Where the documented practice in Bhutan 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
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
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
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