What works in Central African Republic
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Evidence snapshot for Central African Republic
The Central African Republic has implemented several development initiatives addressing financial access, governance and conservation. Patapaye's mobile salary system reached ~19,000 civil servants across 14 prefectures with 94% take-up in its pilot, though an independent 2023 analysis noted high transaction fees and limited evidence of anti-corruption gains. On political representation, a "zebra list" alternation rule for local elections achieved 45–53% women's representation in territorial councils, sharply outperforming the 12.5% of women candidates in 2025 national elections where no such mechanism existed. Economically, a $30 million World Bank project on SME credit guarantees and training is underway, though chronic electricity shortages constrain growth, projected at only 2.1% for 2025; the country also participates in a €67.5 million trilateral conservation trust fund managing 4.4 million hectares of Congo Basin rainforest.
Drawn from: Patapaye: Mobile Salary Payments for Central African Civil Servants · Liste Zébrée: Gender-Alternation Candidate Lists for Local Elections · IBC4E — Central African Republic's $30 Million Bet on Credit Guarantees and SME Training in Bangui · Sangha Trinational Trust Fund (FTNS) — Cross-Border Congo Basin Conservation Financing (Central African Republic) · New Tech Institut Bangui — Students Build an AI Quiz-Tutor and AI-Assisted Robots at a Central African Republic School Showcase
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Strengths & weaknesses vs peers
Strengths
Evaluation evidence +51 pts 100 here · 49 average
Effectiveness +34 pts 100 here · 66 average
Impact on gender equality +30 pts 100 here · 70 average
Curator validation +27 pts 100 here · 73 average
Documented learning +26 pts 100 here · 74 average
Demonstrated reach +24 pts 100 here · 76 average
Inclusiveness / equity +24 pts 67 here · 43 average
Evaluated outcomes +22 pts 100 here · 78 average
Biodiversity — conservation / improvement, evidenced +19 pts 67 here · 48 average
Achievement / evidence +13 pts 100 here · 87 average
Gender-mainstreaming embedding +11 pts 100 here · 89 average
Weaknesses
Transferability / replicability -10 pts 50 here · 60 average
Innovation level -15 pts 47 here · 62 average
Equity & inclusion -16 pts 33 here · 50 average
Evidence of impact / measured results -24 pts 33 here · 57 average
Evidence of learning impact -26 pts 0 here · 26 average
Efficiency -32 pts 0 here · 32 average
Scalability & sustainability -45 pts 17 here · 62 average
Transparency, ethics & data protection -47 pts 0 here · 47 average
Water & soil — retention, infiltration, erosion control -48 pts 0 here · 48 average
Score profile vs peers
Coloured bar: Central African Republic. 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
Patapaye: Mobile Salary Payments for Central African Civil Servants · 92
Liste Zébrée: Gender-Alternation Candidate Lists for Local Elections · 85
IBC4E — Central African Republic's $30 Million Bet on Credit Guarantees and SME Training in Bangui · 43
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 Central African Republic 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