What works in Colombia
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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 Colombia
Colombia's evidence base demonstrates innovative urban and social interventions across multiple sectors. Bogotá's Care Blocks have supported 233,000 women by delivering over 200,000 services and freeing more than 18,000 caregiving hours, while Medellín's Social Urbanism achieved a 97% homicide rate reduction (from 395 to 13 per 100,000 between 1991–2023) through cable-car transit and neighborhood upgrading. RedINC's community-owned cellular network connected nearly 50 households in rural Cauca to 4G broadband, though regulatory approval took approximately 18 months. Youth Collective Minds tested a co-designed mental-health platform with 435 users in Bogotá, achieving strong usability scores (85 on the System Usability Scale) but limited sustained engagement, with only 18.8% of users returning after the first day.
Drawn from: Bogotá's Care Blocks (Manzanas del Cuidado) · RedINC — Indigenous, Black & Campesino Community Cellular Network · Medellín Social Urbanism — Cable Cars, Escalators and Urban Acupuncture · Youth Collective Minds — Co-Designing a Digital Mental-Health Platform for Bogotá's Youth · Centro de Relevo — Colombia's National Sign-Language Relay Service · LISTA — Tablet-Based Financial Education for Cash-Transfer Recipients · Computadores para Educar · Bogotá's Ciclovía — Weekly Open Streets with Published Cost-Benefit Evidence
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Strengths & weaknesses vs peers
Strengths
Evaluation evidence +51 pts 100 here · 49 average
Impact on gender equality +30 pts 100 here · 70 average
Inclusiveness / equity +15 pts 58 here · 43 average
Documented learning +15 pts 89 here · 74 average
Achievement / evidence +13 pts 100 here · 87 average
Demonstrated reach +13 pts 89 here · 76 average
Equity & inclusion +12 pts 62 here · 50 average
Biodiversity — conservation / improvement, evidenced +11 pts 59 here · 48 average
Carbon — sequestration / storage, evidenced +10 pts 37 here · 27 average
Evidence of impact / measured public value +10 pts 67 here · 57 average
Weaknesses
Evaluated outcomes -16 pts 62 here · 78 average
Efficiency -19 pts 12 here · 32 average
Curator validation -23 pts 50 here · 73 average
Score profile vs peers
Coloured bar: Colombia. 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
Bogotá's Care Blocks (Manzanas del Cuidado) · 100
RedINC — Indigenous, Black & Campesino Community Cellular Network · 96
Medellín Social Urbanism — Cable Cars, Escalators and Urban Acupuncture · 95
Youth Collective Minds — Co-Designing a Digital Mental-Health Platform for Bogotá's Youth · 92
Centro de Relevo — Colombia's National Sign-Language Relay Service · 92
LISTA — Tablet-Based Financial Education for Cash-Transfer Recipients · 92
Bogotá's Ciclovía — Weekly Open Streets with Published Cost-Benefit Evidence · 86
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 Colombia 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
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
Serbia's 40% Electoral Gender Quota — From One-in-Three to Near-Parity Party Lists (2020-2025) · fit 82/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act (2021) — Mandatory Salary Transparency and Pay Equity · 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