What works in Congo (the Democratic Republic of the)
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Quality scores are 0–100 rubric scores; “strong evidence” reflects study design; adoptions count documented replications elsewhere. Know more
Evidence snapshot for Congo (the Democratic Republic of the)
The Democratic Republic of Congo has implemented several evidence-based programmes across education, health and humanitarian response. Instant Network Schools operates 28 solar-powered digital learning centres across DRC, including one in Lusenda refugee camp, as part of a six-country programme that has reached 382,000+ students and 6,800+ teachers with measured increases in digital skills of 61% among students and 125% among teachers. Panzi Hospital's One-Stop Centre in Bukavu has treated over 48,000 women for extreme sexual violence and 37,382 for related gynaecological complications between 1999 and 2015, integrating medical, psychosocial, legal and socio-economic care. The national malaria control programme deployed Deki Reader devices across 144 facilities in three provinces to use computer-vision analysis for reading malaria tests, with 83.3% of devices remaining functional beyond ten months by 2022.
Drawn from: Instant Network Schools — Refugee & Host-Community Digital Learning (DRC) · Panzi Hospital's One-Stop Centre Model for Survivors of Sexual Violence · Instant Network Schools — Vodafone Foundation and UNHCR's Offline Adaptive Classrooms Reach Refugees in Équateur, DR Congo · AI-Powered Malaria Test Readers Strengthen DR Congo's National Malaria Control Programme · DRC Mai-Ndombe Emission Reductions Programme (FCPF / World Bank) · Orange Digital Center DR Congo · STEPS — AI-Assisted Science Textbooks Scale to 101 Emmanuel Community Schools in DR Congo · Congo Basin Peatlands Governance Project — Cuvette Centrale (DRC & Republic of Congo)
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Strengths & weaknesses vs peers
Strengths
Evaluation evidence +55 pts 100 here · 45 average
Evidence of impact / measured public value +41 pts 100 here · 59 average
Scalability beyond pilot +28 pts 92 here · 64 average
Curator validation +26 pts 100 here · 74 average
Demonstrated reach +24 pts 100 here · 76 average
Carbon — sequestration / storage, evidenced +19 pts 50 here · 31 average
Evaluated outcomes +16 pts 100 here · 84 average
Equity & inclusion +14 pts 67 here · 52 average
Transparency, fairness & accountability +13 pts 67 here · 54 average
Gender-mainstreaming embedding +9 pts 100 here · 91 average
Weaknesses
Biodiversity — conservation / improvement, evidenced -17 pts 33 here · 50 average
Documented learning -24 pts 50 here · 74 average
Effectiveness -27 pts 50 here · 77 average
Impact on gender equality -30 pts 50 here · 80 average
Achievement / evidence -41 pts 50 here · 91 average
Efficiency -44 pts 0 here · 44 average
Score profile vs peers
Coloured bar: Congo (the Democratic Republic of the). 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
Instant Network Schools — Refugee & Host-Community Digital Learning (DRC) · 96
Panzi Hospital's One-Stop Centre Model for Survivors of Sexual Violence · 89
AI-Powered Malaria Test Readers Strengthen DR Congo's National Malaria Control Programme · 73
DRC Mai-Ndombe Emission Reductions Programme (FCPF / World Bank) · 73
Orange Digital Center DR Congo · 68
STEPS — AI-Assisted Science Textbooks Scale to 101 Emmanuel Community Schools in DR Congo · 67
Congo Basin Peatlands Governance Project — Cuvette Centrale (DRC & Republic of Congo) · 53
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 Congo (the Democratic Republic of the) 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
Abolition of Chhaupadi — Ending Menstrual Exile Huts in Nepal's Far- and Mid-Western Districts · fit 82/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Guyana's One-Third Gender Candidate Quota — Two Decades of Sustained Representation · fit 82/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
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