What works in Belize
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Evidence snapshot for Belize
Belize has undertaken several significant development initiatives across social protection, economic upgrading, and environmental conservation. The Spotlight Initiative on violence against women and girls (2020–2023) reached over 50,000 people and trained 3,500+ teachers in abuse reporting, while contributing to a 2020 Domestic Violence Act amendment. In the shrimp sector, the Belize Shrimp Growers Association certification programme (2014–2016) expanded cluster export value from ~US$20 million to ~US$45 million and created approximately 600 jobs, 450 for women, though a subsequent disease outbreak later halved national shrimp production. The Rio Bravo Conservation Area protects 102,790 hectares of tropical forest and targets 8.8 million tonnes of CO2 sequestration over 40 years through forest carbon credits.
Drawn from: Spotlight Initiative — Eliminating Violence Against Women and Girls in Belize · Belize Shrimp Growers Association — Certification-Led Cluster Upgrading (2014–2016) · Rio Bravo Conservation and Management Area — TNC/PfB Climate Action Project (Belize) · Digital Connect Centers Network · DoodleLearning Adaptive Platform — A Randomised Evaluation Across 70 Belizean Primary Schools · Belize National Lionfish Management Programme — Multi-Stakeholder Culling of an Invasive Reef Predator · Belize Blue Bond — Sovereign Debt Conversion for Ocean Conservation · Belize's AI-Enabled CCTV Rollout — A Facial-Recognition Deal Paused Over Data Sovereignty
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Strengths & weaknesses vs peers
Strengths
Effectiveness +32 pts 100 here · 68 average
Biodiversity — conservation / improvement, evidenced +29 pts 78 here · 48 average
Impact on gender equality +29 pts 100 here · 71 average
Curator validation +27 pts 100 here · 73 average
Multi-stakeholder collaboration +26 pts 100 here · 74 average
Demonstrated reach +24 pts 100 here · 76 average
Inclusiveness / equity +24 pts 67 here · 43 average
Evaluated outcomes +21 pts 100 here · 79 average
Transparency, ethics & data protection +20 pts 67 here · 47 average
Achievement / evidence +12 pts 100 here · 88 average
Gender-mainstreaming embedding +11 pts 100 here · 89 average
Weaknesses
Governance, certification & transferability -14 pts 50 here · 64 average
Equity & inclusion -17 pts 33 here · 50 average
Evidence of impact / measured public value -24 pts 33 here · 57 average
Innovation level -25 pts 37 here · 62 average
Efficiency -33 pts 0 here · 33 average
Sustainability -34 pts 44 here · 78 average
Water & soil — retention, infiltration, erosion control -37 pts 11 here · 48 average
Evaluation evidence -49 pts 0 here · 49 average
Transparency, fairness & accountability -54 pts 0 here · 54 average
Documented learning -74 pts 0 here · 74 average
Score profile vs peers
Coloured bar: Belize. 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
Spotlight Initiative — Eliminating Violence Against Women and Girls in Belize · 78
Belize Shrimp Growers Association — Certification-Led Cluster Upgrading (2014–2016) · 62
Rio Bravo Conservation and Management Area — TNC/PfB Climate Action Project (Belize) · 53
Digital Connect Centers Network · 48
DoodleLearning Adaptive Platform — A Randomised Evaluation Across 70 Belizean Primary Schools · 47
Belize Blue Bond — Sovereign Debt Conversion for Ocean Conservation · 27
Belize's AI-Enabled CCTV Rollout — A Facial-Recognition Deal Paused Over Data Sovereignty · 7
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Cities with evaluated practice
Where the documented practice in Belize 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